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Originally Posted by ultrared93
Which pads are you using? How do they compare with stock in regards to feel and braking effort?
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****Pic of what I installed is below. I replaced both front and rear pads. It came with all new hardware which was very nice. I bought extra caliper pin and spring lube, cleaned everything very meticulously before installing the new pads and hardware with a bit of lube on all pins and contact points with the calipers from the springs, etc.. The pads on both ends seem to retract very well and not add extra friction, nor vibrate to cause the screeching sound I have heard on other cars with stock pads after some time. Seems like a great design.
The feel is virtually identical to the stock pads - I honestly can't tell the difference and the car stops quietly now versus the sometimes ridiculous screeching I would get from the stock pads on a pretty low mileage car (7k miles) and with an almost ridiculous amount of brake dust on the wheels and tires within perhaps 10 miles or less of city driving, which drove me nuts.
Now, the dust is reduced conservatively 90%, car stops *quietly* now, and seems to me to stop at least as well as the stock pads. I'm super happy with the pads and how clean my wheels stay now. Even the wheel weights have stayed clean whereas before they were covered in dirty brake dust very very quickly. I like driving clean cars and the stock brake pads I guess are organic pads as they were on my Benz which I also swapped out for low dust pads.
Very pleased with it all.