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Old 04-30-2013, 12:04 PM
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I found some for a reasonable price. Does anyone here have them? Are they really that good? I'm overhauling my brakes and am wondering about material types. TIA
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I replaced my OEM pads with ceramic. Couldn't tell any difference except that adjusting the rear shoes made all the difference. Got the Delco ceramic pads from Amazon for ~$18.
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I run ceramic pads and like them because they seem to last longer.
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I guess I'll have to try them! Maybe they will be awesome with my new brakes and stuff
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I put them on my 98 and I do like them and they are out lasting any others that I ever used.
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How are they with brake dust?
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I NAPA ceramic on my XJ. Worked great until the caliber seized. Even ceramic will crack and burn when the caliper quits. I recommend local NAPA since they exchanged them for free. The pads had 8,000 miles on them.
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I've had trouble with ceramic pads and premature rotor wear as rotor quality has suffered in the past years.

I use semi-metallic pads and get good service life (and less rotor replacement).
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I've got newish rotors so I think I'll risk it.
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Have them on my 98 and they are lasting quite long, and no brake dust at all that i've noticed!
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