It practically IS a piece of wood. Someone had put super-metallics on the back. *GASP* My impossible-to-get rear rotors will last alot longer with the "pieces of wood". Heck,with those super-metallics on there...the metallic pads might just as well have been installed with the BACK of the pad touching the rotor. I've got metallics on the front tho. That is where most of the stopping is anyway.....and the front rotors will probably be avail forever. Steve from Albany,N.Y. '75 Imp 4dr <--until rear rotors are avail,('74-5 only) organics are going on the back. '79 440 powered 35 ft RV <-- M-600 Dodge chassis. All brake parts are still avail. ___________________________________________ ----Original Message Follows---- From: Don Savard <res03r3f@xxxxxxx> Subject: Re: IML: Organic Pad? Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 14:13:10 -0800 A piece of wood??? Sorry, couldn't resist that!! Seriously, I'd guess non-asbesteos(already banned out of circulation in most places) and non-metallic(do they still make Velvet Touch lining?). Don Savard ________________________________________ matthew Hopkins wrote: > What is an organic brake pad? _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com