Can't seem to find he right answer already out there, so here goes...

I have a 2004 6MT Sedan. What material do the front brake pads use? Ceramic or Semi-Metallic?

Also, does anyone know who makes the OEM brakes (pads and rotors) for the '04 G?

 

Bump....no one here knows??

 

OEM = best performing for all but track use.

OEM = most dust

If you want OEM material, you buy OEM.

It's very unlikely, the OEM will release their compound info or even if they did, would you be able to get the same/similar compound on the aftermarket.

 

There are no pure metallic or ceramic pads that is just marketing smoke and mirrors.
Every pad contains some ceramic and some metal fibers and most contain some cashew oil and crusted shells.......along with lots of cheap scraps as binders and fillers.

Every pad is composed of a mixture of 10-30 different chemicals and metal oxides.
Every company develops a few secret formula compounds then resells their formulation to companies who fit compounds to oem style backing plates.

Oem compounds may be reused on many versions of aftermarket.

OEM is the only company that actually test compounds on specific cars due to cost!
German compounds for G35 may actually just be BMW, Mercedes, Audi fitments melded to a G35 backplate..............all the can warrantee is fitment or close to fitting.

 

I was looking on a parts site for pads and noticed that if I had the 2006 Z brakes then semi-metallic is the option, but for my 2004 brakes ceramic is the option on some sites and semi-metallic is the option on other sites...strange. Mainly I was interested in the OEM pads, but wanted to know if they either Ceramic of Semi-Metallic.

 

That is all marketing crap from copy writers who know nothing about brake pads trying to sell to buyers who know nothing about brake pads.

Analyse oem pads and you will see. Only dealers sell exact oem pads.

Every pad made on EARTH has some amount of iron, or copper, or titanium metal filings and some ceramic "In ceramic chemistry, fired glazes are viewed as composed of oxides (examples are SiO2, Al2O3, B2O3, Na2O, K2O, CaO, Li2O, MgO, ZnO, MnO, Fe2O3, CoO)."

Metal and ceramic waste and scraps are purchased by the ton and blended into a formula then compressed under heat and extreme pressure to fit on backing plate.

Brake pads are tested for friction coefficent vs temperature and friction vs application speed. Wear rate [dusting] per appplication per second vs pedal pressure.

Most people will buy 20-40 sets of pads [wherther with a brand new car or as replacements] over their lifetimes. So $4,000- $8,000 out of a $500,000 vehicle expense [not including fuel or insurance].

Our 3 shops buy 20 sets PER WEEK!

Probably useful to research brake pad chemistry and manufacturing process.

 

are you looking to upgrade your pads and rotors ???

 

Nope, just slightly confused as the parts databases have both semi-metallic and ceramic for my '04 Sedan 6MT. I just wanted to make sue I bought the right ones.