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Originally Posted by denaliman
UPDATE: I contacted Carbotech. They do make Ceramic Brake Pads for the X6M & X5M. They need to order the blanks but they are available. Turnaround is 4-5 days. The compound is the Bobcat 1521. I had a set on my E70 X5 and found them very good pads. They have a good bite and are very low dusting, excellent fade resistance. To be honest I did have some squealing initially then it went away and then returned for a bit, I re-bedded the pads and it went away again. There are many reviews on the net if you want to Google. I have gone over a 2 week period without washing my summer wheels and they still looked clean, (of course this was not the norm since I wash the vehicle at least once a week). Whatever is in the compound seemed to be less corrosive because I had no pitting on the rotor hats or embedded brake dust on the calipers or wheels throughout the life of the pads. Stoptech makes a pad as well, but from what I can tell through review comments is that Stoptech's dust a lot. You can look up at http://www.ctbrakes.com/ |
Good to know - thanks for doing the research.