Front brake pads & Brake Dust

[Huffa]

I have a 91 Accord SE. Seems like I get a fair amount of brake dust on my wheels.

Not sure if the pads are stock as I just bought it a few months ago.

Honda pads are usually top quality so when it comes brake time I'd like to buy them but not if they are constantly going to "dust" my wheels.

The wheels suck to clean as they are like these:

http://images.auction123.com/A123IH/...bimage001l.jpg

All the little slots get the black brake dust and it is 4 wheel disc so all 4 get it just as bad.


BTW - That car is for sale on ebay at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...gename=WDVW#lg


Any after market pad suggestions? I am not hard on brakes at all and don't race around. Just drive it normal.

I did a search but didn't find anything on brake dust.

THANKS!!!

-Huffa

[AccordCodger]

I think you're stuck with the brake dust, buddy. Every car I've owned (Honda and otherwise) with front disks leaves a lot of crud on the wheels.

Buy yourself some good wheel cleaner from the auto shop!

[Greenblurr93]

ceramic pads are supposed to have little to no brake dust produced. try those, expensive though..

[Huffa]

Originally Posted by AccordCodger

I think you're stuck with the brake dust, buddy. Every car I've owned (Honda and otherwise) with front disks leaves a lot of crud on the wheels.

Buy yourself some good wheel cleaner from the auto shop!

My Toyota 4 Runner & Jeep Liberty give very little with the 4 runner getting the nudge for less.

The worse vehicles I see are the Ford Expeditions.

CERAMIC PADS - HECK NO - Not good for street use - must heat up to get top performance which is no good for a street car unless you drive like in "Fast & Furious".

[Igovert500]

"Based on composition, there are basically four types of brake pads. Organic pads are made of cellulose bound with a phenolic resin, with less than 20% metal content. They have a good coefficient of friction at low temperatures and are very quiet, but are not suitable for high performance applications. Semi-metallic pads are similar to organic pads with some powdered metal (less than 60%), usually brass, iron, or bronze, added to stabilize the coefficient of friction at higher temperatures, making them excellent for all-around use and quite common as OEM pads. Metallic pads consist of at least 60% powdered metal that is pressed into a mold at high temperature with a some organic binder to form a somewhat homogeneous block (called sintered metal). Most metallic pads have excellent grip at high temperatures but are not suitable for street use because they often are noisy, grip poorly when cold, chew up rotors, and make black dust that gets deposited on the wheels. The exceptions are Axxis/Repco/PBR/Autospeciality/Stillen Metal Matrix/Master/Lux pads that are made of brass and bronze powder with a resin binder. Metal Matrix pads are excellent for street and mild track use but are not ideal for heavy-duty track use. Metal Matrix pads generate minimal dust build up, wear well, and work great with drilled rotors. Carbon blend pads are probably the ultimate pad for street and track use. Carbon is added to a metallic or Kevlar matrix to improve heat absorption (cooler running rotors) and durability (long-life yet low rotor wear) while providing excellent friction properties over a wide range of temperatures (from cool street to hot track use). Carbon carbon pads must be used with carbon rotors and are reserved for high-energy races like the Indianapolis 500. "

Taken from http://www.stealth316.com/2brakeupgrade.htm#pads

[AccordCodger]

I have to ask --- what is more important -- effective braking or clean wheels?

Choose your brake pad material according to your driving pattern, and live with whatever dust you get!