[Wsidr1]

Just order from Blackhawkjapan.com. Due to the favorable Yen to USD exchange rate, quality brake pads are attractively priced when ordering from them vs US distributors.

I took your advice this morning and ordered the Endless Super Street M-Sports Plus from Blackhawkjapan. In case folks are wondering about total costs, the pads with roughly $205 and the shipping to Southern Indiana was $63 via UPS.

I have a CNC/Plasma setup and have shipped things to a few friends in Japan. I can say this shipping cost seems fair based on what I've paid to send metal signs to Nagoya (central Japan). They order confirmation email said 3-10 days it will be shipped.

 

[Wsidr1]

I got a similar message, and they shipped in about two weeks. They may actually be backed up that far, its always a possibility, but hopefully yours will ship sooner.

I just ordered same pads from them today and the email said ships in 3-10 days.

 

[Wsidr1]

Hmm. Gonna have to retract my post above with 3-10 day shipping I was originally quoted.

They emailed me today and said 6-8 weeks. Wanted to know if I wanted to cancel my order. I told them to proceed with my order.

 

[Wsidr1]

+1. I just ordered and got the exact same result. I'm hoping it'll arrive sooner, and that they're just trying to under promise and over deliver.

Overnight I got a "Your order has shipped" email. My order was placed Apr 27th, so yeah, looks like under promise/overdeliver was the plan.

 

[Wsidr1]

Mine was placed on 4/22?!

Same here and mine arrived today.

 

[Wsidr1]

Wait, is this both front and rear sets? Every other US distributor says it’s $500+ for front and rear??

Yes, it's front and rear. Received mine last week.

 

[Wsidr1]

Are these the SSM PLUS? How's the dust?

I haven't installed them yet, but others in this thread have said the dust is lower than OEM.

 

[Wsidr1]

Now that we're getting a handle on which pads can minimize brake dust/retain performance, can we start a "Door Jamb Dust" thread and see what can be done there .

I washed my car yesterday and I swear the door jambs were about as bad as the brake dust on the wheels. Somehow much dirtier than the a-surfaces of the body.

 

[Wsidr1]

Thanks, good to know that I won’t have to clean my wheels as often.

What bedding-in procedure did you use? The instructions that came with the pads only mentioned something about doing a few hard stops, but nothing specific.

The main purpose of bedding the brakes is to get a buildup of brake pad material on the rotor. It helps with stopping. A slick new rotor is not a good surface for a brake pad to grip. So, unless you replaced rotors it's probably fine to skip it.

However, if you do go ahead and bed them, the main thing is don't come to a complete stop on any of your runs and drive gently for a bit afterwards to let them cool before stopping. If you stop while everything is really hot, you may end up with an excess deposit in one spot and it will feel like a warped rotor.