Choosing The Best Brake Pad for Your Exotic Vehicle
Driving a Rolls Royce, Bentley, or Maserati is one of the great joys in life. But the rush of acceleration and the thrill of a roaring engine has to be tempered by even more powerful brakes!
Choosing the right pads for your vehicle depends on a few factors.
One, are you mainly daily driving your vehicle? If that’s the case ceramic and organic brake pads are ideal. This is largely because ceramic pads don’t require any warm-up to be effective.
You don’t want to use high end racing pads that need a warm up when your morning commute has an unexpected stop at the first traffic light outside of your neighborhood! They also produce a minimal amount of dust to keep your wheels looking clean.
However, ceramic materials tend to wear down faster at high temperatures. The best manufacturers now use custom blend of ceramic and fiber to reduce fade dramatically.
Organic pads have different advantages. Using a mixture of carbon and kevlar, organic brake pads are very quiet and are less expensive than ceramic pads.
For those seeking the highest performance on track days, semi-metallic or metallic pads are best. You will always get the best stopping power from a metallic or semi-metallic brake pad. However, they do require a warm-up to be effective. They also produce a lot of brake dust, more noise, and can score your brake disks.
Longevity should also be considered. Ceramic and ceramic-containing pads are the longest lasting. But there’s a trade off...longer-lasting ceramic pads don’t perform as well. It’s usually a give and take relationship. The longest-lasting pads tend to perform the worst.
The exception to this rule are organic pads. They have the shortest lifespans and and do not perform as well as ceramic or semi-metallic pads.
When it’s time to purchase your Rolls Royce, Bentley, or Maserati brake pads, you can go to a store or purchase online. If you’re lucky, the person working the counter will be knowledgeable, but that’s no guarantee. What is guaranteed is a higher price.
If you’re seeking top quality brake pads at the best price, call Alpine Performance. Our experts can always provide reliable advice, unbeatable prices, and we offer superb quality brake pads of all types.
