what is the semi-sintered brake pad ?

Bridging the gap between organic and sintered pads are semi-sintered pads. As the name suggests, semi-sintered pads offer a mix of organic and sintered materials in the pad design. Usually semi-sintered pads are developed from a sintered base and then add organic materials, but this isn’t a rule of thumb, as the opposite is also true.

By offering a mixture of metal and organic materials, semi-sintered pads deliver braking performance somewhere in between sintered and organic pads. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing – it’s more a matter of personal preference. Price-wise, semi-sintered pads follow the trend as being in the middle of the range.