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Brake pads WAGNER or Centric
I replaced all 4 sets of pads on mine with Centric ceramic pads from rockauto. They are quiet and set brake dust. They have excellent grip on the new rotors.
Pros: quiet, low dust, good grip
I like Centric’s Posi Quiet brake pads. A little more bite than original pads with substantially less brake dust.
Pros: more bite, less dust
Vehicle:
BMW
My favorite is Wagner OEX pads. They're build on galvanized steel and the friction material is mechanically attached instead of glued on.
Pros: galvanized steel backing, mechanically attached friction material
Centric pads and rotors are pretty good. As said above Akenono is OE for pads, maybe rotors too. I run Akebono pads and Brembo standard rotors on my cars. Nice and clean and never any noise and I swear the standard brembo rotors stop harder the centrics drilled/slotted rotors.
Pros: quiet, clean, good stopping
A few years ago I went with Centric Posi-Quiet Ceramic front pads - CENTRIC 10505690, currently $25.79 on RockAuto, and some Pagid front rotors from there. I know Pagid is a VW OEM and I have no reservations about their brake parts. I’ve run the posi-quiet pads on MK7 Golf and GTI and they’ve been fine.
Pros: they've been fine
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Part number: CENTRIC 10505690
I’ve used that combo on every car I’ve done brakes on and have had no issues. Great stopping power, very quiet, low dust.
Pros: great stopping power, quiet, low dust
Wagner OEX or Bosch Quietcast
Both are ceramic brake pads that will last longer. Brake fade is experienced in all brakes used excessively but it takes a lot longer in ceramic pads. The only draw back is stopping distance is slightly increase when cold but when warm it's decreased. Bonus is they produce less dust & its very light in color so your wheels look cleaner.
Pros: longer lasting, less dust
Cons: increased cold stopping distance
I replaced the pads only to reduce brake dust (Centric Posi-Quiet).
Pros: reduce brake dust
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Install these. You will be glad you did....reduces brake dust by 90%. No difference in performance. I am 15K miles into mine and love these pads.
Pros: reduces brake dust, no performance difference
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 15000 km
Just did the rear brakes on my wife’s subaru, the dealership was back ordered on the OEM pads and had centric ceramics.
Cons: cheap pads
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