No such thing as semi ceramic.
The Akebono pads are great. They're on my T5, XC-70 and S600. I had them on my old Mercedes 300E, too.
They have decent bite, last about 100,000 miles, and don't dust or squeal.
The Akebono Euro Ceramic pads are absolutely the best choice for your Volvo. Get some new rotors while you're doing brakes, Brembo is fine, I've used Centric slotted, ATE slotted, Mercedes OEM drilled and plain Brembos, all work well. The slotted rotors have a tiny bit of harmonic hum under heavy braking, but they bite quicker in rainy conditions. The front brakes on my T5 lasted 100,000 miles with Akebono pads and slotted rotors. I put a new set of Akebono pads and slotted rotors on that car last winter.
When it's time to do the fronts on your XC, consider upgrading the front rotors from 11" (280mm) to 12" (305mm)with brackets from Rock Auto. They'll fit under the 16" wheels. You're buying new rotors anyways, so the cost to do the upgrade is about $40 for a pair of brackets.
I'm currently running Akebono pads with 305mm drilled rotors from R1 concepts on the XC. They replaced a set of Akebono pads and plain Brembo rotors that went 100,000 miles.
With no dust. No noise.
Last edited by Astro14; 05-30-2017 at 04:38 AM.
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