Re: Apex ceramic pads on Ebay

From: Phillip Batson (pbatson68@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Aug 30 2004 - 16:18:37 EDT


Mine are doing well. I got them from JC Whitney, and
have put on about 15k miles. That's heavy stop and go
traffic too. I've been very happy with them.
I will be swapping into my winter tires in a month or
two, so I'll be doing a close up check on them then.

Phil
2000 CC 4x4 4.7L
--- andy levy <andy-dml@levyclan.us> wrote:

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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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