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Old 08-21-2016, 11:30 PM
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Default Brake Dust! Dust! Dust!

This GT4 takes it to another level. After one simple drive, car in pristine condition, comes back with a lot of this dust on wheels, doors and rear bumper. A LOT of dust...and I mean alot....

I tried searching and reading everything I could find...Either change out pads to less grippy pads sacrificing performance and bite, wax wheels, coat wheels...

any other things I am missing?

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Old 08-21-2016, 11:39 PM
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You can switch out the pads w/o sacrificing performance and reduce brake dust.

It is only dust and just shows you are actually driving the damn thing
Old 08-22-2016, 12:06 AM
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When I switched out my PCCBs I went with Ferrodo DS2500 pads from Clark at Apex. They produce less dust than the pads on iron rotor equipped cars. Not as good as the PCCBs as you might expect.
Old 08-22-2016, 12:36 AM
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The brake dust is horrible on this car for sure
I have complained about it as well
I think it is also the tires ...
The Dunlops have a tread wear rating of 80!
Old 08-22-2016, 12:46 AM
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PFC 11 apparently performs better than stock, lasts longer, dusts less, and stays silent or near-silent on the road. I was going to run them but opted to try Ferodo DS1.11s first since people who have run both seem to prefer the Ferodos on track, though they make a bit more noise on the road, so I'll see if I'm willing to deal with the noise and switch to PFCs if I'm not.
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Simple - quit using the brakes so much.
It's a momentum car.
Old 08-22-2016, 12:10 PM
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Wheels- Armor All Outlast
Car- a nano coating like OptiCoat Pro Plus
Old 08-22-2016, 12:20 PM
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Perhaps because I have the black wheels and is less noticeable, but I don't find the brake dust on the GT4 anything abnormal, in fact my ///M accumulates a helluva lot more!
Old 08-22-2016, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr. Ferdinand
Perhaps because I have the black wheels and is less noticeable, but I don't find the brake dust on the GT4 anything abnormal, in fact my ///M accumulates a helluva lot more!
Silver is the worst!
Old 08-22-2016, 01:02 PM
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Default I dont get any brake dust

not even on the track

at least that I notice on my black wheels... spec'd for exactly that reason
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Originally Posted by LexVan
Wheels- Armor All Outlast
Car- a nano coating like OptiCoat Pro Plus
This. Outlast is da bomb.

Though some have indicated that the dust on the GT4 might even be too much for the Outlast.
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Old 08-22-2016, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by konaforever
Silver is the worst!
True, but I have silver wheels and even though I DD my car, I don't find the brake dust accumulation to be unreasonable. Even the track was a bit better than I'd been led to expect. Granted I'm not "car OCD" like some here, but I've never noticed brake dust building up on the body panels. Maybe because I have DBM?

Originally Posted by Jimmy-D
You can switch out the pads w/o sacrificing performance and reduce brake dust.

It is only dust and just shows you are actually driving the damn thing
This. I actually had one of my friends compliment me on the imperfect aesthetic state of my car, particularly the dust on the wheels, because in his words, "It's nice to see someone who bought a Porsche to actually drive it as it was intended rather than just keep it pristine all the time." My thoughts exactly.
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Hey guys try a white car and tell me about it
Actually some OCD people drive their cars too...
I happen to be one of them
I just coated wheels and brakes with rejex ( but that was on the PCCB, car
I have yet to try it on the iron rotors ...
I have used the armor-all and it does really help...
I want to see how the rejex will help on the side panels and rear( over the 3m pro series)
Hoping it will reduce the static cling ?? For the dust and dirt
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Originally Posted by Archimedes
This. Outlast is da bomb.

Though some have indicated that the dust on the GT4 might even be too much for the Outlast.

Is this the product? "Armor All Wheel Protectant?
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