I am surpised that waxing the wheel to prevent dust build up is so new to many. I've been doing that for about 17 years and there is actually product out there for this specific purpose. Most popular one is the wheel wax. It's been out there quite sometime.

http://www.wheelwax.com/

 

I thought that all 08s had the same brake pads as the 06-07s except the 450h which had the low dust pads. Has there been a TSIB released now for the 08s? Im sure many of us want to know this.

 

some 08 people brought their cars to dealership and they say no tsib for 08, they all have the same "low dust" pads already. personally i don't believe so, coz' my car is still dusty as hell (and that's already on my graphite wheels)

 

Yup, I brought my car in (08) and no TSIB, no change pads. I get a dust patina after 2 days even with waxed rims. It's annoying to the point I am considering paying to change the pads.

 

+1, I cant stand the dust, I wax my wheels with wheel wax & klasse.

No such luck for me, they look darker then the rears.. and brake dust isnt shiny..

I'm praying that TSIB is released before the summer.

 

my little 2 cents on waxing the wheels. it might help a little, but i wouldn't expect a whole lot, unless they are something explicitly for wheels. wheels get pretty hot on driving, not to mention to brake dust. a lot of wax they "melt" at higher temp. so after a while the wax will be gone.

i did that before, it helped the first 2-3 days maybe, afterwards, back to old shape.

that's why i don't bother waxing wheels

 

Yeah I tried the meguirs ultimate quick detailer on the wheels. Helped for a couple days, but after 7 days, looked the same as if I didnt add the UQD.

 

the purpose of waxing the rims is not strictly for preventing the dust from accumulating on the wheels but also for the ease of washing them off.

when you don't wash your rims for weeks if not months, it will require much more effort clean the dust off compared to non waxed rims.

 

Great advice I will wax my rim from now on.

 

That meguirs ultimate quick detailer is only suppose to last a week or 2. That spray on stuff is easy to use but dont last too long.

 

i can now confirm that it's totally BS from dealership that the 08 gs already has the "dustless" pads.

in short, i changed the pads to the real dustless ones, and it's been over a week and my front wheels are still the same color as the rears. now this is what i call normal. the change in the amount of brake dust was night and day.

braking power is the same, so changing the pads didn't translate to worse braking.

also, the new pads do NOT squeak at all. that's coz' they did it the right way by surfacing the rotors, etc... when putting on the new pads. it's very quiet

you would wonder why lexus has these dusty pads to begin with...

 

No, the dealer never said my 08 came with the dustless pads, he said the 08 has a different part number on the pad as opposed to both types of pads on the 07.

 

nah, it wasn't from you, G man. i remember reading that someone went to dealership and they say it's already dustless pads. i was just trying to reply to a thread on this topic

 

Anyway, I havent confirm if indeed the 08 pads have a diff. part #. For all I know, my dealer could be full of it again