My 1999 F150 4X4 5.4 V8 currently needs new brakes. What type of pads does everybody recommend, ceramic or metallic? Thanks.

 

If you are tired of cleaning brake dust from your wheels, go with the ceramics.

Steve

 

CERAMIC ALL THE WAY!!!
It's worth the extra $

 

ceramic!, don't know about the whole less brake dust thing, but less noise and longer life

 

Ceramic! I see NO brake dust!

 

I bought "ceramic" raybestos pads. I'm having a caliper problem though. Pad fell apart on passenger side. Same thing happened to previous pads I put in.

Make sure you super tighten the two large caliper holding bolts and use loctite! Caliper vibration can loosen them.

No dust but braking distance increases with ceramic pads I find.

 

If you can afford cermic pads and good quality rotors, go for it. True, braking distance is greater until they warm up. Do not mix OEM rotors with cermic pads. You'll get warping at best, possible chunking.