Originally Posted by maddave

I've had centric, duralast, and now akebono on my gs.. The akebono's are far superior than either the two. Duralast were the worst, centric's were ok but didn't bite as good as the akebonos

Originally Posted by DallasDave

+1 I also tried the EBC. Akebono was by far the best. I would assume the people that are having problems with them (Akebono) did NOT "turn" or replace the rotors.

Originally Posted by Barkley45

To the folks praising the Akenobo pads, are you referring to these? http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/brake...utoModClar=AWD

Tirerack doesnt rate their stopping power as high as the others.

Originally Posted by TrevorTran

I recently replaced my OEM pads with Akebono front pads, and they do squeal when cold, but no issues when warmed up.
Question, does the hill park assist only kick in when the car senses it is at an angle? I was wondering because since I replaced the front brake pads, I haven't been able to get the hill park assist to kick in when depressing the brake pedal as far as it can go.

Originally Posted by bclexus

Some years ago a neighbor had aftermarket brake pads put on his BMW M3 to reduce the brake dust. He was 'into' having some racing mods on his street-driven M3. The fact is the new aftermarket brake pads he had installed didn't have the cold bite that his BMW OEM dusty pads had. The new pads were advertised to be 'low dust' and high-performance, but in reality they were more for track use and not a good choice for normal use on the streets. The new pads required the brakes to be heated-up before they had good stopping performance - something you just don't do with a street vehicle.

Long story short, he left his house one day on a cool fall morning and drove about ½ mile on a city street at 40 mph. He came to an stoplight intersection where the car ahead of him stopped rather abruptly when the light turned yellow. He was not following too closely, but when he applied his brakes his car did not stop in time because his [aftermarket] brakes were cold and didn't have the cold bite that vehicles with factory brakes universally have. His car rear-ended the car in front of him at relatively slow speed and the car he hit was pushed across the intersection where it was T-boned by a Ford F-350 pulling a heavily loaded trailer. One dead, one critically injured, and a seriously injured toddler.

Tail of the tape - the driver of the BMW, who caused the deadly accident, complained that his brakes did not stop his car quick enough. He blamed the brakes for the accident. He was asked if he had any brake work done recently... The brake pads he chose were chosen by him because they produced less brake dust yet was advertised to have equal or better stopping performance...but ONLY after the brakes were heated-up to optimum temperature, which is typical of many high-end aftermarket brake pads.

Bottom line - that man will never get over the fact that he caused the death of an 30-something year-old woman (cardiologist); the mother of a toddler child and the wife of a loving husband (anesthesiologist). The BMW owner was sued for many times the man's vehicle insurance coverage. I never heard what the final settlement totaled, but it entailed both medical as well a wrongful death personal injury lawsuit. The wrongful death personal injury lawsuit brought against the BMW owner was rumored to be for many millions of dollars that far exceeded the man's vehicle insurance coverage, as well as exceeding his net worth. Within 18 months the BMW owner (orthodontist, husband and father of two) filed for bankruptcy. I'd say this man made a very bad decision on which brake pads to install to reduce brake dust...

Originally Posted by kitra

Of the 4 choices at the start of this thread, does anyone know the pads friction ratings? I'm really curious about Raybestos EHT pads as they have a friction rating of "GG". They are a Ceramic/Metallic pad. I bet they dust a bit and wear the rotors but a "GG" friction rating is great.