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Originally Posted by nick325xit 5spd
I've bought four sets of Akebonos spaced years apart. The only set that didn't go in the trash after a month was used on a car where I needed to adjust the rear brake bias (and they've impacted brake feel enough there that I'm changing out calipers to let me use a better pad mix).
Are they better than Axxis Deluxe Plus? A little. If you care more about brake dust than how your brakes feel, the Akebonos are good. But if you hate soggy brake feel, you will hate the Akebonos. And if you like the Akebonos, the Deluxe Plus produces even less dust and doesn't feel that much worse.
It's all subjective. I've even noted in this thread that the Akebonos *work fine*. They just feel soggy.
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I'm not sure what's going on with your brakes, but I certainly don't have that "soggy" feel on mine. I was running Axxis Deluxe Plus prior to swapping to Akebonos because I could no longer find those Axxis Deluxe pads. Like Fifty150hs, I also have Akebonos ceramic paired with Zimmermann rotors. I like the Axxis Deluxe/Akebonos ceramic linear feel much better than the overly aggressive initial bite of the OE pads.
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Originally Posted by haigha
Mine turned 18 last month. Still on the original pads & rotors! About 20% left on the front pads, 25% rears.
Brake dust doesn't show on my gunmetal rims, it shows a bit on the chromed outer edges.
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Wow - You must have some pixie dust pads and rotors!
I'm on my 4th sets of pads and 3rd sets of rotors. 1st set of pads/rotors were replaced under the "free" factory maintenance at about 30k miles. I then replaced those with Axxis/Zimmermann combo at about 60k miles. My last replacement of the pads were at about 125k miles with Akebonos and those still plenty of meat left on them at my current 150k miles mark.