Brake dust

So I'm pretty crazy about keeping my car clean. My car is white and the brake dust is pretty much instantly down the side of the car on a very short drive. I was looking at the car and was thinking maybe a block off piece of plastic or something mounted to cover the rear vents in the front wheel well would stop the dust from going through the side vent and down the car. Was thinking this could be good for cruising around town. They could be removed for spirited and track driving. But if your just running down to a car meet they could help with the cleanliness of the car. Any thoughts. Anyone else get annoyed at the dust. Also I do clean it with a quick detailer after a drive for the brake dust. I spray it on the car and wipe gently with microfiber. Does anyone think that will hurt the finish wiping away the brake dust that way. It always has a nice coat of wax on it to. The quick detailer is for between drive.

Break Dust

Makes me crazy as well.....changing to ceramic pads.

nano coat the paint, wheels and calipers for east cleaning

I would like to take it to get gas with having to wipe it down afterwards. Im being anal with being clean. Its not black after a quick trip.

bobmclean said:

Makes me crazy as well.....changing to ceramic pads.

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please respond if it helps when you get them

I went through that with my Boss. Switched to Hawk ceramic pads. Dust problem solved. Brakes seemed fine. Then the 2015's came out. The first thing I noticed when I test drove a 2015 PP GT was how aggressive the brakes felt. That prompted me to switch to Hawk 5.0 Boss pads. Low dust but geared twoard performance. The difference in normal driving and autocross as compared to the ceramics was insignificant. Then I got the GT350. The braking package on this car is so amazing I am not going to mess with it until someone demonstrates that there are brake pads that ameliorate the dust issue without degrading the performance.

Funny. I just read an article as to why the wheels are black on this car. Because customers would hate the brake dust.
Sure, it sucks, but to get really good braking performance you will have dust. Ceramic and other low dust pads will not have to initial bite and torque like the ones on the car.
I have the exact same issue with my M3. If you want no dust, you will compromise performance. If that's not an issue, have at it.

Rimox51 said:

nano coat the paint, wheels and calipers for east cleaning

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Agreed, I Did this on my last car and it made a huge difference.

Already planning on getting cquartz finest as soon as I get my car.

Magnetic is good at hiding the dust. Plus I just mash the gas and don't use the brakes. Lol.

I bought a set of charcoal Shelby Super Snake wheels for daily driving and plan to get a set of brake pads that are not as dusty to use when I put these wheels on.
When I go to the track, I use the stock black wheels and will use the OEM brakes.
Just haven't found an aftermarket set of brake pads yet. Hoping Hawk will make them soon.

65sohc said:

I went through that with my Boss. Switched to Hawk ceramic pads. Dust problem solved. Brakes seemed fine. Then the 2015's came out. The first thing I noticed when I test drove a 2015 PP GT was how aggressive the brakes felt. That prompted me to switch to Hawk 5.0 Boss pads. Low dust but geared twoard performance. The difference in normal driving and autocross as compared to the ceramics was insignificant. Then I got the GT350. The braking package on this car is so amazing I am not going to mess with it until someone demonstrates that there are brake pads that ameliorate the dust issue without degrading the performance.

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GLoc makes better pads but I cant comment on the brake dust yet.

Is it possible they put different brake pads on the 2017's? I have only driven about 100 miles on this one I just bought but my 2016 I traded for this one at 100 miles had brake dust all over the wheels and so far I see absolutely none on these wheels. Mine is a early 2017 convenience pkg. GT 350 built later last summer. Maybe it will just take a few more miles, but it sure would be nice if they fixed that.

johnny1 said:

Is it possible they put different brake pads on the 2017's? I have only driven about 100 miles on this one I just bought but my 2016 I traded for this one at 100 miles had brake dust all over the wheels and so far I see absolutely none on these wheels. Mine is a early 2017 convenience pkg. GT 350 built later last summer. Maybe it will just take a few more miles, but it sure would be nice if they fixed that.

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Mines gets dusty too and it was build 10/7/16

Are you guys bedding in your brakes?

nastang87xx said:

Are you guys bedding in your brakes?

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Might be a dumb question, but if you're only changing the pads, and sticking with the same stock pads, there's no need to bed them in again if you already did it with the first set of pads, right?