2000 S70 turbo, there seems to be a lot of brake dust on my wheels, is this normal with volvo brakes or has previous owner replaced the pads with cheap auto zone pads?

 

cheap pads.

do they make noise?

 

I have a 99 S70 T-5, (only 86K miles), and the front wheels always seem to have a ton of brake dust after a 'bath,' and about a week of driving - I've had her nearly 3 years, and I figure I am about due to replace them since up to now, there hasn't been any squeal......now there is...........any thoughts on good pads, w/o going to the dealer? Thanks!

 

Volvo pads are notorious for dust. I switched to Akebono Euro Ceramic pads on my S60 and my sons 850. Stop just fine, no squeal and most importantly NO DUST!

 

I was thinking of buying wagner pads from o-rileys, anyone know if wagner makes pads for volvos? If they do, anyone tried them, I have had real good luck with them on my other vehicles

 

Volvos ARE phenomenal brake dust producers!

Best product I;ve found is "Armour All Wheel Protectant".

Really clean the wheels first and it works great. I had mine off once and treated the inside also.

I am not a big fan of Armour All but this product is pretty good.

FWIW, your rotors are only slightly harder than a Belgium waffle. You really should replace them when you replace the pads.

 

Welcome to Volvo ownership. Brake Dust!!!

 

haha my wheels are always covered in them, switching to black wheels soon! will fix that issue some

 

sounds like the solution is to replace rotors and pads with after market, harder rotors and harder pads, or will this screw up the braking?

 

www.IpdUSA.com has a set of pads that give off less brake dust. They brake just as well as oem's. Try that but remember, wheels & tires are on the ground, they will only stay so clean.