Detailing Wheels

Well, I pulled my wheels off today so I could clean them really well front and back.

Safety first:
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I like to jack the car side to side instead of front or back. I find it much easier this way.
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Wow, the front rotor looks like azz, I got plenty of pad though. Looks like new pads were installed recently.
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The rear rotor looks like crap also and has a nice groove in it on this side. On the rear brakes I removed the caliper, removed the pads, beveled the leading edge of the pad with a file, applied brake squeal lube everywhere, and greased the caliper slide pins. I am getting brake squeal from the rear brakes. Hopefully all these measures will correct it. I had plenty of pad on the rear brakes also.
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One of my next projects will be painting the rotor hats and correcting the rock chips in the caliper paint.

Here are the wheels after I totally cleaned the rims everywhere with various techniques and cleaners. Waxed all painted surfaces also...
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Makes the wheels look a lot better doesn't it?

I like to do it once a year, usually in the spring but since I just got the car I did it now. Very very dirty...