I will be coming up for a brake job in a few months, and I will change to ceramics for the low dust factor. I have an '04 coupe and was wondering what brand have you had the best experience with?
Thanks

 

Almost every brand of pads HAS SOME ceramic component mixed with the 50 or so chemicals used to make the brake pad. What is important is the amount of each in the mixture.

Oem pads are formulated to cold stop the shortest without regard for pad life..............getting too radical in longevity will drastically increase stopping distances in the first 1/2>3/4 second of application............kind of important when you are traveling 88 ft/sec [60 mph].

Easy too gain 10-20 feet of stopping distance in the quest to find low dust pads.

 

ebc redstuff pads are a nice kevlar/ceramic composite. Low dust, good grip but I would start them on new rotors for the full bond

 

Brakes don't stop well until the rotor cast iron is properly coated with a thin film of pad transfer material. Until then you are stick with 0.3 friction coefficient of the cast iron alone.

 

Brakes don't stop well until the rotor cast iron is properly coated with a thin film of pad transfer material. Until then you are stick with 0.3 friction coefficient of the cast iron alone.

 

Brakes don't stop well until the rotor cast iron is properly coated with a thin film of pad transfer material. Until then you are stick with 0.3 friction coefficient of the cast iron alone.

 

Brakes don't stop well until the rotor cast iron is properly coated with a thin film of pad transfer material. Until then you are stuck with 0.3 friction coefficient of the cast iron alone.

 

Brakes don't stop well until the rotor cast iron is properly coated with a thin film of pad transfer material. Until then you are stuck with 0.3 friction coefficient of the cast iron alone.

 

Brakes don't stop well until the rotor cast iron is properly coated with a thin film of pad transfer material. Until then you are stuck with 0.3 friction coefficient of the cast iron alone.