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SaltyDog HalfDork
5/22/19 1:56 p.m.

I've done hundreds of brake jobs over the last 40 years.

I'm getting ready to do another one, this one on my '08 Ram 1500. It is the first time I've used ceramic pads.

I'll be replacing the rotors as well with new ones from the same source. (Detroit Axle from Amaze-On)

I've never seen pads come with what I have to assume is some sort of bedding compound applied to them.

Is this a ceramic pad thing or something entirely different?

It's on all of the pads, and certainly looks like it was put on there intentionally.

rslifkin UltraDork
5/22/19 2:01 p.m.

I've seen some pads (usually EBC) that have a coating like that supposedly to help with break-in.

GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
5/22/19 2:40 p.m.

^Yeah it's not that uncommon these days.

Professor_Brap Dork
5/22/19 2:43 p.m.

Bedding compoud, not sure if it even works.

SaltyDog HalfDork
5/23/19 6:21 a.m.

Thanks for the confirmation all.

Ceramic brake pad question