Try a search - you can read for days. I've been round and round on this and come back to PBR Deluxe.

I tried Pagids for a few years and found them to squeal a lot. Generated as much dust as OE.

I went back to Textars since they are OE. I can live with the dust.

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

I have had PBR Deluxe pads on my ML for close to 25K and they are still fairly thick, work well, don't squeal and don't seem to wear the rotor much at all. I will stick with them for all my cars, based on their performance on my ML.

Ben Carter

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Ben Harrison Carter
1999 Mercedes ML320 87K
1992 Mercedes 300CE 89K
1995 Corvette 29K -- Sold Dec 09
1989 Mercedes 420SEL 99K -- (Sold 4/08)
1968 Mercedes 230S (106K) (Sold 9/06))
1976 Mercedes 450SEL 130K (Just sold - 06)
1961 Mercedes 220Sb (sold years ago)

Has anyone tried ceramic pads? PBR Ultimates, Akebono, or Porterfield? All claim better wear, no noise/squeal, and dramatically lower amounts of brake dust. User experience?!

Bob

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Bob Jones
Bradenton, FL
'87 560SL-Sold
'99 SL500 For Now

textar= no squeaks

brake dust....yes... most noticeably on front.

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1989 300ce 129k
( facelifted front,updated tail lights, lowered suspension,bilstein sports, lorinser front spoiler, MOMO steering wheel, remus exhaust,stainless steel brake lines). (Gone)

1997 s320 154k (what a ride). Sold with 179k miles. Replaced with Hyundai Equus

1994 e320 Cabriolet 108k



1972 280se 4.5 153k Owned for 12 yrs, sorry I sold it


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Iv'e got PBR Ultimates on teh front of the E320, no less dust than stock (actually seems like more). Akebono on the rear, no dust at all (the stock pads did leave some). At the time Akebono didn't have a listing for the fronts. Would change to them in a heartbeat. Feel is same as stock, otherwise my wife would have said something (like she did when I wanted to install lowering springs )

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Hanno
'79 6.9 Sold (after 27 years)
'83 280SL, 5 spd.
'94 E320 Sdn. 5 spd conversion
'02 E320 Sdn.(on loan to mom!)
'87 300E (5 spd. conversion) Sold
'05 E500 Wagon

Tried them once,......never again !
You have to get them very warm ( almost hot ), before they start performing well.
IF you spend a lot of time at the track, they'd be fine, for street use as I said NO way.

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2007 C 230 Sport.