I installed Adaptive One brake pads from napa along with new super premium rotors about 15monts ago. I have been very happy with them on my car. Brake is quite, smooth, and strong. They have been pretty clean also. Not quite as strong as the EBC Red Stuff pads I had before, but the EBC did a number on the rotors.
For about a month or so I've been getting a little bit of pulsation at highway speeds. Not bad at all, but I'm anal enough about my car that it was bugging me. This week I used the on the car lathe to make a minimal cut on the rotors to fix it. .04 one pass is all it took. Visual inspection showed a lot of pad life left which I was happy to see. They have been so good for me that I also replaced the Thermoquiets and rotors on my Toyota. I have about 400 miles on those and they are also working very well so far. More bite than the Thermoqueits provided so it is also nice to get a little bit improved braking.
I've used MANY brake pads through out the years, and the EBC greens and reds have always been good for me. I did not have such a great experience with the Hawk pads that I had run in the past. Though they seemed to have good stopping power, they developed a shutter at the end of braking which I could only temperarily get rid of by machining, sanding, etc. The thermo's have also been good on the three vehicles I've used them on, but at this point if price is not too far off I think I will be sticking with the Adaptive Ones for future replacement unless something changes at some point.
So my ranking from what I've used for overall
1. Adaptive One
2. EBC Green
3. Thermo Quiet
4. Akebono Ceramic
5. Napa A.E.
6. Duralast Gold
7. Centric PosiQuiet
8. Hawk
9. China no name, Kingdom, Moorse Elite, etc.
For about a month or so I've been getting a little bit of pulsation at highway speeds. Not bad at all, but I'm anal enough about my car that it was bugging me. This week I used the on the car lathe to make a minimal cut on the rotors to fix it. .04 one pass is all it took. Visual inspection showed a lot of pad life left which I was happy to see. They have been so good for me that I also replaced the Thermoquiets and rotors on my Toyota. I have about 400 miles on those and they are also working very well so far. More bite than the Thermoqueits provided so it is also nice to get a little bit improved braking.
I've used MANY brake pads through out the years, and the EBC greens and reds have always been good for me. I did not have such a great experience with the Hawk pads that I had run in the past. Though they seemed to have good stopping power, they developed a shutter at the end of braking which I could only temperarily get rid of by machining, sanding, etc. The thermo's have also been good on the three vehicles I've used them on, but at this point if price is not too far off I think I will be sticking with the Adaptive Ones for future replacement unless something changes at some point.
So my ranking from what I've used for overall
1. Adaptive One
2. EBC Green
3. Thermo Quiet
4. Akebono Ceramic
5. Napa A.E.
6. Duralast Gold
7. Centric PosiQuiet
8. Hawk
9. China no name, Kingdom, Moorse Elite, etc.