dmike67

Does anybody have any suggestions on how to reduce brake dust? The brake dust on the front wheels on German cars is brutal. Not a big deal, but I can wash my car, have it spotless, then take a 2 mile drive to the grocery store and back and I can already see that "haze" already accumulating on the lips of the wheels. I have black wheels, but the lips are chrome and with the black wheels the lips really put it all together, until the brake dust "crashes the party." I saw some brake dust shields on the internet, but I am not sure if they are for the OEM wheels only. I have also seen those "disc" looking things that are custom painted and fill the entire wheel. My car is already flamboyant enuff so I dont know if I want to go that route. Thanks in advance for the suggestions....

MBZFAN55

The brake shields have been accused of sometimes affecting the braking capabilities due to increased heat, and not surprisingly the "over" containment of all that dust that is now "stuck" behind the shield. There are other brands of "aftermarket" brake pads that are not as dust prone as the oe Mercedes. One interesting product could be the new ceramic pads (Akebono being #1), but I'm not sure it's available for the W220.

ArMaNi S500

dkmike your S class is a beaut! just a couple more things to make it 100%. get some of the pre-painted side markers in silver and add a lorinser roof wing. nice job!

blackstunna

from my knowledge brake dust shields wouldn't work with your wheels, onlky works with stock wheels... change your brake pads....

DMI+RY

Yup!

Besides that brake dust shields would cover brake disc and caliper with dull plastics, which IMHO totally destroys the look of any wheels!

DMI+RY

Akebono pads advertized well but there is no availability for W220 (yet).

fkong777

Akebono pads only for ML and SLK applications.

found something in brakeworld.com.

rotex gold Kevlar.
http://www.brakeworld.com/catalog.as...tem&invid=4401

sounds interesting. $90 a pair.

ano0oj

I hate breakdust...if you hate it that much...go for an SC430...the dust doesn't show up on the wheels..

DMI+RY

Interesting solution...
Have anyone have any experience with these ROTEX GOLD KEVLAR pads?

fkong777

There isn't much of a choice if you want to minimize dust. Brakeworld also have a ceramicool brand pads

Ceramic material in pad usually give less dust than OEM pads.

Beowulf

The guys over at 6speedonline.com have been raving about Rejex. Worth a try - I've got a bottle on order myself.

schwarz

has anyone tried the porterfield brakepads that myroadster.net is selling?

fkong777

so how do you use rejex to minimize the brake dust problem?

vraa

Don't get brake shields. No no no. That's dangerous!

Have you tried EBC Greenstuff? Have those on my LS, however, I wash every week anyways.

mand

that is the most incredible/beautiful sclass ive seen, love the fenders, and rims, the brake dust is a b!tch

Beowulf

http://www.corrosionx.com/articles/CarandDriver.pdf

and

"RejeX should be applied to a cool (less than 85° F) dry surface out of direct sunlight. If the surface is too hot, the coating will cure before it has properly bonded to the surface, and it won’t perform up to its potential. RejeX is wiped on, allowed to dry to a haze, wiped off, then allowed to cure for 12 hours.

Curing is required to allow the 'monomers' (polymer building blocks) that make up RejeX to attach themselves to the surface being treated and to polymerize (crosslink) into a water-clear, impervious film. It is very important to allow RejeX to cure 12 hours after the haze has been wiped off. If the coating is exposed to contamination such as oil, fuel, soot, water, cleaners, etc. before it’s cured, the contaminants will interfere with the film, preventing the RejeX film from achieving it's maximum performance."