I put Akebonos on my Ranger and they're great. Spendy (well twice what the cheap pads were) but great. A couple weeks ago I was in a shop and chatting with the guy that runs the place. I'd mentioned the Akebonos and he said those were top of the line pads but that any ceramic pads were good pads, even the Raybestos brand. He says they push all customers to ceramics now as they have fewer complaints.I asked if that was a good idea since they last longer and he said that fewer complaints brought in more business than doing more work on each car. I can't argue with that. -Curt
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:23:45 +1030 From: Hendrik & Fay <heni...@ozemail.com.au> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: [MBZ] Ceramic ATE brake pads Message-ID: <4f28b749.3020...@ozemail.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Just to throw in a bit of MB related stuff, one of my front wheel bearings is on the way out and whilst I was waiting for the old fella in the parts place to shuffle out the back to find some, I happened to spy a trade mag ad advertising ATE ceramic pads with the usual promise of no dust and longer life. So I asked the fella behind the computer if they make em for my old 124, sure enough front and back, unfortunatley I just replaced mine not long ago so will put up with the black wheels a bit longer. Hendrik who is always spying stuff _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
