Brake pads Akebono or GALFER

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4.2

Braking

4.1

Dust

4.4

Noise

3.8

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Akebono

GALFER

Akebono › Brake pads

Chris_V 22 Jul 2015, 19:50

Braking:
Dust:

Rating 4.5

Put a set on my last E38 and immediately stopped the blackening of the wheels, while still delivering excellent stopping power. You do give up a tiny bit of initial bite, but they are still quite progressive and predictable, which is just as important.

Pros: excellent stopping power

Cons: tiny bit of initial bite

Vehicle: BMW

Akebono › Brake pads

wh1te09gti 22 Jul 2015, 19:37

Dust:

Rating 4.0

good pad, virtually no dust, for compariso, had a set of EBC red stuff didn't notice much of the difference when swapped to Ake. Differently recommended for DD use.

Pros: virtually no dust

Cons: no difference with EBC

Akebono › Brake pads

titleist1976 22 Jul 2015, 19:34

Braking:

Rating 5.0

Loved them on my Accord. The OEM stuff on the Accord sucked.

Pros: Loved them

Cons: OEM stuff sucked

Vehicle: Honda Accord

Akebono › Brake pads

GolfTango 22 Jul 2015, 19:16

Braking:
Dust:

Rating 5.0

They are the OE pads on my Kiz, nice bite, zero fade and low dust.

Pros: nice bite, zero fade

Cons: low dust

Vehicle: Suzuki Kizashi

Akebono › Brake pads

Harv 22 Jul 2015, 18:54

Braking:

Rating 4.0

Good pads.

Pros: Good pads

Akebono › Brake pads

Electron Man 22 Jul 2015, 18:44

Braking:
Dust:

Rating 4.0

The Akebono ceramic pads give off a low-visibility tan dust...but on occasion, I miss the grip of the stock pads. Was definitely a worthwhile tradeoff though: Much less to no dust for a barely perceptible reduction in initial bite/grip compared to stock VW brake pads.

Pros: Much less dust

Cons: miss the stock pads grip

Vehicle: Volkswagen

Akebono › Brake pads

skinny8446 6 Jul 2015, 19:23

Braking:

Rating 4.0

Akebono in particular seems to put out an OEM quality pad.

Pros: OEM quality pad

Vehicle: Ford

Akebono › Brake pads

nobbyv 22 Apr 2015, 19:59

Braking:
Dust:

Rating 5.0

I'm actually amazed how little these pads dust considering how well they work. Coming from my S6, where the wheels needed cleaning after every ten minutes of driving, I'm impressed!

Pros: little dust, work well

Vehicle: Audi Q5