Ok big mouth, so since your so unaverage how many sets of rotors and pads have you bought this year and tested in both wet and dry on the same set of tires in the same day and recorded the results? Where are the pros and cons you recorded for each and the stopping distance? Oh wait you dont have any of that do you because your just trying to argue your worthless idea more. Name 5 people on this site that have bought more than 3 sets of rotors and pads and tested them in wet and dry in the same day here.

 

The point is not that the readers of this forum would have done the testing, but rather the aftermarket manufcaturers. I think Q45tech is saying that most of the aftermarket manufacturers don't do the instrumented testing either, leaving you with only marketing claims to support buying aftermarket parts, as opposed to the OEM's who test the cars with the parts they put on them, and thus you know what you're getting.

 

Boy, I didn't expect such a heated discussion. Take it easy guys. I'm just happy with my new brake pads and they feel much better.

 

then why are there so many posts on here that claim that their aftermarket pads are better than stock if they don't have any numbers to back them up? That is the point. How did the OP quantify the "big improvement" if they did not perform a fair comparison? If you choose to go with aftermarket components fine. Just don't make bold claims such as these without anything to back them up other than "feel"

 

Playing devil's advocate here, i don't think the OP is making bold claims, or false claims for that matter. He mentioned which road he drives on, and how much. He had the OEM pads for as long as he owned the vehicle, then swapped them out for aftermarkets, still driving the same roads. If it feels different to him, then it's probably enough to claim a big improvement in stopping power - to him.

For the sake of argument, on my old car, i did get between 5-8 ft improvement swapping out Hawk HPS to Akebono Street Performance Ceramics under these conditions:

- Hawks had approx. 5k miles on them, Akebono's 1k.
- Tests were done on average street speeds of 45mph, no more than 10 stops to zero.
- IIRC, ambient was in the 90's

Why such low speeds? Because i grew tired of the Hawk's initial bite and wanted a pad that worked with my style of driving and the conditions i was under at that time. Initial bite, to me, was more important than brake fade resistance at high speeds. Yes, i was swapping out pads like crazy, thus why i'm a bit more cautious this time around. I would've stuck with the OEM pads, but they left too much deposits on the rotors, causing "vibrations" which some would mistake as rotor warpage.

And i didn't really need to do that test, because the Akebono's felt much better and more linear right off the bat. I just did the test to confirm my own "butt dyno".

 

I have the Akebono Pro Acts on my front brakes for a few years now. They are much quieter, with much less dust. However, the OEM pads do stop better with more bite. However, it's not a huge difference and the cleaner wheels and longer brake and rotor life are worth the tradeoff.

 

When you are panic braking from 75 mph = 110 feet per second only 1/10 th of a second ramp up is 11 feet.
Of course individual drivers have a brain to leg delay, plus a varying leg muscle ramp up rate. Plus a peak power variation.

 

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