How To Tell If A Brake Pad Is Ceramic Or Semi Metallic

Don’t judge a brake pad on just the color of the friction material. Not all dark grey friction materials are semi-metallic brake friction materials, some brake pads with this color could be ceramic or NAO materials. To find out the friction type, use the box or the brake pad manufacturers catalog. In this video, Andrew Markel examines how color is no longer an indicator of the friction material.

[michaelrobinson]

OK so now I know how you can't tell them apart. Now I need to know how to tell them apart. Is there a part 2?

[mikemiller]

What happens when the box doesn’t say?

[willlau]

Luckily it's only 1 min video that mean i only wasted 1 min time.

[shanejones]

Don't watch it doesn't show how it literally just said read the box.

[LubaLuba]

You title of the video is misleading because you are not telling us how to tell what material our brake pads are. And if I had the box the pads came in I wouldn't be here. When you buy a car they never give you the box. Stop lying!!!!

[centscents]

Thanks. It really did not tell me how to distinguish the differences. It only makes me more puzzled.

[easyfind]

what is written on the box where I live doesn't tell you exactly what the pad is made of. Is there any other way to determine what the pad is made of apart from reading what's on the box?

Thanks for the short and precise video buddy.

[mustaphaaitoukhalek]

Hello, is safe if i install ceramic pads on steel rotors?

[Komodo_Lord]

On Brake pads’ box it’s write «  Ceramic OR Semi-metalic » so that’s why I need the answer of the video’s title.
I really doubt I bought some semi-metalic and its supposed to be ceramic

[johnniecash]

Why do I click on this video? So I can even know what kind of brake pads I have. None of that was accomplished

[Bill_McRook]

"Look at the box"? Really? Great tech tip 🙄