New 2007 F-150 losts of dust
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The brake dust on my 06 was horrible especially with black wheels. After reading numerous treads on here about brakes, I went with the majority, Car Quest blue semi metalic. I have had them on for about 3 weeks and Im amazed. There will allways be a tiny bit of dust but a fraction of what I had before.
#19
I have about 800miles on my 07 and I have noticed significant Brake Dust on my front wheels. I'm a clean freak so cleaning the wheels and tires a couple times a weeks is not problem for me. I know the company Ford gets their pads from uses a soft compound. All the expeditions I see around all have their front wheels black full of dust. I also have a Ford focus ZX3 and an SVT Focus and the brake dust on them were just about the same. All that matters is that the vehicle stops well, the brake dust can be cleaned.
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#21
Originally Posted by jes1f150
The brake dust on my 06 was horrible especially with black wheels. After reading numerous treads on here about brakes, I went with the majority, Car Quest blue semi metalic. I have had them on for about 3 weeks and Im amazed. There will allways be a tiny bit of dust but a fraction of what I had before.
thx
#22
Originally Posted by HotLap
jes - how is the braking efficency as compared to the stock pads....still stop just as well or do you need to "heat up the pads" for full effectiveness?
thx
thx
#24
I to have an 07 with only 300 dust miles on it and I just ordered a set of Akebono ceramic pads for it. I spkoe with a rep for the company and he said the new pads are very low dust and very rotor friendly. On my 05 I used Hawk HPS pads and they to worked very well, I just wanted to try the Akebono because I heard a lot about them. When I spoke with the rep he said 05, 06, and 07 all take the same front pads.
#25
Originally Posted by achap
thats strange you all, I have an 07 that doesnt have hardly any noticable dust, and I drive a lot more than the average owner. I did have a 04 STX that as traded in that had a horrible brake dust problem. I thought they had corrected it with the 07's...guess not for some.
#26
Here is what I have used in the past and have on the way for my 06.
http://www.f150store.com/Shop/ViewPr...&PlateTypeID=1
Ran the same type on my 01 Ranger and never had dust issue. Stopping power was improved as well.
http://www.f150store.com/Shop/ViewPr...&PlateTypeID=1
Ran the same type on my 01 Ranger and never had dust issue. Stopping power was improved as well.
#27
Look around every new body style f150 has brake dust every where on the wheels. I'm a weirdo with my brakes because I had 24" wheels.... I hate dust and noise... I tried everything from baer pads to ceramic pads from kragen auto parts. The best I've found are raybestos semi-metallic's, I have no noise and a lot less dust.
#29
Originally Posted by 06darkstone
06 has same problem with excessive dust...
after you wash the wheels give them a waxing and the dust will hose off next time
after you wash the wheels give them a waxing and the dust will hose off next time
Cool what wax where you using??? FX4 wheels by chance 18"??
I wash my truck every weekend when I can or during the week if I dont do it 3 times a week it isnt enough lol, anywho I drive 30 miles a day sometimes 40 and my wheels only stay clean for about 3 to 4 days.
#30
I can't believe no one else said this, but the reason why the Midas guy is completely RETARDED is that the front brakes do the VAST majority of the braking, something around 90%. That said, you're going to have more dust up front.
Simple concept that someone working at Midas should have known...
Simple concept that someone working at Midas should have known...