My oem rotors warped around 45k. Had an Indy install Stoptech rotors and Akebono ceramic pads and they lasted over 100k, with no brake dust.
Pros: long lasting, no brake dust
Cons: rotors warped at 45k
Mileage: 100000 km
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AKEBONO PRO-ACT ULTRA PREMIUM are available at Napa and I hear are some of the quietest brake pads you can get over the life span of the pad. They're ceramic pads which won't make your miata sound like a school bus
Pros: quiet, long lifespan
Vehicle:
Mazda 5
Yes, they're excellent brakes.
Pros: excellent brakes
Vehicle:
Toyota
Very little dust. Excellent grip. They do take a few min to warm up when cold/wet but it’s not noticeable at all.
Pros: little dust, excellent grip
Cons: slow warm-up
I paid < $250 for brakes/rotors (Akebono ProACT pads + Raybesto Element3 coated rotors).
Pros: cheap price
I’ve used dozens of different pads on VWs and other makes, for regular driving with low dust and massive pad and rotor life? I’d use Akebono, made in USA and no pads are higher quality but some can be equal. Are you running it really hard? You’re gonna be replacing whatever you put on so semi-metallic can't be beat,cheap and has the best feel as well because it wears the rotor and pad together!!! Pagid or Bosch QC are hard as a rock and fade free with great feel but dusty. More importantly you need to do the job correctly, the pad is the least of your worries if you’re new to doing it, find YT brake vids for your car if you are, I still watch them to find my mistakes.
Pros: low dust, long life, cheap, great feel
Cons: dusty (Pagid/Bosch), wears rotor
Akebono. Poor QC and horrible stopping power.
Cons: poor QC, horrible stopping
Vehicle:
BMW
Yeah, akes are trash when it comes to braking in heat or heat cycling and have horrible fade even with slightly aggressive driving but they really do produce nearly zero dust.
Pros: produce nearly zero dust
Cons: horrible fade, poor braking
Vehicle:
BMW
I was told that these pads and rotors won’t have that intial brake bite like BMW pads do but goddamn. I had to change my entire braking habit just because it really wasn’t biting like I thought it would.
Pros: less cleaning needed
Cons: poor initial brake bite
Vehicle:
BMW
I'm in the "Akebono are not better" camp and I have done some extensive testing.For a ceramic pad, yes, the Akebono are better than ceramic competitors. However, they do not have as much bite as the semi-metallic pads. This is something that can't be debated, they can't bite as hard as the semi-metallic compound.I too hate brake dust and tried the Akebono pads on my wife's VW and I immediately noticed that they didn't bite as hard as the OE pads. That same week, I ordered the OE pads and it fixed the problem.I've also tried the Akebono on an E350 and I came to the same conclusion. I actually think the EBC Red ceramics may bite a little more (when new) than the Akebono. However, the EBC reds always left this weird deposit on rotors that would make it feel like they were warped and they would need to be turned down.
Cons: less bite than semi-metallic
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