Do you guys know if the Ultimates dust more than the Metal Masters Axxis makes? I have the MM now but will upgrade if it's worth it. I thought the Ultimates were a metallic pad like the MM...I never heard they were ceramic. Thanks!

-Andy

 

The ultimates dust more than mm. But I think are worth the extra work of cleaning your wheels. They will get squeaky after a wile my back ones have for the last 10k and I tried everything to get them to stop.

 

There's no industry standard of what makes a pad "ceramic" so as long as there is some ceramic material in it, it can be said to be ceramic. It can also be said to be "semi-metallic" because it has some metal in it. The whole thing seems very suspect to me. I have the ultimates and they dust ALOT and the dust sticks to everything and it's black... "ceramic" pads are supposed to dust light colored dust that doesn't stick... Don't go by whether it says it's "Ceramic" or semi-metalic or whatever

 

Seems to me, from what I've heard, that the Carbotech Bobcats are the way to go for a nice, durable street pad for every day use that doesn't dust too much. I can't remember anyone complaing that their Bobcats dusted "too" much. I'm sure they still accumulate a little on wheels and calipers, naturally, but if I could go a few weeks without having to clean my wheels (they way I drive around town probably melts pads) I would go for the more expensive pad. Not to mention the performance. I've read that Bobcats can be modulated much better than the Ultimates, even in Auto-x and some track reports, under really hard braking.

 

Where can I get the Carbotech Bobcats?

Jason