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Old 03 August 2009, 12:27 PM
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fitted some new discs and pads last week and have only done about 50miles since fitted,now my front wheels are covered in brake dust, is this normal for new pads (kevlar performance pads)

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I recently fitted Mintex extreme pads, they're really bad too!

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im wondering if its just a phase seen as they are new
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I think they'll do it till their dead im afraid.
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My EBC Redstuff's cover my wheels every journey!!, really pi**es me off
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Obviously, new pads/discs will produce more initial dust as they bed-in. My DBA discs/DS2500 pads are the same at the moment. I hope it will get less as I've only done about 60 miles on them, so far. Some pads naturally produce more dust throughout their life.

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Your damned either way: Pads that are less dusty tend to put out more metal debris instead (i.e wearing the disc, as well as metal content in the pad itself)...

Which ends up ingrained and embedded in the wheels as extremely hard black particles that needs agressive chemicals/polishing to remove....give me dust any day
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They dont look too bad to me ive seen worse, without changing the pads again your pretty fecked, get some poorboys wheels sealant and give your wheels a few coats, will make them alot easier to clean
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i think they are bad enough seen as ive only been out in the car 3 times since fitting them with no hard braking either
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