I guess maybe I have gone overboard. I have done the same thing to our 3 PT Cruisers as well. But one of the reasons is when the last Dream Cruiser we bought was undercoated, they got some of the undercoating on the chrome wheels. I figured if they had done such a poor job of spraying it on, they would have done an equally poor job of cleaning it off the wheels. So I did it myself.

If you let the brake dust stay on for any length of time, it starts to bake itself on, and is much harder to get off.

I find it can be a very relaxing job, and it also gives me a chance to check the wear on the brake pads as well as tire pressure.

I found that when I took the wheels off the Crossfire, that they are one of the few parts that were not made in Germany, the were mfg in Poland.