Any issues with excesive brakedust?

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Needs a bit of wiping down after every run so far. I expect it will calm down later when I calm down.

Ditto with Santa Fe, pretty bad dusty every day.....Almost need to buy more towels cleaned em so many times.... I am hoping it will get better.... But they sure do work!

I applied Rejex to the rims which makes cleaning easier and like others here, a quick wipe down after the drive makes cleaning less painful. The amount of brake dust is similar to other cars I've had recently including M3 BMW.

im not sure about the oem porsche brake pads, but they are at least as bad as my audi's were. solution.....greenies, or something similar. there are several manufacturers of low dust brake pads. some are not as good as others, and some you will compormise braking performance. i am sure there are at least a few people on this forum that have experience with aftermarket pads that will comment on this thread.

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I got a fair amount of brake dust after track use today, but not more than I expected.

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I buy rags from Home Depot and use them to wipe off the wheels and then throw them away. You can also use paper towels if you wet them a bit. If it follows other Porsches the brake dust will get less as time goes by.

Red Rocket,

The pads that Porsche uses on the street cars are really very good for the street - they warm up quickly and grip super well without having to be hot... they also put out an average amount of dust. Remember that the rotors/pads on your Cayman are much bigger what was on your Audi, so you'll be bound to get more dust than you're used to. Porsche puts a lot of R&D into brakes. Be careful if you switch pads, especially to track pads... they need to warm up to work well, and may not stop you as well on the street.

brad

Edited by - beez on 02/13/2006 8:19:23 PM

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Seems that the wheels collect quite a bit of dust here. I haven't wiped them down every day (not sure I could get it done every day) tho. Going to take them off, clean em and wax em this weekend where I have the tools needed. The best thing is I can usually get the wash/wax done at work, the good thing about working the PM shift......

I used to wash my wheels and then use 303 on them. That is helpful even in the wheel wells. But this time I ordered Wheel Wax (a Caymanclub.net sponsor). They have a hocus pocus deionization ingredient that is 'supposed' to make the brake dust simply hose off with water.

We'll see ...

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i use wheel wax...and used it on my last two sets of aftermarket (expensive) wheels. it works great!
in the summer you can just hose off the dust and even those hard to get areas get cleaner easier.

i have the 18' cayman wheels and they are pretty easy to clean i think. 5 spokes sure beats the mesh wheels in terms of cleansibility. wheel wax wont keep the dust off, but makes it much easier to get rid of.

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