Brakes:Semi metallic vs. Ceramic
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To the OP.
Having had all the differant types of brake rotors and pads etc In my experience if longevity is what your after, stick factory is best.
Ive had both slotted, dimpled, slotted and dimpled and just plain old solid rotors.
Also semi metalic and ceramic pads.
All from performance company's such as EBC and the like.
I will give you that ceramic dramatically decreases brake dust. But all my cearamics dont last any where near stock semi metalics.
None and I repeat NONE, stop me any quicker than stock that I could personally feel or see.
All that slotted and dimpled stuff was to allow 'out gassing' when the pads got hot to help stop fade. With modern pad materials and their improvements these days, thats apparently pretty much redundant as out gassing has reduced/dissapeared.
Far better to keep mass and weight in your rotors by keeping them solid so they can dissipate heat faster which is a performance enhancer.
Im afraid all this dimpled slotted and what ever have you, is a cleaver advertising gimick that manufacturers have latched onto to sell product.
No way a 3 ton truck needs crap like that.
As I say, just my humble opinion after have been suckered over my lifetime lol.
So my vote is stock or go Hydro boost. See moderator Weedahoe page for this.
Now those are brakes lol.
Al.
Having had all the differant types of brake rotors and pads etc In my experience if longevity is what your after, stick factory is best.
Ive had both slotted, dimpled, slotted and dimpled and just plain old solid rotors.
Also semi metalic and ceramic pads.
All from performance company's such as EBC and the like.
I will give you that ceramic dramatically decreases brake dust. But all my cearamics dont last any where near stock semi metalics.
None and I repeat NONE, stop me any quicker than stock that I could personally feel or see.
All that slotted and dimpled stuff was to allow 'out gassing' when the pads got hot to help stop fade. With modern pad materials and their improvements these days, thats apparently pretty much redundant as out gassing has reduced/dissapeared.
Far better to keep mass and weight in your rotors by keeping them solid so they can dissipate heat faster which is a performance enhancer.
Im afraid all this dimpled slotted and what ever have you, is a cleaver advertising gimick that manufacturers have latched onto to sell product.
No way a 3 ton truck needs crap like that.
As I say, just my humble opinion after have been suckered over my lifetime lol.
So my vote is stock or go Hydro boost. See moderator Weedahoe page for this.
Now those are brakes lol.
Al.
Last edited by abarmby; 03-16-2016 at 06:06 AM.
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