New Brakes .... What to buy?

[amagalla]

I'm having trouble finding the Textar front pads. It looks like I'm going with Akebono all around for the low dust.

Tony

[Frodo]

I'm in the same boat---at least with regard to front brakes. Pads definitely long in the tooth, and rotors (which I assume are original) have a lip that's gotta be 1 mm, probably more, on each side. Time to do 'em both.

Leaning strongly towards the Zimmerman cross-drilled rotors with the EBC Redstuff pads, but stumbled on this at (of all places) Rock Auto:

https://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=3801993&cc=1388358&jnid=407&jpid=1

Anybody have any experience with these? They look pretty nice and at a reasonable price. A local Search here for Evolution brake supplies came up empty.

If I go with the Zimmerman rotors, anybody have experience with both the EBC Redstuff pads and the perhaps more popular Akebono pads? Any reason to pick one over the other? The other thing I wondered about was this: I read a few posts where people mentioned a different "feel" to the ceramic pad vs the more "dusty" pads. Any opinions on that?

[BoxsterSteve]

Frodo, I haven't noticed any difference in braking ability or pedal feel with my Akebono pads; even when I'm going all high school on it.

[Xpit77]

I had Zimm`s on my 944S and liked them. It had Pagid pads. I had an Integra modded for SoloI and used EBC Greens. Liked them as well.I think your combo would be tons of brake.

[gr8rcfan]

Akebono Euro Ultra Premium pads, and forget the tedious job of cleaning your wheels forever! My racing mechanic suggested them, and I love them!

Add them to your choice of rotors. (Stock rotors wear out as fast as stock pads, so you are guaranteed to need them too)