by "If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
Published 03/28/2017 at 15:52
by "If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
Published 03/28/2017 at 15:52
Tags: Dots
STARS: 2
That is NOT a poorly done bronze plasti-dip. This car has silver wheels.
"SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie" (sidewaysondirt)
03/28/2017 at 15:54, STARS: 0
Sure it’s not mud? As for how, track day, bro!
"PartyPooper2012" (PartyPooper2012)
03/28/2017 at 15:56, STARS: 0
if that was mud, side of the car would have some of it. Doubt anyone would wash a car without washing the wheels.
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
03/28/2017 at 15:59, STARS: 5
That’s not brake dust... that’s brake SHAVINGS.
#MetalOnMetal
"bobbe17" (rob-runte)
03/28/2017 at 15:59, STARS: 0
My money is on a frozen caliper. I’m sure it makes a terrible noise when it’s moving.
"jimz" (jimz)
03/28/2017 at 16:00, STARS: 0
nope, that’s common with high-dust semi-metallic pads. they’re basically iron filings held together with a binder; if you don’t clean your wheels the brake dust will rust.
‘course, the only time I’ve seen it that bad is when the pads were toast and the numpty driving it was blithely ignoring the grinding of metal-on-metal.
"Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever" (superchan7)
03/28/2017 at 16:08, STARS: 2
Around here the statusmobile BMW 5 series and Benz E-classes all have completely blacked front wheels. Odd that the truck’s brake dust is so brown; perhaps it’s a different compound from lighter-duty passenger cars.
"SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie" (sidewaysondirt)
03/28/2017 at 16:11, STARS: 0
Mine are almost that bad on the rims because aggressive track pads that mean new rotors and pads every not-many miles, but it’s not like that on the tires.
"AbsintheMinded: NeonHeatDreams" (absintheminded)
03/28/2017 at 16:41, STARS: 3
I hurt for those calipers/rotors/bearing/wheel....just everything.
I shudder to think of the state of the rest of the oily bits
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
03/28/2017 at 17:29, STARS: 1
Someone else’s comment mentioned that cheapo brake pads have a higher iron content, which makes the brake dust actually oxidize and turn reddish. More expensive cars have better pad materials and thus different color dust.
"MM54" (mm54mk2)
03/28/2017 at 18:17, STARS: 0
I’ve only seen it that bad with a seized caliper, I bet it smells great too