Ceramic Brake Pads

So your Ford truck has a beautiful set of black rims, but just on the front?? What the heck! Nice alloys on the back and some faded black ones on the front. Nice combo, not!

One of the problems Ford truck and SUV owners notice is the amount of brake dust that collects on the front rims. It’s just a matter of days since you’ve last washed the truck and the brake dust is starting to take over once again. Ughh! It’s enough to drive you insane. I’ve personally solved this by rotating my tires so now I have a nice set of faded black rims.

Now a solution for this problem is swap out your metallic brake pads for ceramic. What are you nuts!? Well, not quite but the pros will out weigh the cons in this case. The downside to putting in ceramic pads is the cost is generally a lot more than standard semi-metallic pads. Now on to the pros, really, that’s it for the cons.

Ceramic brake pads will offer a more smooth and quiet braking over a wide variety of temperatures and driving conditions. Ceramic pads are made up of ceramic, bonding agents and small amounts of copper instead of the semi-metallic pad’s steel fibres. This allows the pads to dissipate the higher temperatures with less heat fade while providing quicker recovery after stopping. This in turn generates less wear on the pads and rotors with limited brake dust. Ceramic pads still create a light coloured dust that is less noticeable and not as likely to stick to your rims. Just like that, no more faded black rims!

Ceramic pads meet or exceed all original equipment standards for durability, braking distance and noise. Due to the ceramic compound in the pads they help dampen the noise by generating a frequency beyond the human hearing range. Better stopping power, less wear and tear, and much quieter over organic and semi-metallic brake materials, what else do you need!

Hawk Performance has a ceramic performance pad that is ultra-low dust, low noise compound that is engineered to reduce vehicle brake NVH.  NVH stands for Noise, Vibration and Harshness.  Their ceramic pads are engineered with a linear friction profile to work better with your Ford trucks ABS system.  Hawk Performance boasts increased stopping power with increased rotor and extended pad life.

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