Quote Originally Posted by MarkChai

Anyway, as the tech put the new rotors on the hub for me, we chatted for a while, and his opinion was the ceramic pads are only necessary on the 3 cars in the US market that come with them. They were all high end $80-$90K+++ luxury cars.

Ceramic pads are harder than the steel rotors they are contacting. Therefore, the ceramic pads will last LONGER than the rotor in most cases. He was not trying to sell me pads or rotors-- I had already bought my own.

So, keep that in mind for any car... This makes sense when you look at it. The auto parts stores are pushing ceramic pads left and right-- Because you get to buy new rotors sooner than later, which cost more than new pads...

like you said thats his opinion.and if you talk to others they will say you don't need stainless steel brake lines .there are 3 cars that come with them blah blah blah.the auto parts store did not push them (ceramic pads)on me i decided i wanted them.i did not like the stock pads.the same thing can be said for other stuff to, like tires .they chose those tires for a reason blah blah blah. and are the pads really harder? i don't know. are the stock steel rotors garbage? mine are. shawn