Correction, the squealing pads were conventional Car Quest "red" which were
supposed to be their better pads...I didn't notice any lower rotor life using
ceramic, here the rotors lots of times rot out from rust put there with road
salt...
-Curt
From: Curly McLain <126die...@gmail.com>
To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List
<mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ceramic Brake Pads
>I did them on a 201, some kind of random brand Rusty sent me. I also
>put Akebonos on my Ranger after everybody told me how great they
>are.Other than a lack of brake dust I never saw anything so terrific
>about them. They stopped good but they didn't seem to last any
>better than anything else. The last time I changed the pads on the
>190D I put Pagid which were half the price though still twice the
>price of the squeeky pads Car Quest sold me.
>-Curt
> From: Max Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
>Cc: Max Dillon <dillonm...@gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 3:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ceramic Brake Pads
>
>Not a 123, but a 124 and an Infiniti. Superior in every way. Just
>ordered a set for my 124 wagon to replace the OEM pads, about $45
>for the front set with free shipping on Amazon.
>--
>Max Dillon
>Charleston SC
>'87 300TD
>'95 E300
Curt brings up a good point. The harder the pads (ceramic) the more
likely they are to squeal, AND the more they wear your rotors.
I can get 200 to 300k out of rotors with the cheap (dusty) pads. it
is easy to change pads and cheap, it is harder and expensive to
change rotors.
Ceramic pads DO have to be broken in properly to work properly and
also to not warp your rotors.
The ceramic pads of the dogde and the rotors needed to be changed at
a little over 100k. Mucho dinero$$$
I've never had to buy rotors for my Mercedes with the "organic" or
asbestos pads.
I see no advantage, unless you have a show car and the dust is a
significant factor. I see several DISadvantages to ceramic.
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