Brake pads Akebono or POWER STOP

I've used the same ones for my Mazda 6 and they are perfectly good

I ran them on my 2015 Jetta 1.8T and they were legit. Stopped hard, felt good and smooth. Only gripe was the brake dust but the pads lasted forever (something close to 50k miles).

Had great success with these when I’ve used them. Just be sure to follow the calibration guidance in the manual!

Powerstop makes great street brakes. I've had them on multiple vehicles at this point over the years

I had the entire bundle with the red calipers and everything on my TSX. Worked great had them for about three years when someone totaled my car. I would recommend them for the price.

I have these on all my cars. They are great upgrade to stock. The dustless pads work great. Make sure you follow pad break in instructions

PowerStop stuff is good. I have these same Z23 Evo pads on my LS430 front and rear with some Raybestos rotors. (Not drilled or slotted)They are quiet, they dust very minimally compared to the Brembo pads I used to use and last way longer. They don’t quite stop like the Brembo’s, but they’re no slouch either. For long lasting pads that are great for everyday driving, I can recommend them without hesitation.

I got some from brakeperformance for about 350$ including ceramic pads which are 25$ extra, front back rotors and pads, pretty sure I put the back rotors on wrong but oh well, electronic PB is a pain in the ass to put in maintenance mode.But remember we only have 200hp unturned, we don't really need slotted and drilled brakes but man does the car stop fast so that's a plus

I'm in the "Akebono are not better" camp and I have done some extensive testing.For a ceramic pad, yes, the Akebono are better than ceramic competitors. However, they do not have as much bite as the semi-metallic pads. This is something that can't be debated, they can't bite as hard as the semi-metallic compound.I too hate brake dust and tried the Akebono pads on my wife's VW and I immediately noticed that they didn't bite as hard as the OE pads. That same week, I ordered the OE pads and it fixed the problem.I've also tried the Akebono on an E350 and I came to the same conclusion. I actually think the EBC Red ceramics may bite a little more (when new) than the Akebono. However, the EBC reds always left this weird deposit on rotors that would make it feel like they were warped and they would need to be turned down.

About a year ago I bought some Akebono ceramic brake pads for my 2016 and they have given me nothing but grief, notably the fronts whose retainer clips just straight up didn't fit into my caliper so I needed to reuse the stock ones and I also had to grind down the pad ears to fit properly. The fronts were particularly bad (part no. ACT1539).