Hello all, I'm new here and in Aurora, Illinois
I bought a 2004 Crossfire Coupe and I love it.
I have had it since mid April and have put about 3,000 miles on already.
Great ride.
My question is why does so much brake dust accumulate of the front rims??
Is this common?
What are some brake pads that will produce less brake dust ??

 

It happens on mine to very annoying.

 

Congrats and Welcome to the forum.
Ah yes, the brake dust is very common (and annoying).
Do a search for some Rotex Gold brake pads - they will solve your 'front wheels turning black after 2-3 days' issue.

 

Rotex Golds, even if only on the fronts, is the best money you'll spend on your Crossfire. As RPM said, do a search. The general consensus is to buy them from brakeworld.com. Trust me, you'll be no less than thrilled with the difference.

 

Welcome and good luck with the car, and yes change those pads to the Rotex Gold and no more dust. I just drove from the Chrysler Nationals in PA and home 225 miles and rims we're clean.

 

Welcome to our forum.

Rotex Gold pads are the way to go. As ACRISPY1 stated, I too rode back 240 miles from the Chrysler nationals and the rims were still very clean.

If you replace the pads, have the rotors resurfaced (cut) at the same time. This will eliminate any squeaking, premature pad wear and possible pulsations. As a former auto repair shop owner, I found that this was the only proper way of replacing brake pads with no complaints from customers along with longer pad life.

 

It's very common. And having to clean the wheels teaches us to better prepare to stop instead of slammin on the brakes at every corner. There are plenty of dust shields, etc for the front brakes but I wouldn't touch any of them. I suggest you "wax" your wheels...it makes it easier to rinse them off when you notice brake dust build up. Good luck and keep it clean.

 

ichon is right. wax your wheels and you will get less build up and it is much easier to clean your wheels when they do get dirty.

 

Akeebono ceramics are "virtually" dust free as well...available at Tire Rack.

 

Rotex Gold...99% dust free + Wax, you can't go wrong.

http://www.brakeworld.com./catalog.a...=items&catid=2

 

Akeebono's are 99.9% dust free...haha.

 

A little bored tonight so I was just looking back through all the threads that I started.
My first post here on the forum. 7-11-07

Well I have certainly learned a lot about my car since that day last summer.
By the way I did get the Rotex Golds within a week of your responses here last year
I have met a lot of really great people over the past year at the Crossfire meets and put another 13000 miles on my Crossfire.
As my post count shows I love this place.
Thanks to all who post and make it such a great forum !!

Valk

 

your welcome gary! and yeah you somehow managed to get 3000 more posts than me in just a couple more months. congrats!

 

Vak,

methinks you do us all a great service. Thanks for all of your time!

 

Sorry that I'm exactly 2 months late on welcoming you to the forums. Heck I even bought my very first Xfire this past mid April! Have been enjoying your posts too!

 

One year and two months but who's counting

Thnaks for the welcome post ! Gary (Valk)

 

My first thread when joining .org

Been here 2 years and 2 months now and posted on this thread one year ago today.
Still love the Crossfire and now have even more GTG planned for the future.

Gotta love this place !!!

 

Well welcome to the forum...only 2 years and 2 months late, but who's counting. Might as well keep the tradition going.

 

As of today its been 11 years, 5 months, 19 days since I joined this forum and submitted this actual thread as my first thread / post on 07-10-2007
Still happy to be here and checking in each day from the start
Posts: 15,592 currently over 4190 days
If only I cold calculate how many hours of time I have spent here online over all these years
Looking forward to 2019 and wishing you all a Happy New Year !!