In my experience, my gn, when i first got it, had the traditional brakes up front, and they stopped very well. i didnt like the brake dust, and they started to squeal as well, so i switched to crossdrilled rotors, and bosch ceramic pads, and the squealing went away, but the brake dust did NOT, PLUS, the braking was serverly hampered. My car stops like crap now. My buddy threw some of the bosch ceramics on his jeep, and noticed that his braking distance increased as well. My car stopped 10 times better, with the standard issue rotors and semi metallics. totally. I just now threw some normal pads and rotors back on my car yesterday, and as soon as it dries up around here, im taking it out to bed em in. will tell you if my performance is any different again. i bought the absolute cheapest rotors and pads from autozone. though, their REALLY cheap rotors i wanted, for the 87 buick regal, only fits on the front wheel drive 87 regals.