howufiga

My friend and I were talking about brake pads. He went with the $20 Autozone semi-metallic cheapies for his new 2005 Ford Escape. Now the reason he did this was because his brother said the ceramic warp rotors really quickly. I have a 98 Sentra SE that I have Ceramic on and I love them. They lasted way longer than the cheap pads I got. The rotors don't seem to have warped the rotors any faster than the cheap pads I used to buy and I find myself changing brake pads alot less frequently. I've also heard that ceramic creates less brake dust. I didn't realize that until i read it on the net and it's true! It's not as dark as the metallic pads.

So, what are pros and cons of ceramic vs semi-metallic?

Thanks!

martinskeet

all i know is that when i had metallics on my 95 mazda 626 it would have a really hard time stopping when i brake hard and my brakes would overheat a lot..maybe its the mechanic who put it in or or the pads itself..ill never know because i totalled it because the thing (yes because of those damn breaks)