Ceramic disc-brake pads leaves hardly any brake dust

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I put on Ceramic dis-brake pads on my Ford Ranger 4x4 months ago for two reasons one the truck stops better that's great for a towing the Detailing trailer that is filled w/ a ton of stuff and leaves hardly any brake dust. The Ceramic dis-brake pads alone cost was $90.00 plus machine the rotors, I did the labor myself.

I find by installing the Ceramic dis-brake pads the rims stays clean w/o building up on brake dust like it did /w the reg pads. It stops on a dime w/o much foot pressure and the pads will last the life of the truck will. If you are going to do a brake job I recommend switching to Ceramic pads.



Also I’m running Mobile 1 full Synthetic oil I get better mileage and don’t have to change oil as much every 5000 miles and the engine is cleaner, better startups and I’m getting 1 or 2 more miles a gal.

My mileage is 17 town 22 fwy 4.0L engine running a K&n filter /w custom cold air intake.
 
Good to hear about the ceramic pads. One comment though, unless it was a typo you shouldn't even consider 50K between oil changes regardless you'll be asking for trouble and significant engine wear.
 
Glad to see it's only 5000 miles between oil changes. :)



Yeah, ceramic pads are supposed to be the best. Good to hear they're working for you. What brand did you get??
 
Ceramic pads are definitely worth the investment when it comes to reduced dust and long life, but don't fool yourself that they'll last the life of the truck. I put some on the front of a Ford conversion van several years ago after wearing out some semi-metallics in less than a year (heavy vehicle with under-sized rotors and lots of city driving) and a year and a half later the ceramics were halfway down. Much longer than the cheap pads, but they do wear. I understand there are semi-metallics that will stop faster, one's that are designed for race and high-performance applications, but the really aggressive ones will wear down your rotors a lot faster too.



Good idea on the Mobil 1, too. This month I switched my car to Mobil 1 Extended Performance oil that's rated for 15k miles. I sure won't push it nearly that far, but I'm confident it's good oil. I hope you also invested in a good filter. There's an interesting review of filters at http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilterstudy.html It appears the biggest thing these days is to avoid Fram, but there's a lot of good info at that site. I gotta admit, I'd be awfully surprised if the synthetic oil made that much difference in your mileage all by itself, at most I gained 0.2 mpg increase.
 
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Ceramic pads I bought from Napa and what I have read that these pads last a long time. As I understand there is Full Ceramic pads and pads that have a little Ceramic

Rotors are so cheap now because they are made in China or someplace back there.

Yea I have Mobil 1 Extended Performance cost the same as the reg Mobil 1 where I bought it so.. I change the oil at 5000 because of build up of acids and what ever develops in the oil.

If you really want stopping power change the brake booster to a bigger one or a high performance one.

Oh also the Ceramic pads don’t heat up as much as do the reg one do anyway Thanks for the relay
 
Yeah, I just put ceramic pads on our minivan and I have to say that they have excellent feel and the stopping power is really nice. There is also very little dust to boot. I only paid ~$40 for them from a specialist parts place that I get all my brakes from. If anyone is local and interested in the place let me know and I'll send you the info.
 
I bought my pads (they were semi-ceramic) at Pep Boys but I don't recall the brand. It was in 2001 and they cost $70 at the time. It was a popular brake brand, not a store line.
 
I know nothing about brakes, but the lack of brake dusting sounds interesting. Can anyone recommend a good brand of ceramic pads that will fit a tC?
 
I had ceramics on the Maxima, and they did appear to dust less. The wheels still got dusty, but not as fast as with typical organic brake pads. I believe I have semi-ceramics on the Protege, because I don't think the full ceramics were in stock or something. I can't remember why, but I would have gotten ceramics for the Protege if it were an option. I wanted to replace my brakes that day (warped rotor) so I just bought what I could.
 
Yes, Raybestos has the Quiet Stop line, which are excellent. Available anywhere Raybestos brakes are sold (Kragen, Shucks, Checkers... maybe pep boys?).
 
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Yes, Raybestos has the Quiet Stop line, which are excellent. Available anywhere Raybestos brakes are sold (Kragen, Shucks, Checkers... maybe pep boys?).
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I had the Quiet Stop on my Accord. Great pads, almost no dusting and had better feel than the Axis Metal Masters I previously had.
 
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