Review on Akebono Performance ASP1001 Premium Ceramic by Curtis Domus

These pads have already covered about 5000 miles. The biggest pluses are that the pads are affordable, leave very little brake dust and braking performance is pretty good. The downer is that these brakes make a lot more noise than we would like. I wish my brakes had been professionally finished by the dealer and installed these pads instead of using OEM pads. At first everything was fine, but soon I noticed the squeaking of the brakes. I followed the Akebono brake pad and rotor burn-in procedures carefully for the first 500 miles, hoping that once the burn-in was complete the noise would go away. However, the noise remained. Fortunately, the noise isn't always noticeable, and is most common when the car is cold (well, about as "cold" as Southern California gets) and under light braking (e.g., when exiting the lane or in motion). ). through), but it's often enough to be annoying. We worked with the dealer to fix the noise he noticed but the only solution seems to be to live with the noise or pay for a full rotor and pads replacement. While these pads feel SOMETHING superior to the braking of the OEM pads, I would honestly prefer the OEM pads and have no noise.