bagwell

One easy 40 mile drive and the front wheels are coated with brake dust.......just like my annoying Mercedes did.

mcfly

Big brakes + aggressive pads = dust. Big deal... wash the car.

Ramon

I love the brakes. I drove my dads '01 LS430 last night, after getting accostumed to the IS350 brakes I ended up very nearly overshooting the first couple stop signs I came to.

saske

ha ha, the same thing happened to me when I was given a ES330 loaner car. I almost went through the stop sign. I couldn't believe the difference in the brakes and now that I am back in my IS, I appreciate the brakes even more. We will see how much I like the brakes when the first service on the brakes comes due!!!

unit74

iTrader: (3)

My 330's brakes are super dusty and a PITA to keep the wheels clean. I'm lazy,m so I only do the wheels every few washes......it takes probable 5 min a wheel to get it clean.....they are the 20-ish spoke stock wheels......


What I found helped was waxing the wheels.......To do it right, you have to take the wheel off. But, this wheel make cleaning much easier in the long run.

Tony1

the brake dust build up on mine isn't THAT bad, at least not when comparing
it to my old BMW 330cic... i tried using that brake dust repellent by Michilin..
It seems to be almost useless.. if it does repell any bake dust, it probably
repells only about 10% of it

rominl

iTrader: (4)

at least it's an incentive to was your car. it's performance brakes, what do you expect

accelerate

I have to wash my car every week because of those damm brake pads, my car is garage kept, it doesn't even need too be cleaned every week. I'm using meguires wheel cleaner for the inside of the rim that i can't reach, this stuff works great and safe on all wheels.

TimboIS

If this is your biggest problem in life, be thankful.

marmont

/agree

i use break dust repplent from prestone, works like a charm. keeps the wheels cleaner for about 10days normal than i need to wash em. other than that i use amorall (sp?) wheel cleaner that keeps dust from building up so fast

STIG

Yeah, IS350 sure makes lots of break dust! but i think those are cool! makes my rims look like gun metal color.

rominl

iTrader: (4)

hhaa, until you have differen color wheels front and rear

bagwell

good news for those people that like black wheels (in the front, silver in the back)....

mike714

Is that supposed to happen over the life of the pads or just when they're new?

bagwell

hahaha, it'll be that way the whoooooooooooooole life of the pads....trust me.