They are pretty good on the rotors. They won't stop as quickly as semimetallic or organic pads since they have to heat up to be more effective and even then, they don't stop as well. If you are worried about dusting, those are the best option.

I personally don't care since I would rather have a little dust and stop quicker than less dust and ram into someone because I didn't have the braking power.

 

If you don't want increased dust and the car is only driven on the street, I'd stick with OEM. I'm using OEM pads on the street and they work fine...

For HPDEs, I switch out the pads with Cobalt GT Sports, which I'd highly recommend.

 

OEM might be the way I go. The problem is, its going to take some time to get used to less braking power as opposed to what I have now with the Axxis Ultimates.

 

I have found that the OEM pads cost twice as much as the Axxis Ultimates and don't stop as well. They also dust a lot too, so why not just go with the cheaper, faster stopping aftermarket pads?

 

I don't think the OEM pads dust too bad, not compared to the Axxis Ultimates. What type of pads are you talking about when you say faster stopping aftermarket pads?

 

The Axxis Ultimates will stop faster than OEM pads. Those are the pads I am referring to. I had OEM pads on and replaced them with the Axxis Ultimates and the difference is almost night and day.

OEM pads do dust alot. They may not dust as much as the Ultimates, but the Ultimates make up for that with stopping power. And OEM pads are super expensive.

You want a pad with minimal dust, so why not pick up a pair of ceramic pads?

 

I did find some AEM pads, but I have heard a few people tell me ceramic pads kill rotors. Then I read AEM's website, and it said that the pads were rotor friendly, so I am not sure what I am gonna do at this point.

 

I was actually running ceramic in the front, OEM in the back. The ceramic were fine on the rotors. I had to replace the rotors, but only because they were the original rotors and the car had 130k miles on it.

I would try the AEM pads. They are pretty cheap, so you should give them a try and if you notice accelerated rotor wear, replace them with some tried and trusted, but expensive OEM pads.

 

Sounds good Shmoo, I appreciate all your input. I think I will try the AEM's and if I don't like them just go back to OEM. If I do end up going back to OEM, cost isn't too bad for me because I have a couple of friends at the Frank Leta Acura here in St. Louis, so I get all my parts at cost. Can't beat that!!

 

No problem. Good luck with everything. :thumbup: