Hi

Not sure if this is the place to ask these questions?

Anyway, did a quick 2bucket wash this morning...

BEFORE:

Choice of Turtle Wax or AG:

AFTER:

Questions are:

1. Shud i go for a spin after and dry my brakes?

2. Shud i ever wash my car (no polish/wax) after a driving with HOT brakes?

Thks all.

1) Don't bother. Your brake discs will rust but will be nice and shiny within a 100 yards of your next drive.

2)Yes. Your brakes will not be hot enough to cause a problem however If you manage to get them hot enough to glow red I'd leave them a good 20 minutes to cool off.

Cheers Mr Rooney!

I used to always go for a spin after washing my last car.

But now i wonder if i really need to.

I dont remember where i got the idea from.

Does anyone know why some people say u must dry your brakes if thy get wet?

Or have i got it mixed up with getting brakes wet when driving into a puddle -

as opposed to getting wet whn washed with the car stationary?

After washing car yesterday morning,

i move my car to park better - literally 1min job.

Not moved the car since, until this morning for work.

Whn moving off, there was an almight POP (from rear - as if something came unstuck)!!!

Brakes stuck together by water due to washing?

yeh they have stuck on nothing to worry about.

yeh they have stuck on nothing to worry about.

Cheers pal!

Wots getting very worried since it never happened to me before.

Wayne

Nothing to worry about

Brakes dont need drying off at all

When I detail your car I'll pressure wash your wheels and still wont be drying them..No need

SWMBO washed her alloys a while back and then left the car for 2 days. When she moved off one of the (old, they were on the list to do anyway) brake pads stuck to the disc and broke off. At least that's what seems to have happened as there was a clunk and we found the pad laying on the driveway. But that's an extreme case

SWMBO washed her alloys a while back and then left the car for 2 days. When she moved off one of the (old, they were on the list to do anyway) brake pads stuck to the disc and broke off. At least that's what seems to have happened as there was a clunk and we found the pad laying on the driveway. But that's an extreme case

Now i am worried abt my Superb! :-(

Like I said, its an edge case in my experience, never had it happen before in many years and that was the only explanation we could think of for it. There was a pad shaped ring of rust on the disc. The pad was (really) old and crumbly anyway, so don't be too concerned, just don't soak the brakes and leave it for days

So just a little scaremongering then?

Never dried out brakes in 40 years of motoring..Sometimes the car is washed 5 times aweek!!

So just a little scaremongering then?

Never dried out brakes in 40 years of motoring..Sometimes the car is washed 5 times aweek!!

That sounds like a big water bill :p

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I'm not on a water meter :rofl:

I never dry my brakes.

BTW your car looks great!

I never dry my brakes.

BTW your car looks great!

Thks Skda!

She will look even better whn Chris + Alan get their hands on her!

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/253800-chrisrss-detailing-service-in-aid-of-world-challenge/

The only reason I see to drying brakes is to stop corrosion drips when you have a deep silver/black wheel. Could you imagine trying to get your hand in to those wheels!