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Jul 12, 2005 | 05:40 PM

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Brake dust

I just installed a set of Sportbrakes drilled/slotted rotors on my 99 FRC along with a set of GM ceramic pads. Everything is fine except for the amount of brake dust. I have driven almost 400 miles since installation and my wheels are completely black Will this clear up once the pads are completely bedded. I did the C5 brake upgrade on my 93 using Baer rotors and GM ceramics and the dusting was nothing like this. Has this happened to anyone else?

Jul 12, 2005 | 09:29 PM

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Something doesn't seem right? I did the exact same install, except added the zo6 red calipers. I bedded in one night and after that I have had very little dust, as you should w/ ceramic pads.

Jul 12, 2005 | 10:01 PM

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Just washed the car and noticed the firepath on the rotors didn't rust up like they normally would. Looks like I have more zinc to wear off. Whats funny is, I remember when I did the C5 brakes on my 93 with Baer rotors the zinc actually came off in gobs, this appears to be wearing off much more slowly.

Jul 12, 2005 | 10:47 PM

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If you got black dust, you do not have ceramics. I run them on mine and the dust is virtually invisible, but I do get a lot of black dust when I run Z06 pads at HPDE's.

Jul 12, 2005 | 11:37 PM

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Thats what I thought also, I double checked the part # on the box and the part # indicates that they are ceramic. I suppose they could have been packaged incorrectly.

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