Mowgli1647545497 Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 ...have covers on their brakes that makes it look like they're running drums on all four corners? (Was stuck in traffic in front of a Volvo dealership - and I noticed that on a bunch of their higher end cars on the lot and now its bugging me) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck531 Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 keep the brake dust off the rims? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli1647545497 Posted July 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 And engineer in brake fade and failure due to overheating? Gotta be something else at play. I know I could just go to the Volvo website but I like the mystery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 pics please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli1647545497 Posted July 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 I didn't take any. Was the Volvo dealership on 161 west of 315. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 hmmmm not sure wife car shares s40 platform brakes an supsenion and i have never noticed that. was it like that on all the models? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye1647545503 Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Are you sure they are not just new to the lot and have not been processed.(protective covers taken off) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest timmybgood Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 i know what you're talking about. i drive by that dealership nearly every day. the covers are just temporary, infact that look like paper. they were white, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli1647545497 Posted July 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 yup. that must be it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPLN SUX Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 brake dust is a HUGE problem for Volvos though. Im going to move to another rotor and brake pad and see if it still does it... if it does, then the brakes are too small. Normaly id just say i lay into them too hard, but its a widespread issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulo Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 I hear ceramic pads are supposed to be pretty clean. Does anybody have any experience with them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 I just put EBC Red Stuff Ceramics on my STI and they are 10x better, I was at Road America this past weekend and made many 120+ to 30-50 quick slow downs and never had any fade. They dust way less than the OEM Metallic Pads plus the dust doesent rust into the paint on the back of the car, it washes right off. I used to have to wash my wheels once every couple of days and now after 1 week since my last wash, They barely have any dust on them. And what dust there is, is grey, not black, so it is not as noticable. I'd say the only drawback to them is when you stomp on them a few times hard, they stink soooo bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPLN SUX Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 are you on stock rotors??? I was thinking of some of the EBC pads and rotors like this: Rear http://www.volvomotorsports.com/volvo1/catalog/images/DSC00010_r.JPG Front http://www.volvomotorsports.com/volvo1/catalog/images/DSC000051.jpg Which pads are the more aggresive ones... red or green??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lustalbert Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 :waits for the solid vs sloted debate: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Here you go you can wait no longer pretty pointless IMO, unless you like to eat pads twice as fast. Another drawback is my rear pads squeal a bit under slow light braking, I had to brake hard thismorning from a high speed and cooked the stop squeal stuff I put on them to stop them from squealing. I guess I will have to do a second coat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conesmasher Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 Originally posted by Tulo: I hear ceramic pads are supposed to be pretty clean. Does anybody have any experience with them? I had a little experience with them on the ole' teg. They were relatively quiet and the dust factor was almost non-existent. The dust that settled on the wheels was almost like it was clear. But if you ran your finger across it, you knew that they were pretty dirty. I liked them, but they had less initial bite than the metallic pads I had before. Metallic was just dirty and made crucial noises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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