Brake dust......ugh!

SidecarFlip wrote:
Good grief, 5 pages of brake dust posts... Too much idle time I guess....

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.....lol

Too much idle time ?? Your the one counting pages.

Good grief, 5 pages of brake dust posts... Too much idle time I guess....

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.....lol

IdaD wrote:


I'm not going for rebellious, I'm a nearly 40 year old grown man with a haircut your Marine father would appreciate. That said I do think my white truck with black wheels and tires (letters in) looks clean and sharp and I prefer the look to shiny alloy wheels. Especially stock wheels that are tucked under the truck so far that it looks pigeon toed.

My daughter has a gold Excursion, black wheels and they had every piece of chrome black anodized or powder coated or what ever and it looks great!!

I like chrome too but black also looks nice.

Learjet wrote:
I have noticed since going to a Dually with the way the rims are made I have no dust. Nice benfit with the Dually :)

Maybe you are running your TH and EB?

Years ago, the brakes were drum style. The current brakes are disc. They are more open allowing dust to come out through the rims.
Older style steel wheels had less openings keeping brake dust inside.

rockhillmanor wrote:
So someone tell me why years ago you did not see brake dust completely covering a rim?? If it is not inferior brake pads?

I just started noticing it the past few years when I went full time. Being on the road more and I see it especially on new trucks.

Gotta tell ya i just had a mobile repair guy come out and fix a fuel line and had him throw some brake pads on. And yup I went to the parts store and asked for the least expensive pads. He wasn't happy with the ones I bought saying he only uses ceramic but he reluctantly put them on anyway.

I bought my older Tahoe new and have NEVER had one spec of brake dust on the rims. He put those cheap pads on and within a week my rims are solid black. Just saying been there done that bought the cheapies and paying for it. Which is why I'm guessing the manufacturing are putting cheapies on also. :C

I think the reason we never seen that years ago was because of hubcaps.

The first brake job on my X I installed new Ford pads. After my first trip the polished front wheels were black. After that trip I went with quality ceramic pads. The truck stopped better and had no brake dust.

Learjet wrote:
I have noticed since going to a Dually with the way the rims are made I have no dust. Nice benfit with the Dually :)

The outer one is clean...The inner one is black as the Ace of Spades... Probably rusty too.

dodge guy wrote:
Can't wait till the all black fad is gone. It makes anything look cheap.

I agree. I'm waiting for baby moons and rings to come back. We are due to go full circle :B

rockhillmanor wrote:
So someone tell me why years ago you did not see brake dust completely covering a rim?? If it is not inferior brake pads?

I just started noticing it the past few years when I went full time. Being on the road more and I see it especially on new trucks.

Gotta tell ya i just had a mobile repair guy come out and fix a fuel line and had him throw some brake pads on. And yup I went to the parts store and asked for the least expensive pads. He wasn't happy with the ones I bought saying he only uses ceramic but he reluctantly put them on anyway.

I bought my older Tahoe new and have NEVER had one spec of brake dust on the rims. He put those cheap pads on and within a week my rims are solid black. Just saying been there done that bought the cheapies and paying for it. Which is why I'm guessing the manufacturing are putting cheapies on also. :C

You would be mostly wrong. (Sure economics come into play in every part.) Again, depending on what you are going to use your vehicle for will determine what pads you are going to use for "best" performance.

Ceramic brakes don't stop as quick. They also take time to warm up before they reach their full braking potential. (and no, I don't have the data for that so don't ask.) Look around and see what performance car drivers are saying about ceramic brakes. (I'm going racing so I don't have time to give you a link)

If you want next to no dust and substandard braking performance in a street car or tow vehicle, go for it.