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2011 XF SC Ceramic Brake Pad install for the everyone.
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It seems like most of this discussion is about XFR and XF-SC. I have a 2010 XF Portfolio, I can't find front ceramic pads, I have found them for the XFR but not the XF. Every manufacturer seems to have rears but no ceramic fronts. Does anyone have any info on this?
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Read my previous post
My previous post, #20 in this thread and the is the last one on the previous page, has a link that includes 2 manufacturers of front and rear ceramic pads that are readily available for an XF.
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As far as a write up goes, there is already a brake DIY on our cars. just look under the how to guides thread which is a sticky so it will always be on top, and then scroll down to the DIY. It looks like Edobernig did the write up.
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I'll not waste space starting another thread on this topic, since it's more about the dirty dusty pads that are on European cars in general and Jags..
I've had a Mercedes from new; 1992 300E and it was HORRIBLE as far as BLACK dirty dusty pads..I had a from new; a 2003 X-type and it was just as Horrible too..
Now I have this 2012 XF and I don't know if they did something different finally, but these pads are not dirty at all..after about a week of city driving and highway driving, the dust level or dust coating is hardly noticeable..I'm very happy with this compound in these pads....whatever it is..
I've had a Mercedes from new; 1992 300E and it was HORRIBLE as far as BLACK dirty dusty pads..I had a from new; a 2003 X-type and it was just as Horrible too..
Now I have this 2012 XF and I don't know if they did something different finally, but these pads are not dirty at all..after about a week of city driving and highway driving, the dust level or dust coating is hardly noticeable..I'm very happy with this compound in these pads....whatever it is..
Say, what are the recommendations for front rotors? I think my front rotors are slightly warped, so I may as well replace them when I have the pads replaced.
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Wrapping is not common, glazing is and causes pulsating pedal
A few years ago (I don't remember when, exactly), JD Power started asking about brake dust in their initial quality survey. Car magazines predicted that brake dust would become a thing of the past in short order. I'm noticing on the newer BMWs and Mercedes in various parking lots, their wheels have almost no brake dust. I think the changeover occurred around 2012. My wife's 2008 MB produced unbelievable amounts of dust so I replaced the pads within a 1000 miles with Porterfields, and that pretty much put an end to brake dust on her car.
Say, what are the recommendations for front rotors? I think my front rotors are slightly warped, so I may as well replace them when I have the pads replaced.
Say, what are the recommendations for front rotors? I think my front rotors are slightly warped, so I may as well replace them when I have the pads replaced.
The rotors probably are not actually wrapped. They can be glazed. This is when some of the pad material melts or bonds into the surface of the rotor during certain conditions when the rotors are hot and the brakes are clamped down. The fix is resurfacing which will relive this for a while or to totally replace then. I have used Centric rotors with excellent results.
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