Rear Brake Pads Low Dust Options?

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Silverstar

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 Costa Del Sol
My car will soon need rear brake pads, fed up with brake dust so looking for low dust options. I know EBC Red Stuff exists for the E89 does anyone know of any other brands? Also any recommendations for replacement rear discs? The car is the 30i.
 
Textar do an e option that’s low dust ..not the cheapest …
 
Didn't know you could get low dust pads for rears TBH.
TRW discs are really good, but they seem to be less competitively priced now. They do discs with black painted hubs which look good too IMO.
 
May sound daft, and of course dictated by conditions, but simply turning off the DSC will reduce rear brake dust dramatically on the E89.
It uses the electric handbrake and seems to be constantly nibbling away. Only car I've ever had where the rear wheels get dirtier than the fronts.
 
enuff_zed said:
It uses the electric handbrake and seems to be constantly nibbling away. Only car I've ever had where the rear wheels get dirtier than the fronts.
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Ditto. Ours had low dust pads on the front but not the back. With the DSC the car looked like it had been driven in reverse everywhere. :)
 
B21 said:
Textar do an e option that’s low dust ..not the cheapest …
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Found the product code for Textar but can’t find them on sale anywhere.

Pondrew said:
Didn't know you could get low dust pads for rears TBH.
TRW discs are really good, but they seem to be less competitively priced now. They do discs with black painted hubs which look good too IMO.
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Thanks for the recommendation for the discs, I’ll check them out.

enuff_zed said:
May sound daft, and of course dictated by conditions, but simply turning off the DSC will reduce rear brake dust dramatically on the E89.
It uses the electric handbrake and seems to be constantly nibbling away. Only car I've ever had where the rear wheels get dirtier than the fronts.
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I would be too scared turning off the DSC, might end up going sideways :rofl: :rofl: Just getting used to turning traction off. :D
 
Silverstar said:
I would be too scared turning off the DSC, might end up going sideways :rofl: :rofl: Just getting used to turning traction off. :D
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25+ years with a 2.8i Capri, so it's like old times.

Mind you, took me a while to switch it off again after the remap. :roll:
 
enuff_zed said:
May sound daft, and of course dictated by conditions, but simply turning off the DSC will reduce rear brake dust dramatically on the E89.
It uses the electric handbrake and seems to be constantly nibbling away. Only car I've ever had where the rear wheels get dirtier than the fronts.
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To be pedantic the rear traction control system uses a combination of hydraulic brake pressure via the ABS/DSC unit and engine management..timing / fuel corrections…at no time is the electronic parking brake subsystem is used..in any form..that’s only used for emergency braking where it commands both the rear wheels and the fronts via the ABS system to brake..and of course normal parking brake..

I’d concur that a re-mapped N20 would be ‘interesting’ without the DSC on for many drivers especially on a wet road…with twice the BHP and 3 times the torque of a 29i Capri it would be much more of a handful…
 
B21 said:
enuff_zed said:
May sound daft, and of course dictated by conditions, but simply turning off the DSC will reduce rear brake dust dramatically on the E89.
It uses the electric handbrake and seems to be constantly nibbling away. Only car I've ever had where the rear wheels get dirtier than the fronts.
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To be pedantic the rear traction control system uses a combination of hydraulic brake pressure via the ABS/DSC unit and engine management..timing / fuel corrections…at no time is the electronic parking brake subsystem is used..in any form..that’s only used for emergency braking where it commands both the rear wheels and the fronts via the ABS system to brake..and of course normal parking brake..

I’d concur that a re-mapped N20 would be ‘interesting’ without the DSC on for many drivers especially on a wet road…with twice the BHP and 3 times the torque of a 29i Capri it would be much more of a handful…
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Ah well, uses the rear brakes and makes the wheels dirty.
At least I will go backwards into the scenery with nice clean wheels. :rofl:
 
I have done must be 40k miles on front pads and barely worn.
Rears half worn.
Both running MTec drilled grooved discs.
I see they are about £330 with pads, but i went EBC green stuff.
40k miles about half millimetre lip.
 
flybobbie said:
I have done must be 40k miles on front pads and barely worn.
Rears half worn.
Both running MTec drilled grooved discs.
I see they are about £330 with pads, but i went EBC green stuff.
40k miles about half millimetre lip.
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I’ve noticed that too, the rear pads get worn out way quicker than the fronts.
 
Might be just the pads don't come off the discs quick enough when the eBrake is disengaged, then the bong of doom.
I can't see why the stability control is dabbing them, not on a race track, but i had traction kick in once or twice turning in sharp at T junction in normal mode.
Could be programmed to bias rear brakes for stopping stability, first car i have come across with rear wheel toe in for instance.
I know when the rear master cylinder seals failed on my car the front brakes weren't that efficient, especially on the bend i had to brake, probably rear biased at the turn, quite scary.
 
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