new wheels and tires on the 2o11 at 117572...

almost 3500 on these kumho
not sure when they ought to be rotated...
gotta figure out something for the new wheels...collecting a nasty amount of brake dust inside the wheels in the front :confused:

would sum boeShield clear wax sprayed in the inner wheel rim area protect from brake dust and/or that saltMonster
 
Me thinks you've been smoking too much boeshield....brake dusts originates from the brake pad compound. I've not ever seen those toyota ceramic brake pads leave excessive brake dust on wheels. You likely have bogus pads if so.
 
tacojoel said:
Me thinks you've been smoking too much boeshield....brake dusts originates from the brake pad compound. I've not ever seen those toyota ceramic brake pads leave excessive brake dust on wheels. You likely have bogus pads if so.
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i don't recall which pads i used a few years ago during that debacle with the rotor change and brake parts missing from dealer
they may not have been yota advics but i am not sure in this present time

brake dust sitting on these wheels seems to decay them over decades from the looks of the original wheels that were replaced abit ago
just wish to add an extra layer of protections is all... :confused:
 
I got cross drilled and slotted rotors from PowerStop I think it was. They have very little dust and huge difference in stopping power especially towing. I put them all around on my wife's X3 Beamer it really stops amazing.
 
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Got the kumho on some PURE black highway ice the other day after a blizzard in March
They had not yet treated road with chemicals and it was glazed
Tapped the brakes to verify and yeah started to slip out in the backend
Slowed it down to 30mph with occasionally brake tapping...had to slide through one light onna hill :(

But kumho seem to maintain adequate traction on this pure ice to operate the ABS and keep under control
 
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JayQQ97 said:
Got the kumho on some PURE black highway ice the other day after a blizzard in March
They had not yet treated it with chemicals and it was glazed
Tapped the brakes to verify and yeah started to slip out in the backend
Slowed it down to 30mph with occasionally brake tapping...had to slide through one light onna hill :(

But kumho seem to maintain adequate traction on this pure ice to operate the ABS and keep under control
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Never had any issues like with my 01 tundra, or 94 v6 toyota 4x4 pickup on slippery icy roads so far with these kumho tires. It's even way better with traction control on this 3rd gen taco. You'd need to be totally hammered, or brain dead to screwup.
I got a little over 1500 miles on the kumho's. I think I took 500 miles worth of thread life off the rear tires when I lit them up from a stop sign at an intersection of on coming cars. They don't have that high squeal like the oem firestones had, but more of a low growl.
 
Too heavy a right foot since the stroke I had years ago. It can be full go pedal if not much time to enter/pull into on coming traffic.
 
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