I have owned many cars with alloy wheels and have never had such a bad problem with brake dirt.

My S type diesel sport has standard 18 Jaguar alloy wheels. Going even a short drive of a 2 or 3 miles I return home to find my wheels covered with black speckles of brake dust. The brakes have been serviced and aren't sticking or heating up yet I constantly have this problem. The speckles are black in colour like chimney soot and very annoying when you have just cleaned the car.

Has anyone else had a similar problem and is there a fix, other than constantly cleaning the wheels?
If there is not a known fix can can anyone recommend a product which will make the dust less likely to adhere to the wheel surface.

 

EBC Greenstuff pads are claimed to be lower dust. I have no personal experience of these, (yet !). Yes, it is annoying and I, too, spend too much time keeping the wheels clean.

 

It's a fact of life now - the demise of asbestos means that copper dust has replaced it, together with a resin bonding agent. The result is higher wear rate, severe wear to cast iron discs, and loads of dust!

I dpon't know if it's still true, but early disc braked cars had wheel 'spokes' designed to suck air from behind the wheel and over the disc, then push it out through the wheel.

 

Thanks for the advice. The thing is my other cars have alloy wheels and the brake dust film is just that, a thin film of grey which washes off easily however the Jag produces much darker black soot which sticks much more and needs a good wash to get it off. I've never seen anything like it before.

 

Jag OEM pads are bad for dust.

Change to a ceramic pad, and be amazed.

 

I second the ceramic pad change. You will get lots less dust. What dust you get almost always washes off with a quick rinse with a hose. If you do some looking around, you can get a complete rotor/pad package for a car for dirt cheap. I did my X-Type awhile back and paid under $200 for all 4 wheels. Installing is quick and easy.

 

Good price on Amazon. I got the kit with 4 rotors, ceramic pads, and new clips under $170.

 

Some friends of mine actually snort brake dust to get high.


They claim that they can stop anytime..................

 

Ceramic pads are the way to go! Don't waste anymore of your time with the OEM's.