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Old Jun 19, 2007 | 08:25 AM
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best brake pads

I do`t know what i have on my vert but my wheels never get brake dust on them. Now my z is a totally different story, acouple days after i clean that thing the wheels are dirty. So what do you guys think is the best brake pads too buy for my z?
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Old Jun 19, 2007 | 09:29 AM
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Re: best brake pads

you may have performance pads or cheepies on the Z as the normaly make more dust. also you probably drive the Z harder so that will cause more brake dust.

Pull the Verts pads and look at the part numbers.
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Old Jun 19, 2007 | 10:49 AM
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Re: best brake pads

the sofest(organic) pads are the messiest and wear down the rotors the least but arent very heat resistant

the semi metallics are heat resistant and not very messy at all but wear down the rotors alot faster


the ceramics i have no idea but are suposed to be the highest resistance to heat and i dont know how much they wear rotors down

you have to figure out what you want

longer lasting rotors, or cleaner wheels

or if you have a brake fade issue then you will have no choice but to get semi metallic or better

usually organic came from factory except in some packages

and usually the metallics came from factory on service duty vehicles such as 9C1 and 9C6 packages and so on


good luck
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Old Jun 19, 2007 | 03:08 PM
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Re: best brake pads

i almost always baby the z so yes i might have too just check what is on my vert
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