doodlebug

What should I expect from aftermarket ceramic brake pads? Dealership said I'm in the yellow, but I've only put 13,000 miles on the pads. I don't believe them.

Sybaritic

I learned these cars finish off front pads fairly quick. It's the trade-off for the strong braking which I love.

My OEMs lasted 28,000 miles when it was down to about 20% pad life and I replaced them. Depending on how hard you brake, and depending on what the definition of yellow is, you should have gotten a measurement in mm, but assume that they may need replacement by 25K.

arentz07

If you have the F-Sport pads, I'm not far off from the yellow as well - had mine checked at around 13k as well. I had "just over half" the pad depth remaining.

doodlebug

My current pads are not the OEM F-Sports pads, I got 27K miles out of those. They are the Centric Posi-Quiet with only 13k on them. The dealership didn't give me a measurement, they just said it was in the yellow (20%-50% remaining) for both the front and back.
It just struck me as odd that the fronts would be that low - I am more inclined to believe it about the rear (41,000 miles total). Call me crazy, I just generally don't trust the dealership most of the time.

jkonquer

You could just look it at on your own just take a picture with your cellphone between the wheel spokes.

anthonys2r

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Got about 20k out of them (stock f-sport pads), couldve gone maybe 1000-2000 more miles but better replaced earlier than later.