The European Union is introducing new brake-pad regulations that reduce dust pollution by 27 percent
The European Union is introducing new brake-pad regulations that reduce dust pollution by 27 percent
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Car brake pads to change under new rules to curb pollution
For anyone doing the brakes on their car, look into ceramic brake pads. I've recently replaced mine and used the ones from ATE and it's actually insane how much less brake dust these give off. My front wheels used to be absolutely coated in black dust after long road trips but now there is pretty much zero buildup. They are only like 1-2 Euros more expensive than the regular ones. It's a total no-brainer.
Aren't they harder on the rotors though? The whole idea behind brake pads is they're significantly softer than the rotor, so you can go through many pads before changing the rotors.
No, a so called "transfer film" forms on the surface of the disk that reduces the overall wear and resulting brake dust.
Though it should be noted that you shouldn't just slap on ceramic pads without also changing to new rotors as the pattern of wear from the pads is different.
Does it matter - I've never seen rotors not need replacing when doing a breakjob. Once I was able to resurface the existing rotors but it cost almost as much as new rotors and broght them to the minimuns.
Your should try coasting more, looking further ahead than the car in front of your bumper and finessing the brakes, works even better than ceramic.
Ceramic pads are pretty great though
I often drive through pretty mountainous regions, coasting or even downshifting won't help much unfortunately.
Also engine braking
Yupp, can confirm. Been using them since 2011 in my cars and they are awesome!
American here, thought those were the standard? I'm pretty ignorant with auto mechanics, though I can change break pads. If someone asked me what they're made of, "I dunno. Ceramic of some kind."
Most are made out of mixtures of metals like copper, iron and steel. Ceramic brakes are more prone to fading though.
The cheapest ones that most people default to are usually barely glued together carbon powder. But good mechanics definitely carry and use ceramic
Newer vehicles typically have ceramic stock (well at least my newest car did), but I think "organic" were standard until relatively recently. There's pros and cons to each.