Does anyone know what the original oem pads front/rear were made out of? Are they ceramic, semi metallic, organic? Just curious
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Does anyone know this... I went the to parts store and they all say they come factory with ceramic pads, however my dealer told me definitely not ceramic nor organic, but likely semi-metallic. HOWEVER I'm not sure they really know for sure either. I figured this board would likely have someone that may know for sure. Thoughts?
hoser
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Did any OE manufacturer even use ceramic pads in 1998?
Edit: google says as early as 1985, OE started using ceramic
Edit: google says as early as 1985, OE started using ceramic
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I was told OE on my 02 Lex was organic.
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I would be very surprised if OE was truly an organic pad because factory toyota pads seem to last forever (at least that's what I remember when I worked for Toyota in a dealership position for many years). The strange part is that 2 yrs ago I did the rear brakes in my LX - new pads/rotors (i used "oe organic" according to the supplier). As of 2 days ago they were completely worn out, to the point of grinding metal on metal. There was no warning before they started grinding - so replaced the next day. This time I used ceramic pads with slotted rotors...
My point is that I have heard that organic pads wear extremely quickly, and my experience is no anomaly - 1. the fact that they were the rear brakes (taking at most 25% of the total stopping power, and 2. They wore out in LESS than 2 yrs (about 23 months).
This seems like excessive wear. We'll see how I fare this time around...
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Perhaps it's the fact that my vehicle is running 33" tires in turn taking more resistance to stop the vehicle... Not sure
re_guderian
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My 100 eats rear brakes...
Through my reading of old threads regarding brakes, it seems that many experience faster rear pad wear.
I also went ceramic this time around.
My "oe's" came with wear indicators.
PO replaced my LX's front pads at 70K, with 140K now she's ready for new pads. The rear's were done at 50K, I did them at 100K, and I'll replace again when I do the fronts.
Which may be how the system proportions braking power front-to-rear. From what I've seen here, the rear's going before the front's is relatively normal.
Steve
