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Car Forum / BMW Cars / April 2004Brake-dust Shields?
I've seen these offered for about $35/pr. What is the drawback of these, & why haven't I seen them mentioned in the multitude of brakedust posts? I can guess at brake cooling being a possible issue, & it not being COOL to hide the rotor & caliper. Otherwise, these seem to be a good idea to cure the brakedust blues. > I can guess at brake cooling being a possible issue, In one.  Signature*If PROGRESS is for advancement, what does that make CONGRESS mean? Dave Plowman dave.sound@argonet.co.uk London SW 12 RIP Acorn > I've seen these offered for about $35/pr. What is the drawback of these, & > why haven't I seen them mentioned in the multitude of brakedust posts? > > I can guess at brake cooling being a possible issue, & it not being COOL to > hide the rotor & caliper. Otherwise, these seem to be a good idea to cure > the brakedust blues. Yes, you will stop the dust. But you risk overheated rotors resulting in them warping ($$$) Better plan is to replace the pads with one of the many that provide lower dust and then wash your car occasionally. -Fred Lower dust means a harder pad compound. Which means less roter life. Stay away from the dust shields and wash your wheels more often. > > I've seen these offered for about $35/pr. What is the drawback of these, > & [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > -Fred > Lower dust means a harder pad compound. Which means less roter life. Maybe, but hardly enough to notice. I've run Repco/Axxis/PBR Metalmaster pads for some 15 years now in almost all of my cars and never noticed a real increase in rotor wear. Rotors generally go 3-4 pad changes for me (since I usually end up changing out pads about 1/2-2/3 worn so the car can go on track in driving schools) and the Metalmasters' dust is light grey; about the same color as alloy wheels. ;^) -- C.R. Krieger (Been there; done that) Thanks for confirming my suspicions. I've found that using a soft hand broom works great at getting a majority of the dust off & keeping it looking quite nice. Once or twice a week does the trick. My brake dust problems were cured by installing new brake pads. I put in some kind of Raybestos pads. I can't recall the particular model, but if I saw a list of Raybestos product names, I could pick mine out. > I've seen these offered for about $35/pr. What is the drawback of these, & > why haven't I seen them mentioned in the multitude of brakedust posts? > > I can guess at brake cooling being a possible issue, & it not being COOL to > hide the rotor & caliper. Otherwise, these seem to be a good idea to cure > the brakedust blues. I went to the Raybestos Website, my brakes are the Professional Grade. They are very clean and my car stops when I ask it to. > My brake dust problems were cured by installing new brake pads. I put in > some kind of Raybestos pads. I can't recall the particular model, but if I [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > hide the rotor & caliper. Otherwise, these seem to be a good idea to cure > > the brakedust blues. |
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