Holy Brake Dust!

"Michael Maguire" (michaelmag25)
02/02/2015 at 17:21 • Filed to: Wash me, bmw

I know it's winter man, but wash your car/wheels!

DISCUSSION (28)

crowmolly > Michael Maguire
02/02/2015 at 17:24

Kinja'd!!!

And replace your GD tire!

bob and john > Michael Maguire
02/02/2015 at 17:24

you know what...it seems to mainly be a nasty thing on german.

IDK, but they have MAJOR issues with managing brake dust

dogisbadob > Michael Maguire
02/02/2015 at 17:24

Kinja'd!!!

ooo a 4-door Integra

Racescort666 > Michael Maguire
02/02/2015 at 17:25

Kinja'd!!!

Plus that bubble in the tire... might want to get that looked at.

Racescort666 > crowmolly
02/02/2015 at 17:25

HAHA! I noticed exactly the same thing.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Michael Maguire
02/02/2015 at 17:27

He just really wants a set of gunmetal wheels.

Racescort666 > bob and john
02/02/2015 at 17:40

That's why I swapped to ceramic brake pads even though there was life left in my OEM ones.

bob and john > Racescort666
02/02/2015 at 17:41

hehe. I should have told me dad to do that when hes were up for replacement...forgot to.

Just4GP > Michael Maguire
02/02/2015 at 17:44

I'm starting to wonder is this a 7-Series/BMW owner thing. One of the top Execs at my company NEVER has his wheels cleaned. His 760 (two cars ago I think) was so bad one day, I offered to get it washed for him and he said yes. What a hell of a joy ride that was :)

He has since gone through several other 7-series BMWs. I don't recall how many because they are ALWAYS the same. Silver and fully optioned. In fact, he just picked up a new one. How can I tell? The wheels a sparkling clean. Well that and the dealer sticker in the window. It's not like BMW has changed that body style much in the past 10 years.

Michael Maguire > dogisbadob
02/02/2015 at 17:45

Kinja'd!!!

Racescort666 > bob and john
02/02/2015 at 17:47

There are 2 things on my cars that I will absolutely splurge for and that's brake pads and tires. Almost everything else is the cheap stuff, situationally dependent (e.g. synthetic oil for turbo cars)

bob and john > Racescort666
02/02/2015 at 17:48

hehe. both my parents drive nice cars (dad : A3 TDI mom: IS250 AWD) so they dont cheap out on maintenance

E92M3 > Michael Maguire
02/02/2015 at 17:54

This is not a 7 series thing. It's a BMW thing. They all do it. As much as technology has evolved in the last 2 decades apparently they aren't capable in making strides in brake pads (outside of carbon ceramics). One issue is BMW's drag the pads ever so slightly on the rotors to keep them dry if it's raining. This creates an enormous amount of dust. 1 10 min drizzle and my clean wheels will be coated in dust. My wheels don't stay clean past about 75-100 miles though even on dry weeks. People have complained about this for a long time to BMW but they insist the pad compounds are necessary to provide the shortest stopping distances.

Michael Maguire > E92M3
02/02/2015 at 17:59

hmm thanks for the input! Nice to hear from the owners so we don't just assume rich bmw doucher

Flat Six > Racescort666
02/02/2015 at 18:00

Interesting... are those the many-thousand dollar OEM ceramics? I have an X5 and the fronts get disgustingly dusty really fast. Not as bad as that car in the post, but pretty dirty.

E92M3 > Michael Maguire
02/02/2015 at 18:04

Yeah it takes constant dedication to keep them presentable. I wish I could disable the dry pad nonsense though.

Michael Maguire > E92M3
02/02/2015 at 18:08

Does this also mean you go through pads faster than other cars? I'm very curious.

computiNATEor > Michael Maguire
02/02/2015 at 18:42

I swapped the standard BMW pads for a set of Akebono Euro Ceramics in my e39, and I haven't had an issue with dust since! If you stick with the standard pads, helllooo dirty rims!

ly2v8-Brian > Michael Maguire
02/02/2015 at 18:45

Typical Euro car. The owner doesn't give one shit about care, but they have the 'image' of owning a Euro car.

epidemike > Michael Maguire
02/02/2015 at 19:09

no you dont, its just that the brakes produce more dust than other cars. you can get pads that produce less dust like the akebono's but you lose stopping power.

E92M3 > Michael Maguire
02/02/2015 at 19:32

Not really. Pads can last 40-60k miles. Rotors on the other hand don't last long. It's not uncommon for the rotors to need replacement with each pad change. By 50k miles they have quite a lip on the edge and the friction surface can be below the minimum thickness tolerance. I've never had a set last the life of 2 sets of pads.

Racescort666 > bob and john
02/02/2015 at 20:32

Honestly, you shouldn't. I ignore emissions related stuff occasionally. O2 sensor? That shit can wait until I am more motivated to finish it.

bob and john > Racescort666
02/02/2015 at 20:35

the only issue we have had was the EGR in my dads TDI had a bunch of build-up in it. he left it like that as it only affected warm up time in the winter, and BOTH times it happened in the summer

Racescort666 > Flat Six
02/02/2015 at 20:41

These are the pads I use. I put them on my mom's Passat because she was complaining about the dust and she didn't have any complaints which is good for someone who doesn't know shit about brakes.

Performance wise, they're pretty good. I haven't really smoked them ever so I don't know how well they do under really hard driving but they work great on the street. Good bite, good modulation, never had them fade.

Racescort666 > bob and john
02/02/2015 at 20:48

That happened in my buddy's Blazer (not that that was relevant). I get why they use EGR for emissions but I don't know what's more of a hassle EGR or SCR. SCR is a known quantity and EGR hypothetically is maintenance free but in practice, apparently it's not.

bob and john > Racescort666
02/02/2015 at 20:51

i under stand why for diesel...soot is a nasssty thing. but gas? huh...

Flat Six > Racescort666
02/02/2015 at 20:51

Nice, thanks for the tip.

Racescort666 > bob and john
02/02/2015 at 20:53

That's where I was going with that but didn't finish the thought. Don't know why they do it with gas. Diesel, it makes sense. Sorry. :/