[bighank]

Just finished putting pads on the rear after finding out I needed a special tool to twist the rear pistons in. Got pads at Advance which were supposedly ceramic but the box says Semi metallic. I believe the OEM pads are organic.
Now need to replace the front pads also. Most parts stores here have Ceramic pads. Should I use Semimetallic since I have them or the rear or doesn't it matter. The OEM pads made it about 40K+ miles. Think they were organic.

Only trouble I have with Ceramics is that they may not stop as well as the Semimetallic pads. Own a C5 Corvette and use only Semimetallic pads on it both front and rear.

Your actual experiance would be helpful.BIGHANK

[Black05Pony]

I've got 52k and change on my car and the stock pads are still going strong. I last had them checked at 49k and my mechanic (my Dad) said they still had 75% or better on them. Funny because 47/49k of those miles were when I drove a pretty decent grade to work every day.

When I need brakes, i'll go with whatever came on the car.