Carbon ceramic pads question

fj12ryder wrote:

Grit dog wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
Don't see why not. If it wasn't okay, send them back and get some regular ol' brake pads. Fancy sounding pads just cost more. Unless you're going racing hi zoot brake pads are not really necessary. Just another way to separate you from your money.

Clearly someone who doesn’t understand what they’re talking about. Or happens to like copious amounts of brake dust….
Don’t worry 12V will be along to support you in the “ceramic pads are dumb” comments.

Myself, I prefer equal or better performance, long life and mostly my wheels not looking like I haven’t washed them in a month, 2 days later.

To the OP yes ceramic pads are just fine with stock rotors. Just burnish the rotors good to side in bedding the pads unless you get really good pads like EBC with a bedding compound on them. Even still it is best to scuff the rotors completely.

I like ceramic, personally I don't care if the wheels get a little dusty, but spending a lot of money for high zoot stuff, when the basic ceramic will do the job 90% as well, makes no sense to me. I sometimes forget that subtle is wasted on some. :)

Nope not wasted here. I’m a penny pinching sob myself. What you’re failing to recognize is that these brake pads don’t cost any more (maybe less) than a quality set of heavy duty semi metallic pads. And beings the OPs truck is 9 years old, strong chance they need replaced anyway (or he wouldnt have waited 9 years to get rid of the yummy brake dust on his wheels).
That said I’ve chit canned plenty of perfectly good brake pads for ceramic simply so the wheels don’t look like a dogs breakfast 2 days after washing them. But I like my vehicles to look as nice as they run….obviiisly not everyone’s priority. I spend as much a month in beer n chew as a new set of brake pads. If I couldn’t afford them id deal with the brake dust though.
Sometimes, not often with 2 young men eating out of the fridge, I’ll even commit the sin of throwing away leftovers. But usually not unless I’ve eaten the same thing 2-3 times!
Lol

I’ll assume you spend zero dollars on keeping up or improving the appearance of your vehicles if you think this is such a wasteful expense.