Just had the front brake pads and rotors installed in my 7 years old 34k miles 2004 Honda S2000 last week. After about 100 miles driving on surface street and highway, I like to give my impression with the performance of the Bendix pads and Wagner rotors.
The pad is Ceramic CT-3 I bought a year ago when they had $20 rebate per set, the cost after rebate was around $21-22 for front set. The bonus was the pad made in America.
The Wagner rotor is $33 each and made in China, a disappoint when I received it from Amazon. I hoped that Wagner is and American company so that their rotors should be made in America, but I was wrong.
The performance of the new pads and rotors is as good as OEM pads and rotors. Initial bite a good, the braking distance is as short as OEM, the bonus is no noise and almost no dust, also the total parts cost is about 2/3 less than local Honda dealer price.
The one thing I don't know is how long the new pads and rotors will lasted, if it lasts another 30-35k miles I'll very happy. Since the car is driven mostly on surface streets, its brake is used almost every few hundreds feet therefore it didn't lasted very long, but still is much longer than the front pads of my wife E430 at 10-15k miles.
The next rotor will not be Wagner, because it is made in China, but the pad will be Bendix CT-3. I will definitely looking for Bendix CT-3 pads for my other cars when time to replace it.
The pad is Ceramic CT-3 I bought a year ago when they had $20 rebate per set, the cost after rebate was around $21-22 for front set. The bonus was the pad made in America.
The Wagner rotor is $33 each and made in China, a disappoint when I received it from Amazon. I hoped that Wagner is and American company so that their rotors should be made in America, but I was wrong.
The performance of the new pads and rotors is as good as OEM pads and rotors. Initial bite a good, the braking distance is as short as OEM, the bonus is no noise and almost no dust, also the total parts cost is about 2/3 less than local Honda dealer price.
The one thing I don't know is how long the new pads and rotors will lasted, if it lasts another 30-35k miles I'll very happy. Since the car is driven mostly on surface streets, its brake is used almost every few hundreds feet therefore it didn't lasted very long, but still is much longer than the front pads of my wife E430 at 10-15k miles.
The next rotor will not be Wagner, because it is made in China, but the pad will be Bendix CT-3. I will definitely looking for Bendix CT-3 pads for my other cars when time to replace it.