After doing allot of digging on web I have not been able to find solid answers on this.
I bought Wearever Gold pads last week and installed them on the front. Went back to Advanced Auto yesterday to get shoes for the back. Come to find out that Wearever does not make the ceramic golds for the rear. All they have is Wagner Thermoquiet organic shoes. I would like to match the friction coefficient on all 4 tires by buying ceramic shoes for the rear. I am told that this should be done. Can anyone advise me on this?
Will I have a front biasing issue (or ant other issues) if I install Organics shoes on rear with ceramics pads on the front?

Thank You!!!!!!!!!!

2006 Honda Civic LX

 

No, you shouldn't have any issues using organic shoes and ceramic pads. Your front brakes are doing 80% of your braking.

I ran Carbotech XP-12's on the front and junk rear shoes for 1 track event before doing a rear disc swap. That setup was way more "imbalanced" in terms of pad / shoe coefficient and I never had issues with rear. The drums never got over 260 degrees.

Long story short : if your drums are all mechanically sound and functional you won't have problems no matter what shoes you use.

 

The amount of braking force produced by the rear shoes does not require the use of high end shoes. Brake friction material changes because the brake load changes, and thus requires another material to be used. Other than perhaps a few specialty manufacturers, there is no reason for "high-performance" brake shoes. If you need that much braking power changing brake systems would benefit you better.

 

You'll have more front bias, however your car should be equipped with EBD, which will correct for this.