Holy cow the brakes on my 2017 SVR make a LOT of dust - like wash the car and take for a 20 mile ride and I can see the dust on the rims! A fellow Jag owner recommended that I install ceramic pads. Any problems that I might have using ceramic pads on my regular rotors?

 

Many of us went to Porterfield pads (R4S, if memory serves) as a lower dust alternative to the OEM pads.

 

Yep, the OEM pads on the steel rotors are incredibly dusty.
I changed them out for Porterfield R4-S pads many years ago and have not looked back, waaaaay less dust. Not zero dust but some / a little.
Good smooth braking, nice and progressive with plenty of braking power when needed. Also not horribly "grabby" like the OEM pads tend to be which are like having an on/off switch on the brake pedal such that driving in peak hour stop/go traffic can be a chore. Some like the instant grab of the OEM pads but I'm not one of those. Also a lot less noise - squeak/squeal/graunch - than the OEM pads.
The only potential downside to the R4-S pads is the slight "lag" before they bite, around 1 cm of pedal travel before anything much happens. Disconcerting at first but you very quickly get used to it.
The R4-S are touted as being "carbon Kevlar" whatever that is, and whether that qualifies as "ceramic" who knows!
Last but not least you want the R4-S for the street (S = street) and not the R4 which are a track focussed pad, very noisy and fairly dusty but much better on the track.

 

Tactically, a bit of polish will help reduce the tendency for the dust to stick and make it easier to wash off. Better yet, you can try Pinnacle' Diamond Wheel Coating.
But, the best answer is switching to the Porterfield R4-S pads, as mentioned above. I had no complaints with how they felt.

 

agreed on the Proterfield R4-2 pads. Put them on my F type R when it was new (2021), had 200 miles or so on the stock pads (depending on the wear of your brake discs, they may need to be cut or possibly replaced). Brake dust is cut way down. And, I don't believe it is recommended to put ceramic pads on the standard brake discs. Just buy the Porterfields and that problem you have is practically gone.

 

I used Wheel Wax and decided I had wasted 1.5 hours of my time . I have porterfield 4s and really like them!

 

I don´t brake ;-)

 

Agreed - it just wastes fuel!

 

Hypermiler? They try not to use brakes, either. LOL

We have coated our wheels yearly with a hybrid ceramic wax. Then, when the brake dust becomes noticeable, we use a smallish California Duster to wipe it off. <---E-Z!

 

I am also a proponent of putting a couple of coats of wax on the wheels. It doesn't do much to prevent the dust but it does make it easy to hose right off when you wash the car. I had an early Infiniti G35 Couple with Brembo brakes and they were terrible as far as producing dust. That's when I started using wax on the wheels. In between washing if I want to clean up any accumulated brake dust I just use some quick detailer spray and a rag and wipe them down. Only takes a few minutes and the dust come right off. I do wear a latex glove though as it is a bit of a dirty job.

 

Thank you everyone - I'll be using the Porterfield soon. Til then I think I'll try waxing the rims (or just not using the brakes lol).