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Originally Posted by JamesDean
Axxis Ultimates were on when I first bought this car back in 2006 and they were awesome.
I currently have them on...but my rotors are shot/worn/warped.. I figurd I'd give Akebonos a try.. Maybe after these I'll go back to Axxis if these aren't an improvement.
My dad's SD has Pagid's which have pretty good stopping power as well. They're just dusty.
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I've had the Ultimates as well. Unfortunately, they are a VERY hard pad, so they chew up the rotors faster (probably as fast as the Akebonos). Stock parts you get about two sets of pads to one set of rotors, but the Ultimates wore the rotors down fast enough that when the pads were done, so were the rotors. Of course they went 65,000 miles or thereabouts on the front, so that's not too shabby.
The Ultimates were also pretty dusty, nearly as bad as stock. The Axxis Deluxe have virtually no dust (I now wash the car because it's dirty, not because the wheels are gross) and stop great. Time will tell if they wear the rotors as quickly, though.
Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with the Akebonos, and they, too as a harder-compound pad will wear the rotors more quickly. I chose Axxis because aside from being less costly than the Akebonos, Axxis' parent company (PBR if memory serves) is an OE supplier to lots of car manufacturers, MB included.
Just do a decent job of bedding them in and drive gently the first couple hundred miles and you'll get the best life and performance out of them.
Good luck.