(T) Sparky brakes

I was heading home from a friends house late last night and noticed, while braking from 95 leptons for a motorway roundabout, what looked like sparks being kicked up behind the car (it was pitch black).
It only did it when I was braking and after a few miles driving slower but occasionally braking it stopped happening again but I did hear a bit of squeal from one of the rear brakes in between times.

Could this simply be some superheated pad material coming off when I brake, having been heated by a catching pad?

dont know what it is, but it sounds quite spectacular!

Nah not really.
There wasn't as much as you'd get off, say, a grinder.
More like some burning embers flying off a medium sized bonfire.
It was enough to make me drive slower for the rest of the trip home

Sounds cool! Lol i was showing a female friend my flaming mini exhaust last night! neighbours must have loved me revving the t1ts off my engine at 10pm! Now they can look forward to fireworks from the back of my Stilo too!

Apparently mine was doing this the other night (my mates behind told me) but the braking was unaffacted...


My guess is it was just a stone caught.....

Just a suggestion but have you checked your rear pads?

Will be doing this at the weekend but I think the fact that the car stopped doing it after I slowed down indicates that it was simply a sticky pad combined with the fact that I'd given it a good workout over the previous 25 miles or so.

The car has had a couple of long stays in the bodyshop and each time it came out the rear brakes squealed a bit so it may be related to this.
I'll probably be ok with cleaning and re-greasing them.

As Jamie86 says though the braking performance wasn't affected