Bosch Introduces OE-Quality QuietCast Medium Duty Disc Brake Pads

Bosch has introduced a new series of QuietCast Medium Duty Premium Disc Brake Pads, expanding the QuietCast brake products line with the addition of 24 popular Medium Duty Brake Pad numbers.

QuietCast Medium Duty Premium Disc Brake Pads are manufactured using OE friction formulas or friction formula upgrades. Coverage now extends to Class 3 – 7 truck applications. QuietCast Medium Duty Pads are designed to give medium duty vehicles superior braking performance: stopping power, increased pad life, quiet stops, low dust and great pedal feel.

“Our blends of friction material are application-selected based on a host of factors that affect vehicle braking. Obvious factors include vehicle weight and typical duty cycles for medium duty truck,” said David Terry, senior product manager for Friction, Bosch Automotive Aftermarket Brake Components North America. “But more subtle considerations include rotor diameter and thickness, and even caliper bracketry. Friction compounds are carefully selected to assure quiet, reliable and long-lived braking on all types of vehicles.”

QuietCast Medium Duty Pad packaging is differentiated to reflect the medium duty vehicle applications and the associated product attributes. The packaging’s color graphic label includes an image of a medium duty pad to make it easier for the installer to recognize the box as a medium duty application.

“Bosch is the OE brake system supplier for many of these medium duty applications, and we are excited to continue our tradition of tailoring our OE products for the Aftermarket,” Terry said.

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Although every sale of a shop in which I am involved has its own unique set of circumstances, which makes my job both very interesting and very challenging, Cowden Automotive stands out as particularly memorable because I was able to demonstrate to the long-time owner, Paul Cowden, that his business was worth about three times what he had initially thought.

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I sometimes share case studies of the clients I have been able to assist in my role as an aftermarket business broker and provider of intermediary and advisory services. I do that when I think the story will provide a reader in similar circumstances with new insights or helpful information.
In the case of Cowden Automotive, Inc., I acted in a consulting capacity assisting the owner and his broker in valuing the business, creating a marketing plan, finding a qualified buyer, and arranging financing for the sale.
Although every sale of a shop in which I am involved has its own unique set of circumstances, which makes my job both very interesting and very challenging, Cowden Automotive stands out as particularly memorable because I was able to demonstrate to the long-time owner, Paul Cowden, that his business was worth about three times what he had initially thought.
Needless to say, delivering that kind of good news to a shop owner is a rewarding experience. Discovering that the sale of his business would result in his retirement nest-egg being substantially larger than he had ever thought was a fitting tribute to someone who had spent his entire working career as a busy automotive service shop owner.

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