The CEO of Matco told me at Oshkosh that they have a "new" brake pad, as of a couple of years ago.  They claim that test results show they have even more stopping power (friction coefficient) than the Cleveland pads.  I bought a new set of pads for my Lancair 360.  The deal is that whenever I send my old pads in to them, they will install new pads for roughly $20 (they do the labor) for life.  Not just once, but forever.  I felt that dropping the old set in the mail and receiving them back with new pads installed for free was a good deal.

My airplane is not flying yet.

I'm going to use my original Matco pads until they wear out, unless they can't hold me still during the runup, in which case I'll swap in the new pads.  Then, as they wear out I'll swap in the new set and send the old set back to Matco for them to install new pads.  That way I'll always have a spare set on hand.

- Rob Wolf
LNC2 50% IO-360