neurotic

Hey fellas;

I am sick of cleaning brake dust off every 3 miles on my .1GTS...any recommendation on what brake pads might produce a humane amount of dust?



cheers

STG

https://rennlist.com/forums/991/8809...ke-pads-2.html

https://rennlist.com/forums/991/9274...e-visited.html

neurotic

Danke

STG

Maybe downshift to brake more??

neurotic

ya but my neighbors already hate me......

mtony

Centric Posi-Quiet brake pads and be done with the dust.

Porsche_nuts

Planning on changing my pads over to Centric Posi-Quiet in a few weeks.

mac10

+1

DerekS

Use Armor All wheel protectant after each wash. It really works.

neurotic

i've done that and it works as advertised on the tin but i've found that it only last a few washes

i will be trying the posi-quite pads

thanks!

fast1

There are pads which produce very little brake dust. So why doesn't Porsche use them? I suppose that like me, Porsche hasn't been able to find a brake pad that provides excellent stopping and produces no brake dust. In my case I just don't obsess about having some brake dust on my wheels.

GTSMeister

Having owned numerous German cars throughout the years the collected wisdom to answer this question goes like this...

North American drivers don't want to do something silly like bed in the pads and rotors on their cars.
So manufacturers tell them to drive conservatively for several hundred miles.
Pads have to be soft to deal with this.
Result is good initial bite and good braking action for the north american driver but loads of brake dust. Also squeal. They try to alleviate squeal with a champhered leading edge of the pad.

This upsets enthusiasts like those found here.

Valvefloat991

Exactly. It's a little like trying to find tires with great grip that also last 50,000 miles. You have to pick your priority.

dflowerz

After a year of ownership I have started letting my car have a little dirt on it now and then. Works for me!

LexVan

Yup!

Well, yeah. Reapply after washing off.