About the same , i would go EBC.

 

I have heard good things about the EBC pads, I might have gone with them but they were more expensive, and I could not find the Greens for the 06+ base brakes anywhere for some reason...

 

I have the Nismo pads and absolutely love them. No noise, no dust, great bite when cold, and no fade when hot.

 

While I have no idea if EBC greens are available for the newer Zs (06 and later), my brief experience with them was mixed: low dusting, but very hard on stock rotors. Since pads are generally cheaper and easier to replace (than rotors), I am not convinced that one advantage offsets the other. By contrast, my stock Nissan pads produced clouds of dust, but were easier on rotors.

Many forum members will disagree, but I've not seen any real advantage of spending alot for pads (e.g. Nismo or Endless), if one uses his/her car in average driving. My criteria for pads is low dusting (since I hate washing wheels) and reasonable wear of pads and especially rotors. Given liability issues, it's doubtful that Autozone and similar after-market suppliers would knowingly sell inferior and/or faulty pads. Moreover, there can't be that many manufacturers of friction materials, so the majority ceramic pads would likely perform equally and the same would be true for metallic friction material. Therefore, one would buy pads with properties one most desires (i.e. low dusting versus better inital grabbing power). Of course, there are special friction materials formulated for racing and performance use, but those often come with drawbacks for average driving such as cost, high pad wear, dusting and/or poor stopping if cold.

 

+1 on the 06 pads not dusting much. I always found it odd that people complained about OEM brakes and how bad the dust was. Maybe this changed with the larger brakes that they started using on the 06's. I'll probably stick with the OEM when it comes time to change.

 

Replaced my OEM brakes about 3,000 miles ago and already have the sqeeling and crazy dust clouds after a nice spirited drive.. If i clean on sunday morning and drive till the afternoon i'll most certainly have to wipe down the wheel... I have yet to replace the rotors and i'm thinking of swapping them out along with new aftermarket pads and hope the noises go away. The dusting is crazy

 

When you replaced the OEM pads did you do it yourself or did you have the dealer do it? Because if you had the dealer do it they most likely they did not clean your calipers and just slapped on the new brake pads. The reason for the squelling is not the pads themselves but dirt on the clips that hold the brake pads in. My suggestion is go buy some brake cleaner at Autozone, take your wheels off and then take your brake pads and calipers out. Then take out the clips out of the calipers and thoroughly clean them along with the inside of the calipers. I just did brake pad replacement myself and the amount of dirt and dust that accumulates around the caliper, rotors, and clips in crazy. Clean your calipers and clips and the noise will go away.