Prepping the calipers slides, proper shims and a good synthetic brake lube for the pad contact areas and squealing goes byebye, no matter the pad. Except for the rears when reversing of course.....

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Sharing my partner's 2012 Forte 5dr SX til I find my next 123 or 126..
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Do I miss being a service advisor ???

I did a search in advance of ordering new pads. This thread and this post convinced me to try the ceramics. Any newer ideas are invited from this bump.

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Charles
1983 300D, bought new, 215k+ miles, donated to Purple Hearts veterans charity but I have parts for sale: http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/mercedes-benz-cars-sale/296386-fs-1-owner-83-mb-300d-turbo-rebuild-parts.html

They last a long time, they don't squeak, and they seem to stop fine. [I'm not sure how much difference I could tell in stopping ability]
I used them on my F150 when I used to tow a 5th wheel and they did fine with that. And ZERO dust, and I must say, might be my #1 priority...
I just put the semi metallics on Smash and they are doing fine also. Haven't been on long enough to test the dusting qualities. Didn't want to foot the ceramic bill for that car right now...

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

I have Akebono ceramic pads on my w123 front brakes, stop very nicely, VERY little brake dust if at all.

I've experimented a little, did not wash the car for the holidays. Turned out, the front wheels had less dust than the rears, which are running on Textar pads. Amazing.

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