I had them on my last Acura. (My IS still has the stock Fsport pads) There was a tiny bit a squeaking breaking the pads in, but it went away after a week or so. Besides that, they were very smooth, felt good, and stopped well. The only disclaimer was that being ceramic pads, the first handful of stops feel soft till the pads heat up. On my long 40ish mile each way commute, I would stop at 4-5 red lights before the brakes felt bitey. It would still stop NP when cold, just have to push the pedal down a little more as the initial bite was not their yet.

 

Been running a few different Akebono pads on a few different cars for lots of years. A few things here.

Akebono normally has 2 different version of pads that fit. One is Ceramic the other is a more Performance pad. In both cases they actually stop better than the Factory pads and last longer. Especially the Performance pads, they stop quick. They out last the Toyota/Lexus and other pads. The one exception that is little known is .... that sometimes depending on the Stock the actual Factory pads you buy from the Dealers are sometimes actually Akebonos.

I've seen lots of incorrect comments for some years now about them. So when you put on new Pads, if you put new quality Rotors too, then you have new pads and rotors. Def wont brake worst, will brake better. If you just put new pads and then compare to the old pads that had a less worn rotor, 50k miles more or less, then its the Rotor stopping power difference you feel. Not the Pads. If you turn and thin the old Rotors you def are not going to Stop as well.

As far as the noise, its Not the Pads that create, its your brake job, and lack of cleaning materials, and lubricating problem 99.9% of the time. Putting on new pads is not the cause of your noise squealing. Its metal on metal. Akebons are good stuff.

 

Very valuable info, do you mind listing the compatible part number & links for both ceramic and performance pads?

 

I have a GS350 the pads are different.
https://akebonobrakes.mypartfinder.com/