Quote Originally Posted by baludoy View Post
another recommendable set of japanese made brake pads, aside from the blue green hued project mu ones are dixcel pads. they're in the same price range and performance is as good as the oem set

Akebono brand is a Japanese made original equipment manufacturer that supplies major car manufacturers like Toyota/Lexus, Honda/Acura, Nissan/Infiniti, Isuzu, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Subaru, Suzuki, Daihatsu and etc...
and is also the supplier in North America for GM, Ford and Chrysler, as for Europe they are supplying to Fiat, Porsche and Mercedes Benz.

Akebono is the supplier to the Mclaren F1 racing car and all of the UK luxury car Mclaren models. In Japan Akebono also supplies brakes to bullet trains and traditional trains, as well as industrial equipments and industrial power equipment such as the windmill.

They already started selling oem pads, try to ask the shops about the royal dark blue packaging.