Cool Carbon Brake Pads

Yes, they really are good. There is a dramatic difference in braking between these and the metallic pads I was using before.
The metalic pads had a grinding feel to them, these are smooth. The metalic pads took more foot preasure to engage than the Cool Carbon pads.

the box came with four pads, the instructions and a sticker.
The bedding instructions that came with the pads were crazy - at least they seemed crazy to me.

From the instructions

• Perform a series of 10 to 12 partial stops from 70 to 20 mph with the first 3 under moderat braking, increasing to 75% to 90% of full braking during the series of stops"
• Performance should increase somewhat during this process and fall off toward the end of this cycle.
• Do not come to a complete stop during this cycle, if at all possible, as this may interrupt the material transfer proces to the rotor surface; Note: material transfer process will take longer with new rotors.

There is more but you get the idea.
So what is crazy about this?

• Finding a road where you can do 10 to 12 accellerate to 70 and then brake down to 20 mph is not easy
• The instructions go on to recommend "Repeat the above sequence, including the cooling section" so I'm suppose to go through the cycle twice.
• When you are trying to find a stretch of highway deserted enough to do 10 to 12 runs to 70, brake to 20 and then cool down it's easy to lose count - was that 8 or 9?

I should have checked the website they have new instructions that indicate a long term break in method along with a modified fast break in.

All that aside, I like them.