It sounds like part of the problem is the lack of cold bite. The traditional metallic pad is useless, or at least semi-useless, when cold. EHT pads, which I believe are semi metallic, are better in this regard, or perhaps the metal content is very conservative.
it’s also possible that the current pad is just a high-mileage pad. I’ve seen some shops use them because of the high mileage guarantees. They require gobs of pedal pressure to engage. I’ve replaced those for a friend who got suckered into it, but mostly on 3rd-4th owner used cars I’ve bought and DD’d for a while. Hot, cold, doesn’t matter… they just wouldn’t bite.
OR, in one case, the unstoppable favorite, akebono, just couldn’t cut the mustard in any situation in our Gen 1 tundra, which had 4 piston calipers but was weakly braked from the factory. OEM pads and hawk LTS were the best there, and the ake‘s simply couldn’t deliver.
it’s also possible that the current pad is just a high-mileage pad. I’ve seen some shops use them because of the high mileage guarantees. They require gobs of pedal pressure to engage. I’ve replaced those for a friend who got suckered into it, but mostly on 3rd-4th owner used cars I’ve bought and DD’d for a while. Hot, cold, doesn’t matter… they just wouldn’t bite.
OR, in one case, the unstoppable favorite, akebono, just couldn’t cut the mustard in any situation in our Gen 1 tundra, which had 4 piston calipers but was weakly braked from the factory. OEM pads and hawk LTS were the best there, and the ake‘s simply couldn’t deliver.
