{"id":773,"date":"2008-08-20T14:28:35","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T21:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.r1concepts.com\/?p=773"},"modified":"2021-10-28T01:29:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T08:29:08","slug":"posi-quiet-brakes-pads-semi-metallic-ceramic-or-extended-wear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.r1concepts.com\/blog\/posi-quiet-brakes-pads-semi-metallic-ceramic-or-extended-wear\/","title":{"rendered":"Posi Quiet Brakes Pads &#8211; Semi Metallic, Ceramic, or Extended Wear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posi Quiet Brake Pads speaks for itself.&nbsp; The &#8220;Posi&#8221; in Posi Quiet brake pads means these pads are positive mold.&nbsp; What the heck is positive mold?&nbsp; Positive mold (<em>Image #1 below<\/em>) is a Original Equipment Manufacture process in making an OEM brake pad.<\/p>\n<p>In positive mold, the fictions material are highly compress into a brake pad molding plate and then is bonded by extreme pressure into the backing plate of the pads.&nbsp; With positive mold, there will be consistent fiction material density throughout the whole pad.&nbsp; Meaning, even brake wear and consistent performance throughout the pads&#8217; life.&nbsp; Also, with positive mold there&#8217;s no need of worrying about any adhesives being in the friction material.&nbsp; (Many non-positive mold pads use adhesives to combine the fiction material with the backing plates.)<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Quiet&#8221; in Posi Quiet is because these are truly quiet pads.&nbsp; There are many key characteristics in making a brake pad less noisy and squeaky.&nbsp; Posi Quiets are pads are all mechanically shimmed (<em>Image #2<\/em>) and shimmed accordingly to specification of each brake pad application.&nbsp; Many other company shim their pads, but using universal shims, where they cover only some section of the pads.&nbsp;&nbsp; That can lead to possible noise and vibration.&nbsp; Another feature Posi Quiet brakes pads have to noise minimization is having precision cut or shave backing plates (<em>Image #3.<\/em>)&nbsp; This with ensure proper fitment into the calipers, resulting in consistent braking power and brake pad wear.&nbsp; Posi Quiet fiction formulation makes the pads less noisy and squeaky as well.&nbsp; Also, these pads (depending on your application &amp; specs) are chamfered on the sides to minimize noise.&nbsp; All these noise abatement features in Posi Quiet brake pads also makes it less noisy but also keeps the pads from vibration.<\/p>\n<p>Before we step into what type of pads Posi Quiet carries,&nbsp; there are more key features why these pads are&nbsp;considered bang for the buck.&nbsp; These pads are&nbsp;scorched meaning for no break-in required.&nbsp; The pads surfaces are pre-heated in a state of the art scorching oven (<em>Image #4<\/em>), simulating the initial break-in process performance by installation technicians.&nbsp; No need to worry about pad glazing since these are already scorched.&nbsp; Take a look at the Scorched chart to compare scorched to non-scorched pad(<em>Image #5<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p>Posi Quiet brakes pads comes in 3 types of formulation:&nbsp; Posi Quiet Semi-Metallic, Posi Quiet Ceramic, and Posi Quiet Extended Wear.&nbsp; Depending on your driving conditions and&nbsp; what you&#8217;re looking for in a brake pad, Posi Quiet has it for you.&nbsp; Please take a look at the chart and see what type of pads fits you (<em>Image #6.<\/em>)&nbsp; The chart have 6 categories: high temp fade resistance; operating friction level; rotor life; pad life; anti-dust capability; and noise abatement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Semi-Metallic Quick Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Outstanding wear characteristics<\/p>\n<p>-High Friction level<\/p>\n<p>-Stable friction performance wide temperature ranges<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ceramic Quick Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Longest wearing most advanced material available<\/p>\n<p>-Lowest dust<\/p>\n<p>-Stable friction performance wide temperature ranges<\/p>\n<p><strong>Extended Wear Quick Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Long wearing<\/p>\n<p>-Low brake rotors wear<\/p>\n<p>-Stable friction performance wide temperature rages<\/p>\n<p>-Excellent for fleet service<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p>Posi Quiet will give the performance bite on the brake rotors.&nbsp; These are aboslutely the best bang for the buck.&nbsp; If you&#8217;re a daily driver, and stop agressive here and there while driving, than these pads fit perfectly for you.&nbsp; If you&#8217;re a aggressive driver\/street\/track, and always hard on the pedals, than I would recommend <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.r1concepts.com\/brakepads.php\">Axxis Ulitmates or Hawks HPS<\/span>. Here at&nbsp;<a title=\"r1 concepts website\" href=\"https:\/\/www.r1concepts.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">R1 Concepts Inc.<\/a> we carry Posi Quiet brake pads as well as other brands. Be sure to check us out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posi Quiet Brake Pads speaks for itself.&nbsp; The &#8220;Posi&#8221; in Posi Quiet brake pads means these pads are positive mold.&nbsp; What the heck is positive mold?&nbsp; Positive mold (Image #1 below) is a Original Equipment Manufacture process in making an OEM brake pad. 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