Brake dust out of control - which replacements?

[Fullboogie]

I've now got 2k miles on the car, and the only disappointment is the massive amount of brake dust these cars get. I can wash the rims/car, take it to work and back (30 mile round trip) and the rims - mainly the front - are already brown. Another few trips and the rims look like a 4x4 truck. Terrible pads from the factory. I actually can feel flakes of iron in the brake dust.

What are you guys switching to? I'm ok spending a little coin on some good pads, but please don't recommend pads that are $150-200 per axle. I'm just not going to spend that much for a street car.

Thanks.

 

[51ngh]

Carbotech pads are known to be less dusty.

 

[Jeremy@AirLift]

I have had excellent luck with Wagner Thermo Quiets

 

[Morris]

Which pad guys? Carbo tech goes by a color code if I recall.

 

[HitandRunDriver]

I'd also look into a wheel sealant just for the hell of it....

 

[Jeffs FRC]

Good question!

Just switched to gt500 brembo's this year and they dust much worse than the stock bullitt setup. Makes cleaning my sve drift's a pita...

 

[fhlh]

X100. Horrible brake dust... This isn't a mercedes!

 

[G.T]

Hawk Performance Ceramic pads FTW!

 

[AOnorato]

What I do, is actually use a sealant on my wheels, and I can just blast brake dust off with water alone, no need to use a wheel cleaner. I use Adam's quick sealant on my wheels, and just use a pressure sprayer from home depot to just blast the dust right off, and use a blower to dry them. It takes me 5 mins every few days to keep everything looking awesome!

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[Fullboogie]

Hawk Performance Ceramic pads FTW!

Yeah, but which ones? HP? HPS? etc.

 

[G.T]

Uhh.. Performance Ceramic

 

[Hatchman]

Hawk HPS here, lot lower dust than stock, or my Mercedes.

 

[VTXFrank]

Black aftermarket wheels are wonderful things. ;-)

 

[JEWC_Motorsports]

HPS Pads, i ran them on my daily with the GT500 wheels and didnt have any dusting.

 

[Fullboogie]

Thanks, guys. I'll look into some Hawks.

 

[Jeffs FRC]

Black aftermarket wheels are wonderful things. ;-)

My sve Drift's are black and after a good 50 miles they show a brown haze to them...

 

[twisted_GT500]

Hawk Performance Ceramic pads FTW!

I use the same, way less than stock. Also have satin black wheels which helps tremendously!

 

[Wes06]

The obvious choice here is to quit using the brakes

 

[Zporta]

surprised no one mentioned the cmax gold cermaics from autozone... check them out

 

[AOnorato]

The obvious choice here is to quit using the brakes