Brake dust
02-01-2007, 11:02 PM
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RE: Brake dust
ORIGINAL: Arrow
Forget those things. Yeck...
Clean your wheels more often (there, an excuse to spend more time with your car!) and buy better break pads.
Forget those things. Yeck...
Clean your wheels more often (there, an excuse to spend more time with your car!) and buy better break pads.
02-01-2007, 11:05 PM
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RE: Brake dust
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I have used them, and I liked them. I had them on a 2000 GT, I have them on my wife's Miata, and I have them on the front wheels on an '85 Mustang GT. I may put them on my '06 GT 'vert if they come out with ones that will work on my 18" Fanblades. Not only do they cut down, or eliminate the dust, they (being flat blact) make a good looking wheel "stand out". Just my $.02.
I have used them, and I liked them. I had them on a 2000 GT, I have them on my wife's Miata, and I have them on the front wheels on an '85 Mustang GT. I may put them on my '06 GT 'vert if they come out with ones that will work on my 18" Fanblades. Not only do they cut down, or eliminate the dust, they (being flat blact) make a good looking wheel "stand out". Just my $.02.
02-02-2007, 01:02 AM
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RE: Brake dust
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The better brake pads would be a good idea from what I hear, but I hate to replace perfectly good ones with less than 5000 miles on them. As for cleaning the wheels more often and spending time time with the car, I spend lots of time with the car - two hours a day 5 days a week driving to work plus weekend driving. I do hand wash the car as often as I can, but I'm what most of you would consider to be ancient - 60 years old. It's not as easy for me to detail a car as it once was.
The better brake pads would be a good idea from what I hear, but I hate to replace perfectly good ones with less than 5000 miles on them. As for cleaning the wheels more often and spending time time with the car, I spend lots of time with the car - two hours a day 5 days a week driving to work plus weekend driving. I do hand wash the car as often as I can, but I'm what most of you would consider to be ancient - 60 years old. It's not as easy for me to detail a car as it once was.
02-02-2007, 03:08 AM
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RE: Brake dust
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Sounds like we have similar commutes -- one hour each way to downtown Detroit for me. Puts a lot of miles quickly on the Mustang, but my brake pads are holding up very well -- and I end up trying to keep the wheels clean. -- I'm just a little behind you on the age though (53 -- with 7 kids and 5 grandchildren) so I have the car hand washed by a detail shop in our parking garageonce a month so the wheels get a good cleaning by someone younger than me!
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The better brake pads would be a good idea from what I hear, but I hate to replace perfectly good ones with less than 5000 miles on them. As for cleaning the wheels more often and spending time time with the car, I spend lots of time with the car - two hours a day 5 days a week driving to work plus weekend driving. I do hand wash the car as often as I can, but I'm what most of you would consider to be ancient - 60 years old. It's not as easy for me to detail a car as it once was.
The better brake pads would be a good idea from what I hear, but I hate to replace perfectly good ones with less than 5000 miles on them. As for cleaning the wheels more often and spending time time with the car, I spend lots of time with the car - two hours a day 5 days a week driving to work plus weekend driving. I do hand wash the car as often as I can, but I'm what most of you would consider to be ancient - 60 years old. It's not as easy for me to detail a car as it once was.
I park outdoors - no parking garages where I work. I don't know if there is anyone who will come to a parking lot and wash a car here. Worth checking into, though.
02-02-2007, 01:06 PM
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RE: Brake dust
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The better brake pads would be a good idea from what I hear, but I hate to replace perfectly good ones with less than 5000 miles on them.
The better brake pads would be a good idea from what I hear, but I hate to replace perfectly good ones with less than 5000 miles on them.
And there's no such thing as being 'old' when you have a Mustang. Everytime you take it out, you're young again! Just hit the gas and watch the wrinkles smooth away!
02-02-2007, 01:21 PM
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RE: Brake dust
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And there's no such thing as being 'old' when you have a Mustang. Everytime you take it out, you're young again! Just hit the gas and watch the wrinkles smooth away!
And there's no such thing as being 'old' when you have a Mustang. Everytime you take it out, you're young again! Just hit the gas and watch the wrinkles smooth away!
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