Ceramic pads vs semi-metallic for daily driving, which one actually stops better in the rain?

I swapped from semi-metallic to ceramic pads on my F-150 last month and now I swear the first stop in wet weather feels like I'm riding on ice, but my buddy says ceramics bite harder once they warm up so who's actually right here?

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fisher.reese7d ago

My 2017 Tacoma did the exact same thing when I switched to ceramics, so you're not crazy there. Honestly though, how often are you really panic-stopping in a downpour? I did some math on my own commute (about 25 miles a day) and maybe 3% of my stops happen when the roads are actually wet enough to matter. The dust difference alone on my wheels makes ceramics worth it for me, I got tired of cleaning brown dust off every weekend.

the_jason7d agoOG Member

Wait, @fisher.reese is saying he actually did the math on wet stops? I gotta respect that level of dedication, but 3% still feels like a gamble to me. My first rain stop with ceramics on my F-150 had me white-knuckling the steering wheel, and I'd rather clean dusty wheels than swap bumpers.