What brand ceramic pads are good?

[WhiteRabbit]

i can hear the metal on the pads when the wheel turns now, so time for new pads. what brands are good, thinking about ordering some ceramic ones off of ebay. thanks.

[touringcamry]

I have Hawk HPS pads on my Camry right now.
But they are semi-metallic. They make ceramic pads also.

Does it make any difference whether ceramic or semi-metallic pads are used?

[Mike Gerber]

I have used Raybestos "full ceramics" on both of my Camrys. (They also make a semi-ceramic pad which is part semi-metalic and part ceramic.) The full ceramics seem to be fine, but my cars are everyday drivers. I would not consider them performance pads. They do well in normal driving.

Mike

[ASG14]

Originally Posted by touringcamry

I have Hawk HPS pads on my Camry right now.
But they are semi-metallic. They make ceramic pads also.

Does it make any difference whether ceramic or semi-metallic pads are used?

I have the same. Hawk HPA Street Pads. They said they are supposed to squeak as they are not ceramic, but no squeaking in the 10k milesa I've had them on.

And like he said above, they now make ceramic ones.

[Axel Kain]

whats in them makes the difference on squealing, temps...etc.
i like Bendix, but on occasion Raybestos, or Wearever are ok.

[touringcamry]

Originally Posted by ASG14

I have the same. Hawk HPA Street Pads. They said they are supposed to squeak as they are not ceramic, but no squeaking in the 10k milesa I've had them on.

And like he said above, they now make ceramic ones.

I haven't had any problem with my HPS pads squeaking. I've had them on the vehicle for about 38k miles and they're about 1/2 done.

[95camguy]

akebono proacts!!!! very little dust, no noise and long life.

[HoboJoe]

Are the ceramic pads the ones that aren't supposed to squeak?

[internetautomar]

Originally Posted by HoboJoe

Are the ceramic pads the ones that aren't supposed to squeak?

So they claim. :-\

[TriumphGT6]

I run morse hi po ceramics on my Lincoln Town Car, and it greatly improved the stopping power over a brand new set of motorcraft pads. I wanted an improvement, and the new ford pads didn't cut the mustard, so I bought those and haven't had a squeak, and the boat stops real quick now.

I also have semi-metallics on my Triumph. Work great, but haven't seen a real difference with semi-metallic vs. ceramic in my driving. I have wilwood 6-piston calipers, so these aren't ancient crap calipers.

Good Luck,
GT6

[a94autoCamry]

Hawk HPS brake pads...hands down (altho they arent ceramic)

i ordered from this website...free shipping over 50 bux.. smooth transaction with them

http://www.ajusa.com/cgi-bin/hawk/pr...02787f296cff5d

[RICO8458]

that is what i will get.

[skewe]

green stuff is pretty good also.. but slightly dusty.

i bought some ceramic pads from autozone, the good stuff.. cannot remember the name and it works great.
editL: it was raybestos pads. not the low end ones though

[WhiteRabbit]

^remeber the price? or range?

[RichieRichJP]

HP+ here. Paid $78 shipped. They are dusty to where I'd have to clean my rims once a week, but they're not squeeky, and damn I can brake good.