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Old 06-09-2009, 11:06 PM
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Re: How to clean oil from new brake pads?
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I have some semi-metallic pads I had bought earlier but the calipers came with ceramic pads that I thought I might try. The ceramics are the ones that have the spots of oil on them from shipping. Maybe I should just the semi-metallics.
Use the ceramics.... those are OEM and wont absorb any oil.... just spray em off. Ceramics stop better under high temperatures..... which is the norm for the rotors on our 3600lb cars.
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