[greenjeans420]

im curious what u guys have used and what u would change to next time u do a pad swap??
COOL CARBON OR AKEBONO PADS?

whats the better stopping pad?? and whats the lowest dust pad??

thanx for ur opinions

[Blindside_137]

I just replaced them with akebeno. I read on here the other day someone said carbon dusts almost as much as oem.

Akebeno might have less bite but I'm picking my car up now I can let you know.

[greenjeans420]

thanks man that would be awesome if u could let me know how they are did u get the sensors too? or did u skip them?

[Blindside_137]

Originally Posted by greenjeans420

thanks man that would be awesome if u could let me know how they are did u get the sensors too? or did u skip them?

Hmm not sure about any sensors. I don't believe so.

But I have brand new rotors on and first thoughts are the akebeno lacks a lot of mid range bite and somewhat of the initial bite.

What I mean is approaching a stop sign I find myself having to push the pedal much further after the initial contact with the pedal. It also is wet out right now so there could be a lot of variables.

It will take some time adjusting but it certainly doesn't feel like an unsafe change. And anything that means less dust is a good thing. Lol

[mweisdorfer]

Akebono has almost no dust what so ever. However, you will need to burnish them, and they will take about 1000 miles to fully break in. After about 500 miles the bit does get noticeably better. I think Akebono pads are fairly close to OEM semi-metallic pads in terms of stopping power. If you are using your car as a daily driver, Akebono is the way to go. I use Akebono pads and couple them with Brembo UV rotors.

Sensors should be replaced every time you change pads out. Get a sensor made by an OEM distributor like Bowa for example. They are only $25.00 each and you only need one per axel.

[mmmnot]

I love my Hawk HPS pads, personally. Much less dust, lost the initial bite but once fully engaged they stop on a dime.

[Snypa]

Akebono. Less dust too.

[greenjeans420]

by burnishing them u mean breakin them in? or is there something else u need to do to the akebonos?

[VTECaddict]

I'm on the new low dust OEM pads and they seem to work well. Less initial bite than the old dusty pads though (and this is even after upgrading to the bigger 335i brakes).

[mweisdorfer]

Burnishing them yes breaking them in. You drive up to 60 mph and break hard down to 15 mph but not ever hard enough to make the ABS kick in. You do this 8x in a row.

You also need to be super careful as to not break hard enough to engage the ABS system during the first 500 miles when you put new rotors and pads on.

[greenjeans420]

thanks very good info to know!!! im tryin to decide on some rotars to go with akebonos what have u guys used
?