tmdz28

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I have hawk HPS in the fronts and some cheap duralast in the rears. I noticed that my rear duralast pads produce a lot more dusts than my hawk hps in the fronts.

i rarely seen this happens, since i know there is a lot more braking power in the fronts compare to the rears.

i am under the suspicion that my rear pads are dragging, cause i have this humming noise starting at 35mph and gradually getting louder as speed increases.

thanks for your input

guy7bmwm83

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Can that humming sound be bad wheel bearings? I have heard similar humming noises from a friends car and my sisters car.

libertyforall1776

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Is the humming noise more like a whirring/slight grinding noise? If so, it could also be your diff bearings that need replacement...

01 ss vert

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HPS are pretty low dust, but probably about the same as the bad pads. your theory is right, however, the fronts should still be getting dirtier quicker. It's possible they are making more dust, or the caliper is stuck, or a bearing as those have mentioned.

However, the bearing won't cause the dust so you could have 2 different issues.

mitchntx

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Before the front pads were changed to HPS, were the rears particularly dusty? I suspect it has become something that has occurred since the front pad change.

It's a brake bias thing.

HPS pads are a higher performance brake, giving you more initial bite and able to withstand heat better than the stock pads.

Consequently, since the rears are not matched, the bias from the ABS system is making the rear pads bite harder and there for causing more dust.

01ssreda4

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My HPS pads put out plenty of dust. They bite like an SOB though.

LilJayV10

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That ain't no ****. If these are the low dust pads DAMN I hate to see the other ones.

01ssreda4

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My front wheels lose that chrome sunlight POP/BLING pretty quick with the new Hawks pads. They are pretty black after just a few hundred hard miles. Guess I better get used to wiping the fronts down often. Backs look like I just cleaned them.....This wasn't like that with the previous (unknown) front pads.

LilJayV10

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Yeah I left the dust on my Firehawk wheels too long and it stained them. I've cleaned the **** out of them and they look a lot better than they did.

They don't seem to be dusting as much as they did at first but have no data to back that up.

bayer-z28

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I forget what hawk pads I'm running, but I've never had an issue with dust.

tmdz28

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I recall, before i switched to HPS, my brake dusts were black, now with HPS, the dusts seems brownish.

is this normal?

my rear brake dust is normal/black though.

01 ss vert

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If you guys think HPS are dusty, try the HP+'s!

Dusty like an Arizona Hooker, they are.

Tobias05

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my hawks ceramics make a bigger mess than the factory pads, but it's worth their performance increase.

RaVagE

Your telling me. I absolutely love the pads(HP+'s) besides the occasional squeaks at low speed braking, and the dust is out of this world. It is the nature of the pad and an unfortunate trade off. My wheels stay clean for about 1.5 days with 90% freeway driving, lol. But they do grab like a **** though.

z28bryan

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I wouldn't say HPS are low dust. The dust is easy to clean off though compared to other pads I've had. Ceramics have really low dust, but sacrifice bite and stopping power a bit.

TheHeadFL

You should see what the Wilwood Polymatrix 'E' compound pads that came with my brake kit were like... Howled like a school bus and produced huge amounts of dust all over the place. Unbelievable stopping power, but I had to give up and go to their 'Q' pad which has much better street manners.

bene

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It's one of the reason why I want to PC my wheels black. I don't have to notice the brake dust as much compare to chrome/polish.

HAZ-Matt

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Ha only if you have pads that dust black. They will show the brownish dust really easily.

Honestly I like my aluminum wheels with a grayish dust better than when I had the black wheels, but everyone probably has a different opinion on that.