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06-04-2005, 01:39 PM | #1 |
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Brake Dust - YUCK!!!
I have lots of brake dust after only 600 miles
Here's some before and after I cleaned them. Ahhhhh What are people's suggestions from preventing this from happening? Also here are some bad pictures of my e90 and the e46 coupe which parks next to me in the garage. Last edited by abpatel; 06-04-2005 at 02:07 PM.. |
06-04-2005, 02:36 PM | #2 |
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the bane of my existance my friend.... i hate brake dust and it builds up so fast on BMWs because of the pads they use (better braking characterists, but sheds dust like a mother..).
There are dustless pads out there from Axxis that work well, but i've never tried them because I figure, why should I pay for a different set of pads while the car is still under full maintenance and would get brake pads for free from BMW. But if the brake dust bvothers you enough, you can get those dustless brake pads and they really work. |
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06-04-2005, 03:30 PM | #3 |
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I pay someone once or twice a week to clean my wheels (if I'm not getting my car cleaned), I even do it myself sometimes...doesn't take too long! I also hate the brake dust.
I once found stuff, where you just spray it on the wheels...and 15 minutes later is has evaporated and the wheels were clean. Can't remeber what it was called though, but it worked pretty well! |
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06-04-2005, 06:39 PM | #5 |
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Just apply wax to the wheels, the brake dust will come off so easily with just a towel. No shame in having brake dust covered wheels, just shows you've been driving your car properly - hard!
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06-04-2005, 06:45 PM | #6 |
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me and my dad over the years have tried a lot of different things...and we have found that the kitchen cleaner called "Vim" works the best!!!...
and you just have to do it like twice a week...there is really not much you can do about it
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06-04-2005, 08:33 PM | #7 |
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There are "brake dust shields" that you place on the inside of the wheels which prevents dust from getting to the rims. I wouldn't recommend them though... You can't see the discs anymore and if you drive hard they totally mess up the brake cooling.
Apply several layers of wax and clean often (maybe wíth Vim? why not...) Don't use acid though (which isn't uncommon....). You risk damaging the protective paint and if your then get acid on the aluminium... bye, bye rims... they'll detoriate within a month.... |
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06-04-2005, 10:39 PM | #8 | |
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Relative to the E90, I had a talk with the U.S. Rep from the parent company of PBR/Axxis a few months ago, and he indicated that they were going to start the tooling for the E90 pads this Summer with the first shipments leaving the docks in Australia in the mid to late fall. That should equate to the pads hitting our left shores early next year. I am so over dealing with brake dust that I am actually considering taking a set of pads to Germany next April, and performing a pad swap in the parking lot of the ED center there in Munich before I even hit the roads in my (planned on) new E90 330i. Best Regards, Shipo |
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Best Regards, Shipo |
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06-05-2005, 10:42 AM | #12 |
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I've replace the brake pad in my a4 before due to above reason, but half year later on a regular service, my dealer warned me to replace the rotor disc due to excessive wear on them, and I knew I made a bad choice!
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06-05-2005, 11:37 AM | #13 | |
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Another issue is the type of pads themselves. Using PBR/Axxis as an example, they sell three different types of pads each with its own braking compound. The "Deluxe Plus" pads are kinder and gentler to your rotors (and very similar to German OEM pads in that regard), and virtually dustless. The "XBG" pads (formerly known as "Metal Master") are a little harder (and a little dustier by the way, but no where near as much as the OEM pads), and thus are a little harder on your rotors, however, they have considerably greater fade resistance than the OEM pads. They are so versatile that they can even be used for occasional short duration competition events, providing even better fade resistance than the OEM pads. Then there are the "ULT" Ceramic competition pads that are so hard (and nearly as dusty as OEM pads) that they might could well wear out a brand new set of rotors before the pads themselves are fully gone. One last possibility is that your dealership was just searching for a means to make a little extra money. No surprise there. A "bad choice" you say? I rather doubt it. Best Regards, Shipo |
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