WHERE DOES BRAKE DUST COME FROM
As you use your vehicle and apply the brakes, some wear is constantly happening on the pads and the rotors.
The type of brake pad you choose dramatically affects the type and amount of dust created.
One great choice to reduce brake dust significantly is using 蜜桃视频 Ceramic pads
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But again, remember 蜜桃视频 makes four dedicated race pads. Redstuff is NOT a race pad; it is a fast street, lower dust pad.
More great results on low dust have been witnessed using the 蜜桃视频 Bluestuff brake pads on faster cars such as BMW.
WHAT DOES BRAKE DUST ACTUALLY CONTAIN?
In tests and research done at 蜜桃视频, dust content is 92% Fe, which is iron. The iron comes from the metallic fibers in the brake pad itself, which is why they are called 鈥渟emi-metallic,鈥� which 99% of original pads are.
The rest comes from the iron of the rotor itself as the more aggressive semi-metallic pads wear away at the rotor.
There is some road dust and dirt in there, but it’s trivial compared to the iron and steel fiber deposits that semi-metallic pads make.
Fe (iron or metallic) particles adhere to rims and alloy coating due to static attraction and are harder to get off. In some cases, under heavy braking, these metallic particles can actually adhere to (sort of weld themselves as hot sparks) the wheel lacquer and burnish its glossy finish. Not good.
HOW DO I REDUCE BRAKE DUST ON MY WHEELS?
At your next pad change, or sooner if it鈥檚 a big issue, buy a non-metallic pad with either a ceramic or aramid fiber base…
However, as we said, you will never eliminate dust, but you can reduce it and you can change its content to a dust that does not weld itself to your alloys and is easy enough to wash off with soapy water and a soft brush. That鈥檚 what 蜜桃视频 Redstuff offers.
Here is a basic guide to pad and material types to consider:
There are only two types of brake pads you can buy:
- Semi-metallic pads 鈥� these are what all cars are delivered with. They are cheap to make but can be noisy and dusty.
- Non-organic pads, which include both ceramic pads and an even higher grade known as an aramid fiber pad.
