Dustless brake pads?

I have direct experience with replacing the pads on a 9000 with Axxis/PBR "Deluxe Plus" pads. These pads are a softer organic compound and there is far, far less dust created compared to OE or semi-metallic pads while maintaing very good braking characteristics. They are best for street use only however as they probably would not stand up to extreme heat loads as well as metallic or ceramic material.

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-Fred W

Is there any trade off in terms of noise, pad life or rotor life (not likely)?

When I first got into Saabs, the front pads would last 40k miles of hard use - city stop and go type driving. But they were noisy. Saab listened to the customers and came out with the soft, dusty pads which did not last 12k miles. The downside for Saab was these pads had a 15K mile warranty. I got many sets of pads free, however labor was not and the warranty required dealer installation.

FWIW I have over 50k miles on my pads, largely city stop-and-go. At the last check the dealer didn't mention anything about them being due for replacement. So they must have used something different in my '02

None. These are quite good brake pads. I do not know if you can find them for your particular application though...

Pad wear is an interesting subject, very dependant on your particular driving habits and techniques. Some people will wear out a set of pads in

One of the major advantages of these organic compound (softer) brake pads is that they do not wear the rotors as fast. Replacing brake pads is a very easy chore, one that almost anyone who is half way handy can (an should) be able to handle in about an hour, or maybe two the first time. The cost of these PBR pads is also very reasonable at ~$30 per axle, vs a set of disks at around $120 per axle (minimum).

-Fred W

Fred, where did you buy them? I've dug around on the net and the Deluxe Plus pads seem to have very good reports, but I can't find them for the 9-5.

Thanks! Gary

I'm using KVR pads ( see link below) on my 9-5.

BL

Hey Gary,

I think I got mine (for a '93 9000CSE) from eEuroparts.com, but when I looked for your 9-5 I could not find any there. They may not make pads for that car.

FYI... I'm pretty sure that Axxis/PBR is a subdivision of Bendix. There may be a master application chart somewhere at one of the the manufacturers' web sites.

Good Luck,

-Fred W

They have the Axxis Metal Masters (front only!?) but not the Deluxe Plus. Guess I'll keep looking. Anybody know of any good low-dust brakes that DO fit the 9-5's!?

Gary

Looking at the mintex.co.uk site, they show parts for the 9-3 but NOT the 9-5, at all. Hm.

The axxisbrakes.com site doesn't tell what models their pads fit. They say go check with their distributors. Their distributors don't say either. Searching for someone who actually SELLS the things doesn't turn up anybody that sells them for 9-5's.

This shouldn't be this hard...

OK,

I did a little googling and here's what I found:

-Fred W

I'm not surprised, I've done both cars and they certainly looked identical.

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On second thought, perhaps their prices arenb't that high. The front OE saab pads are $77 per set.

-Fred W

Hm. OK, they say they have pads for the 9-5. Actually they say the "95," even though they have another page for "9-5," but since they say

But they don't say anything about the Aero. Are we SURE they're the same?

For fronts, yes. But on

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that they are the same. I compared the part numbers for an '02 aero, linear and arc at

-Fred W

Cool. Thanks for the help, Fred!