Ceramic brake pads
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Y'all may think I am crazy, but if the rotors are warped, I say don't bother turning them, they were already too thin to absorb all the heat you wanted them at least once . . .
If you don't always get what you pay for, you pretty much never get what you don't pay for, if you catch my drift.
If you don't always get what you pay for, you pretty much never get what you don't pay for, if you catch my drift.
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As for the ceramic pads, I tried them, in my opinon they dont stop as well as the metallic, or semi metallic pads, but they are VERY rotor friendly, and hardly dust at all, like zero dust! That said, I put Hawk "Ferro-Carbon" pads (about a hundred bucks!) on with new TURNED rotors and the difference is significant. Much better pedal feel, and much shorter stops.
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Ya know I kinda thought they didn't feel as good as the ole pads but havn't had much in the way of "good miles" on these pads. I was really hopeing they would stop a bit better considering they weight I am pullin. Well once I can get this problem corrected maybe they will be a bit better.
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Ya know I kinda thought they didn't feel as good as the ole pads but havn't had much in the way of "good miles" on these pads. I was really hopeing they would stop a bit better considering they weight I am pullin. Well once I can get this problem corrected maybe they will be a bit better.
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Where to purchase ceramic pads?
I searched our forum and found several occurrences of “ceramic brake pads” but never found mention of a brand.
Who makes ceramic pads for our trucks and where can they be purchased? (Rock Auto does not have them.)
Thanks,
Who makes ceramic pads for our trucks and where can they be purchased? (Rock Auto does not have them.)
Thanks,
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It has been my experience that if you are going to use ceramic pads, you have to get some sort of cross drilled/slotted rotors for advanced heat dissipation. Semi/full metallic pads soak up a lot of heat whereas ceramic ones repel it so the rotor gets hotter quicker leading to severely decreased rotor life. This is all common knowledge but I thought I would post it just in case someone read this thread and didn't know......
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It has been my experience that if you are going to use ceramic pads, you have to get some sort of cross drilled/slotted rotors for advanced heat dissipation. Semi/full metallic pads soak up a lot of heat whereas ceramic ones repel it so the rotor gets hotter quicker leading to severely decreased rotor life. This is all common knowledge but I thought I would post it just in case someone read this thread and didn't know......
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It has been my experience that if you are going to use ceramic pads, you have to get some sort of cross drilled/slotted rotors for advanced heat dissipation. Semi/full metallic pads soak up a lot of heat whereas ceramic ones repel it so the rotor gets hotter quicker leading to severely decreased rotor life. This is all common knowledge but I thought I would post it just in case someone read this thread and didn't know......
The scuttlebutt I have read suggests that ceramic pads are the optimum blend of pad life (wear) and stopping power.
If others would weigh in with their opinions of ceramic pads I would appreciate it.
TIA.
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Interesting. My daily driver, a Chebby SSR, has ceramic pads on all four corners and neither front nor rear rotors are drilled or slotted. And it's actually a fairly heavy vehicle (4000+ lbs).
The scuttlebutt I have read suggests that ceramic pads are the optimum blend of pad life (wear) and stopping power.
If others would weigh in with their opinions of ceramic pads I would appreciate it.
TIA.
The scuttlebutt I have read suggests that ceramic pads are the optimum blend of pad life (wear) and stopping power.
If others would weigh in with their opinions of ceramic pads I would appreciate it.
TIA.
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I agree, but did it say how it affects the rotor, the pads are excellent and don't wear nearly as fast but they are much harder on a solid plate rotor. As far as the ones on your SSR, there are a slew of variables between the braking systems all the way down to the possibility of a different steel compound used in the stock rotors. As far as or old rigs go, I will never use a ceramic pad on a stock rotor.