Not saying AEM suck or anything really bad about them, they do squeak especially during the winter until the pads warm up and then they stop squeaking. I just notice a lot of dust on my rims when I had AEM compared to the Hawks HPS. AEM are about the same as OEM pads after reading and doing some research. Once you try different setups and you will see a big difference in pads!

But I wouldn't if there would be a difference compared to slotted and blank rotors. If that would make a difference of the dust on the rims?