Re: Apex ceramic pads on Ebay

From: andy levy (andy-dml@levyclan.us)
Date: Sun Aug 29 2004 - 23:33:59 EDT


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On 8/29/2004 10:46 PM, steve preston wrote:
| And hi!
|
| I`ve just spent a couple hours looking at various
| sites for good ceramic pads,and found some brake
| "wholesalers" in Canada selling them for $50.00 on
| Ebay. I assume that`s per pair. They are "Apex"
| brand,which I`ve never heard of,but they look good and
| have a pretty paint job on them,so they must be
| excellent brake pads,way I figure.
|
| I did notice that the part number was PSD820C for the
| Apex pads. Quietstops from Raybestos are PGD820QS!
| Sounds like it might be the same manufacturer,huh?
|
| By the way,are we liking ceramic pads these days? Last
| time I followed this thread,I believe some rotors
| cracked or something?

Ceramic pads don't take kindly to heat. They don't dissipate heat well,
so they can crack if you heat & stress them.

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