Akebono brake pads

[spewey at comcast.net (Spewey)]

Thanks, everyone.

I should have said this is for my Pop's car, and though he likes to have 
the High Output 3.5L when he needs it, he still mostly drives like a 75 
year old would.  No track, no race.

The guys on the 300 forum were all buying 4 drilled/slotted on ebay for 
way too cheap to be decent metal ($150).  And then they had problems 
with noise and wear.  I would never buy anything but Brembo or Ate for 
VWs because that Chinese iron is crap.  Looks like I can get 4 Brembos 
for $220 for this thing.  EBC green for 60 an axle, EBC Ultimax for 40.
http://www.buybrakes.com/

Ah, yes, tirerack has Brembos or Ate atom-groove for a little less.  And 
an Ate ceramic pad I hadn't seen anywhere else.  Still about $330 total. 
  But I like the idea of Ate all around.

The OE pads are said to be ceramic but stealer wants way too much for 
them and the akebonos sounded like the closest thing.  The main thing I 
don't want is for the chrome 17"s to get dirty because they never have.

"There is no such thing as a NO DUST pad."
http://www.ebcbrakes.com/greenstuffinfo.html

Then wtf are his old ones made from?  I couldn't believe he had never 
done brakes in 80K mi but dayum, them's was gude.



Joe Mair wrote:
> I'm currently running the EBC green stuff on all four corners on the
> Scirocco, and so far so good.  Granted, I've only put about 2K miles on
> them (goddamn you, SMS!) but they bedded in quickly, are pretty
> dust-free, and stop excellently.  I haven't auto-xed, so I don't know
> about repeated use and fade, but for a DD and "spirited" driving, they
> seem to work great.  Plus, the look of the green pads being my new
> calipers is pretty cool.
> 
> Now when I get my Scirocco back this weekend, then we'll really start
> putting on the miles.
> 
> Joe
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brendan Doyle [mailto:lord_verminaard@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 8:40 AM
> To: Spewey; scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Akebono brake pads
> 
> Hmm.  No experience with ceramic pads, but I did use EBC "Green stuff"
> pads on my Camaro, they were really quite amazing.  Brake dust was at a
> minimum, and I had slotted/drilled rotors on all 4 corners.  Wear seemed
> good too- could have been that the brakes for that car were really
> over-engineered but I drove it pretty hard, and those pads and rotors
> probably had 40,000 miles on them when I got rid of the car and they had
> probably another 40,000 more before they looked like they would be close
> to the wear indicators.
> 
> Never used EBC's on a Rocco yet, but I plan on it.  Tirerack sells EBC
> stuff, and you can also get them at Summit.
> 
> Brendan
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Spewey <spewey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 11:54:29 PM
> Subject: Akebono brake pads
> 
> 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.