DIRTY RIMS!!

[sleepa]

i washed my white sho rims on sat. about 6 pm..and on sunday around 6...they were FILTHY!!!i put on about 75-100 miles within this time...do u think my pads are bad or just old???ive only had teh car a week so.........yea..l8er

 

[Mr Anonymous]

Probably just dusty. All pads generate dust, some more than others. The ceramic pads from Raybestos or NAPA are the least dusting pads I've found, and are also the best overall pads I've ever used. Expect to pay a premium for them ~$70-$80.

 

[RI-SHO]

Do you brake hard or stop lightly well in advance? Could be the way your driving it or just very dusty brake pads.

 

[sleepa]

yea i will admitt that i did some heavy braking within them miles but not too much heavy braking..and its not a light dust..its a BLACK dust...man o man....the white on white on my car looks sweet but its a BIT@h to keep clean ya know...

 

[projectSHO89]

My wife's 98 Contour had some of the dirtiest, nastiest dusting brake pads on it.

I replaced them with Raybestos Ceramics this winter and there is now very little dusting.

Some spray-on wheel/tire cleaners that don't get washed off act as excellent dust magnets and really make the problem look worse.

It's the brake pads...

Steve

 

[stevetatro]

Is it worse on the front or back? If it's the front, it's likely just some very dusty pads. FYI, the dustiest pads I've ever used are Performance Friction Carbon Metallic from AutoZone. These stop very well for the price, but dust horribly.

If your problem is on the rear there's a good chance you have dragging rear calipers, due to either seized slider pins, bad proportioning valve, or most likely the e-brake cable is not letting the calipers fully release. Just went through this on my '93.

Jack up each wheel and give each one a spin. If any seem to grab and the wheel stops spinning quickly, better figure out why before you bother replacing any pads!

 

[pete c]

Next time you clean the wheels, remove them and spray a bunch of brake cleaner all over the calipers/rotors/pads. Put something on the ground first to catch the mess that you make. Now clean your wheels and put them back on.