i bought some other cheap brakes from a neiborhood little auto shop for about 12 dollars after a month they were squeaking like there was no tomorrow you could hear me coming from a mile so i just bought some ceramic brakes from pep boys how good are ceramic brakes
Wow!!! everyone here is crazy!! more money than brains!! Here is the deal, brake pads cost about $20 per pair. Rotors or drums depending on your make of car cost between $20 to $100 per SIDE! If you only change your brakes 2 times per lifetime of the car, your looking at $40 to replace the pads or minimum $80 per rotors or drums!! do the math! squeaking brakes have no effect on the stopping power of the vehicle. I worked for a brake pad manufacture and I can tell you for sure metallic, ceramic, or standard brake pad, the guarantee of no squeaking does not exist
It all depends on the brand. Some ceramic brakes are worse than metallic brakes, some have a higher content of ceramic, some are mostly metal with some ceramic, ect. You truely get what you pay for in this life, $40 and up is the price you're looking to spend to get good brakes. I had ceramics on my old car, they were going on 60,000, were quiet, stopped great, but got rid of the car, they could have gone longer, they showed almost no wear! These were expencive brakes too.
Ceramic brakes are generally better than metallic brakes. And you don't need to change the rotors as long as you replaced them before.
I'm tired of not being able to see someone who I haven't seen in about five months. :
