Brake Dust Fresno CA
Brake Dust
By Thomas Hall, Technical Contributor As we experience more and more life situations, we generally evolve from very black and white thinkers to accepting that most situations have two sides or competing priorities. One of the most common complaints about a vehicle's brake system is the propensity to develop really ugly brake dust. Walk through any shopping mall parking lot and you can see many examples of nice wheels that are just black with dust. Sometimes it will be all four wheels and sometimes it might only be the front or rear wheels. How can it be so different from vehicle to vehicle and even on the same vehicle? The significance of brake dust on customer perceptions has grown over the years. I would suspect part of this is the result of the prominence the styling of wheels has achieved. Drop a couple thousand dollars on a nice set of "double deuces" (22-inch rims) and have to spend every weekend with the most wicked cleaner you can find to keep them shining and us brake guys will quickly be in the cross hairs. One measure of a vehicle's dust propensity is now available in some of the New Car Quality Surveys. A few months after you purchase your new vehicle, you will likely get a survey asking about your impressions. Among the many questions is a specific question asking about brake dust. The public has the chance to rate us. This data is collected and then published. Recent data on complaints for brake dust on light-duty pickups shows a range of ... |
