Akebono brake pads

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my one experience with ceramics:

no more brake dust, but lots of rotor dust

fine shavings of steel all over my wheels.

I had to replace my rotors before i replaced my pads

On 9/12/07, Spewey <spewey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Does anyone have an opinion on Akebono ceramic pads?
>
> I am wearing my Mopar hat this week and doing brakes on a 99 Chrysler
> 300M and I want a pad that is as dust free as the originals I am
> replacing.  They had fabulous wear and performance for about 80K miles
> and NO DUST on the rims.  Yes, I read their forum.  No, it was not very
> informative.  http://300mclub.org  Proof that every damn car has
> fanatics but not like you guys.
>
> Akebono sells ProAct Ultra Premium for this app but also have a line of
> EURO Ceramic for Sciroccos and EURO Ultra Premium for Mk4s.  I want to
> get those for the TDI so the rear wheels stay cleaner.  Are they clean
> and civilized for normal street use?
>
> http://www.thepartsbin.com is where I have been looking at these
> offerings but I have never shopped there.
>
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