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Old 10-24-2004, 12:06 PM
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Why do my rear wheels have more brake dust than the fronts?
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Old 10-24-2004, 12:07 PM
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front brakes my be almost down to the metal?
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I noticed this too, it seems to just be that way, i think NYA4 has a cleaning solution
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Default well well well....ha...yeah i used a polish on my rims..reduced it by about 50%....
not completely clean...but better...think all the B6's are this way...
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You mean just a regular wax?
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nah...theres a couple of waxes for rims...they work pretty good for the brake dust
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stock rear pads are softer =more dust
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Cool, I'll give it a shot.
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Default i had the same problem. . . .
get some low dust brake pads. i got the mintex red box pads and it has greatly reduced brake dust and ive noticed better braking as well.
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Default Speaking of dust...
Are you saving your stock brake pads? Mother-in-Laws' A6 is needing fronts, same set-up. I have no sense of pride and reusing brake pads is in my bag of tricks. Let me know and John can maybe just snag them for me. TIA.
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