Autozone Duralast
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I put them on my moms Camry. She put about 40,000 miles on them, and when she traded it in they had roughly 2/3 of the pads left. However I did notice they started to eat away the rotors just a bit. The car had mostly city miles and my mom has a lead foot if that tells you anything.
They were the ceramic kind with the lifetime replacement warranty.
However I'm not sure how they hold up on a vehicle as large as our trucks.
They were the ceramic kind with the lifetime replacement warranty.
However I'm not sure how they hold up on a vehicle as large as our trucks.
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Duralast is as good as any typical brand, w/o question. Various brands will have attributes over others, like low dust or longer life span.
What matters to most is price. I'd go w/ mid grade from a store like AZ for a typical customer or even family member... "silver" is a standard name listing. For me personally, I consider how long I intend to keep the vehicle and the uses... pickups need better braking than cars, but that's engineered into the build from day 1, so any pad offered should be sufficient.
What really matters most is STOPPING WHEN NEEDED! To that end, be a little careful, but you'll likely get a fine set of pads from any company and in any brand.
If you're wanting high performance pads, look to something different for ROTORS 1st, then the pads to match the design if possible.
Finally, you cannot know by looking, but your brake hoses may be failing, so I'd at least check the price on those during the same job and I'd definitely replace all fluid, bleeding the system, if it's brown. It isn't necessarily bad if it's brown, but stopping is the most important need of any road legal vehicle, so... ya makes your choices and ya takes your chances.
What matters to most is price. I'd go w/ mid grade from a store like AZ for a typical customer or even family member... "silver" is a standard name listing. For me personally, I consider how long I intend to keep the vehicle and the uses... pickups need better braking than cars, but that's engineered into the build from day 1, so any pad offered should be sufficient.
What really matters most is STOPPING WHEN NEEDED! To that end, be a little careful, but you'll likely get a fine set of pads from any company and in any brand.
If you're wanting high performance pads, look to something different for ROTORS 1st, then the pads to match the design if possible.
Finally, you cannot know by looking, but your brake hoses may be failing, so I'd at least check the price on those during the same job and I'd definitely replace all fluid, bleeding the system, if it's brown. It isn't necessarily bad if it's brown, but stopping is the most important need of any road legal vehicle, so... ya makes your choices and ya takes your chances.
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Having spent nearly 30yrs in the automotive industry, I think it should be boldly stated: DON'T BUY "Lifetime Warranty" pads just to have them replaced when you wear them out!
There's NO SUCH THING as an actual lifetime warranty on any wear item for any vehicle! Brake pads are obviously a wear item and their "Lifetime Warranty" clearly states that it does NOT cover normal wear out. It also doesn't cover front/rear/side/top/bottom premature wear... that's most likely a caliper problem or a brake hose problem or a guide problem. It sucks that people take advantage of the gullible parts store manager who simply wants to keep their business or is being nice. That drives up costs for the rest of us.
Said warranty is against manufacturer defects, not a bad driver or someone who uses 2 feet, but forgets to pull the left off their brake pedal. You know those folks too... they're the ones regularly in need of bulbs!
There's NO SUCH THING as an actual lifetime warranty on any wear item for any vehicle! Brake pads are obviously a wear item and their "Lifetime Warranty" clearly states that it does NOT cover normal wear out. It also doesn't cover front/rear/side/top/bottom premature wear... that's most likely a caliper problem or a brake hose problem or a guide problem. It sucks that people take advantage of the gullible parts store manager who simply wants to keep their business or is being nice. That drives up costs for the rest of us.
Said warranty is against manufacturer defects, not a bad driver or someone who uses 2 feet, but forgets to pull the left off their brake pedal. You know those folks too... they're the ones regularly in need of bulbs!
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