Brake pads Akebono or OEM Hyundai

My wife's Cabriolet has Akebono pads, front and rear. Pedal is firm, stops fine.

Recommend to get akebonos

Akebono break pads. Thank me later

I run Akebono pads and they barely create any dust compared to oem pads. There is less of an initial bite when braking though

Akebono ceramic pads. 99% of the dust is gone.

I run the Akebono ceramic pads and they helped a lot.

The brake pads you use make a huge difference. I had a Mustang before I bought my 340i that was insanely dusty, so I switched to ceramic pads and it’s made a massive difference. I’ve used them ever since. My car is mostly a garage queen who sees a back road on rare days when the sun is just right, so they’re perfect for me.

Akebono pads

I replaced the brembo pads with akebono pads and it squeaked very loud and often for about 1000 miles and then it went down to squeaking much less than the stocks. I don’t really notice it often anymore.

I just put on Akebono ceramics and Zimmerman coated rotors and I hated them for the first few hundred miles. They took a very long time to break in, and this was after a) paying attention to the instructions that say no break-in is needed and b) ignoring that advice when the stopping distances were so bad initially that I bedded them in... and yet the pedal effort was so high that I could barely engage the ABS in the dry. So I'd recommend staying away from that combination.