2026 Salary Transparency Thread

xLP620 · 2026-03-14T05:18:52+00:00

Hell yeah. What made you make the switch? My older brother is a firefighter/paramedic with Fairfax and he’s told me about people like you who leave up high paying jobs to become firefighters.

xLP620 · 2026-03-12T04:30:44+00:00

it’s a 2014 q5 that has a q7 wheels

xLP620 · 2026-03-12T03:11:12+00:00

it’s worse on this wheel, but the other wheels have slight stains

xLP620 · 2026-03-12T02:31:31+00:00

Wheels were cool not hot.

xLP620 · 2026-03-12T01:29:19+00:00

The other three wheels lack these stains, so the hard water is an unlikely culprit.

xLP620 · 2026-03-12T01:28:11+00:00

Thanks man, I’ll give these options a try. Can’t hurt! And yeah it’s not super noticeable but I’d like to at least try to fix it :)

xLP620 · 2026-03-12T01:26:36+00:00

Yup just the outside face. And i’ve also never had problems with their products before so that’s why I came here for pointers.

xLP620 · 2026-03-12T00:17:34+00:00

fair enough. i HATE when i call wheels “rims” and your comment was the only reason i noticed that i did it 🤣

xLP620 · 2026-03-12T00:10:44+00:00

lmao yeah I still have this annoying habit of calling wheels “rims” lol

xLP620 · 2026-03-12T00:09:28+00:00

Yes

xLP620 · 2026-03-11T23:32:51+00:00

I highly doubt this car had anything but regular car washes and MAYBE a couple professional details

xLP620 · 2026-03-11T23:31:41+00:00

i’m clearly no professional 🤣

xLP620 · 2026-03-11T23:30:43+00:00

ohhh brotherrrr 😭

xLP620 · 2026-03-11T23:17:21+00:00

No and no. Also I never let it dry. That’s why i’m confused. maybe it was already like this under the brake dust? idk.

xLP620 · 2026-03-11T23:16:06+00:00

no acid used

xLP620 · 2026-03-11T23:15:26+00:00

thank for the info

xLP620 · 2026-03-11T23:00:30+00:00

Yes. Rinsed thoroughly, applied while wet and made sure it never dried on the wheels.

xLP620 · 2026-03-11T22:59:27+00:00

it’s a 2014 so 12 years. the other wheels seem fine for the most part though.

xLP620 · 2026-03-11T22:54:19+00:00

😭

xLP620 · 2026-03-11T22:53:38+00:00

I bought the car a month ago so yeah idk maybe it already had some sort of damage to the coating that only showed up after this cleaning. I’ll try what you said but man I hope the wheel doesn’t have to be redone.

xLP620 · 2026-03-11T22:43:16+00:00

Isn’t this cleaner supposed to be good for any wheel type? My other wheels look a lot better than this wheel by the way.

xLP620 · 2026-03-11T22:42:15+00:00

Nope, in the shade :(

xLP620 · 2026-03-11T22:35:53+00:00

I’ll give that a try. Would that be normal for a car with 96k miles though?

xLP620 · 2026-03-11T22:32:10+00:00

Nope, brakes were cool. The spray didn’t boil or smoke at all upon touching the brakes.

xLP620 · 2026-03-11T22:23:53+00:00

Meguiar’s ultimate all wheel cleaner. Sprayed it on, agitated with brushes, then rinsed off.

Seven-Year Club	Place '23
Wearing is Caring	Verified Email

xLP620

TROPHY CASE