Hey guys so my car is coming to the point of needing new pads. I have seen a lot of people saying stoptech or centric but I'd like to take advantage of my employee disount on these. I want to know any opinions on how these akebono pads do on the X car only has 25k and Im using the procut on car brake lathe to resurface my rotors. I know they are great OE quality for a fact, even the new mirages roll off the lot with them, but how do they dp against spirited driving?
I've never even heard of them before lol.
A quick search shows that nobody else on our platform runs them. If you want to be a guinea pig and venture into the unknown, go for it.
Also, all the reviews are mostly from regular cars. I wouldn't run them on the Evo, especially if you do any spirited driving at all.
I actually slapped some pepboys prostop pads on and used the on car brake lathe came out good. Im just gonna ride it out for a bit rotors had a lot of run out so. I'm taking it easy for now.
They were really just some OEM replacement kind of pads before, the sort you'd put in your mom's CR-V, but I do notice a big price increase after they became the sponsor of Maclaren F1 team.
Now the new P1 use their brake system also. Other than that, I still dont find them any more attractive, or even know much about them.
^^This.Originally Posted by michael8238
I don't think they even ever offered a sport type pad. They seemed to have developed an excellent caliper....the Mclaren guys love them.
I wonder if they make brakes for other Japanese companies....ie: Endless, Project Mu....
*KTMotoring Tuned*
They do they are the euro act pads. They are the brakes that all the European cars are for. I just never seen them on an evo. All my Audi, mercedes-benz, and bmw customers request them only.
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