Anyone try the ceramic brembo pads that rockauto offers?

ktm525 said:

It's personal preference too at some point. I don't like pads with an excessive initial bite. I prefer a softer initial bite that gets stronger the more I push. I find this type of pads much easier to modulate in day to day driving. As long as the ultimate braking performance is not affected then all is ok. I would like to see some 60-0 stops on a LR4 comparing pads to get some real numbers.

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Yes i do agree!

rickyn f355 said:

i cant cope with brake dust in this day and age.

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I don't like high-dust pads either, but I prefer safety over cosmetics. There are compounds with relatively light dust that perform well; usually with higher cost. Anyone know if LR4 pads are available in either Performance Friction carbon-metallic, or Porterfield carbon-Kevlar? Just curious.

As I mentioned earlier, the PO of our LR4 had the wheels painted/coated black. Dust problem solved. I don't mind the look on our silver LR4.

ktm525 said:

It's personal preference too at some point. I don't like pads with an excessive initial bite. I prefer a softer initial bite that gets stronger the more I push. I find this type of pads much easier to modulate in day to day driving.

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Agree 100%... and pedal feel is very, very subjective. I also prefer pads that have very linear modulation, but they're not easy to find, and may have other drawbacks (i.e., could be expensive and/or very dusty).

Disclaimer: I'm using OEM Ferodo pads and have no complaints about the performance, with black wheels so I don't know how much dust they generate.

Without testing side by side impossible to be scientific about feel.


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Scientific testing requires expensive equipment; that can measure pounds of pressure applied to the brake pedal, along with deceleration G-forces.

Anything else is purely subjective. What one person thinks are great brakes, another may think are terrible brakes.

Agreed thats why im fine using ceramics over regular pads- odds are stopping power is no worse and cld be better despite the ceramics not “feeling” great to some


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From prowling around the interwebs it appears that for a single hard stop from speed (ie. no fade involved or excessive heating) rotor/pad combos may have an effect of a few feet in ultimate stopping distance. Fancy pads and rotors are somewhat overkill on a basic sliding pin caliper that is found on our LR4s (piston on one side only). Monoblock calipers with pistons on both sides seem to benefit more from exotic brake pads/rotors.

Now if you tow, have bolted 1000 lbs of additional armour to your rig or subject your rig to constant steep mountainous grades etc I can see the benefit in increase cooling etc but for most who are easy on the brakes with the odd oh sh$@! brake stomp almost any rotor/pad combo will perform.

YMMV

im ordering EBC greens and hoping for the best!

12 months later the EBC greens have been great, very little dust. nothing compared to oem pads.