Excessive Brake Dust In '96 Sc400?

[e34v8driver]

Hi:

Posting for a friend who doesn't know about this board, yet. She's the second owner of a

'96 SC400 and she's complaining about excessive brake dust. My searches of this board

for this issue have turned up very few complaints. I'm wondering if this is a common

complaint with that vintage of the SC, or maybe this car is running with some generiic

(non-factory) brake pads. Can anyone offer any guidance.

Thanks,

Charles

[bean_8044]

I had that on my 91 but i changed my pads and rotors and now it stay pretty clean. might just be the eight year old brake setup getting old...good chance to upgrade

[johnny3]

My 96 still has the factory pads (50k) & dust has not been a problem, your's have probably been replaced with after market generic pads. Stay with Toyota/Lexus pads, a lot of people prefer "Porterfield" pads because they leave hardly any dust.

[mktbully]

My 96 still has the factory pads (50k) & dust has not been a problem, your's have probably been replaced with after market generic pads. Stay with Toyota/Lexus pads, a lot of people prefer "Porterfield" pads because they leave hardly any dust.

what compound of porterfield?

their street compound does dust a lot. It's almost like a redish color to it.