Might have been sealed by the garage, normally a wheel wax of some sort

Always best to use a alloy wheel sealant, help stop brake dust sticking and pitting the alloys,

Mine are indeed of some serious tlc

Some brake pads are worse than others for creating dust.

You can get covers to fit over the brake disc, which can reduce dust.

These guys only seem to cater for FL1's

http://www.kleenwheels.co.uk/land-rover/freelander/cat_345.html garioch43

2009 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE - Santorini Black/Black Leather
2002 MGF 1.8i - British Racing Green/Cream Leather with loads of walnut and chrome bits

Bugblatter wrote:

I've only done 300 miles and have cleaned the wheels twice. (Warm water only).

BTW, the wheels seem to have a slightly greasy material on which could be some kind of protective stuff. Anyone know what?

I noticed this a few days after picking mine up, it is as npinks says, some sort of protective sealant. The wheels had streaks of brake dust due to the rotation of the wheel but after a few washes they just went dull with the dirt

I use the Jett stuff on mine, good as new after 20,000 miles and makes them very easy to wash

Thanks for the info Taztastic, had the chance to apply some Werkstat Jett to a couple of panels yesterday between sleet showers and have to say that I think the Gloss it leaves is a tad better than AG HD wax. Hopefully, a few more applications will add to the gloss. Will use this till the bottle is finished and then try the stuff Npinks suggested. Must say though quite impressed with the Werkstat and PolishedBliss who delivered the product within 48 hours of the order!!

A little goes a long way, very easy to use and superb results, glad someone has found it useful.