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How to keep front wheels really clean

3K views 20 replies 11 participants last post by  Smackrattle 
#1 ·
I have used Rotex Gold and other brands of brake pads that do NOT contain black graphite like the Pagid-made pads used by Mercedes and sold by their dealers as well as many other suppliers of parts. Recently when it was time to replace front rotors, I decided to try Akebono Ceramic brake pads. Ceramic brake pads are not new science. Porsche has been using them for years with cross-drilled rotors. With that comfortable knowledge I decided to use Zimmermann cross-drilled rotors with Akebono Cermaic pads. I was concerned about equivalent stopping power and longeavity. There is no need for these concerns. I now look at amazement at CLEAN front wheels all the time!
 
#8 ·
Effectiveness in braking, rather than how clean the wheels are, after use, really should be your primary and foremost consideration in selecting your brake pads, if I read your post correctly.
 
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