mustangrich

So I still have my 2002 supercrew 4x4 , 178k miles and now my teenager drives it. Im thinking ford undersized the front brakes, they always tend to get heat glazed or what ever and the rotors warp and you get that shimmy. The rotors are in need of turning more than I would think. I moved from Texas to Colorado so I dont think heat is the problem. I ordered some rotors myself last go around and thought I was getting descent ones but I guess not. So here's the question, has anyone used slotted rotors and what do you think of them, also what kind of pads would you suggest. Thanks.

Jbrew

Upgrade to a Expy/7700 set up front. Huge difference and long lasting and are actually cheaper in cost.....not much, but are cheaper vs lame factory original set up. Thermal quiet semi metallic pads. Don't use those pricey ceramic pads or they will most likley glaze up again....like say when the temps outside are near 90* F.

Search Expy brake swap 2016, I have a thread on it somewhere. 02 model year is one of the simpler models to upgrade.

nameskreen

I upgraded to Power Stop slotted rotors and pads last year. It's been almost 20k miles and no problems

blupupher

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I thought the Supercrew already had the Expy brakes on it?

mbb

273k on 2003 SuperCrew 4 by 4
Never had no brake problems

Put on powerstop ceramic and oreilly brakebest rotors at 200k
No issues
And it gets HOT where i am. 100f on roadways is common already this summer.

Coup!e thousand miles towing up to 3500 lb as
well

Its almost time again......ill do same thing.

Jbrew

Yea, never a problem until you really need them lol.

OEM's and after market SM's have much more stopping power over ceramics. Waste of money for inferior stopping power...but hey, they'll last 200K lol. Not everyone can avoid the hype I guess.

Jbrew

I've heard that in the past as well. Never got a confirmation....I don't think so anyway.

mbb

No such thing as more stopping power most of time
If your antilock brakes kick in.....thats the limit.

If you towing something without trailer brakes....sure. But everyday driving.....no problem getting anti lock to engage.

I notice zero difference...except that wheels are clean. And not changing pads every 20k.

And no issues with warping, glazing, etc

Jbrew

That's crazy right there ^^^. Post lacking experience.

If you want a good truck pad, go with ferro-carbon, - or a GOOD semi metallic. Ceramics loses stopping power due to excessive heat from heavy and/or repeated use. Once they glaze, like say in stop and go traffic on the e-way, you have next to nothing in stopping power. Been there done that, no load and nothing in tow. Terrible pads for trucks under circumstances mentioned and a safety hazard as that negligence puts others in harms way. OEM's are 20% better in stopping power over ceramics. Ferro carbon is up to 40% better over OEM and are very low dust. So what if you have to change them out more....

mbb

Something doesn't have to be the absolute best to be serviceable depends on what you do with it.

If I had an f250 and was towing heavy loads in mountsins, you bet I'd run the best pads can get fir stopping.

But for an f150 driven modestly ceramic pads are fine, at least in the four years I've had them on there.

Real testing comparison in cold 60-0 stops... All are sufficient

In repeated consecutive 60-0 ABS stops...Ceramic did perfectly fine for at least 4 stops, getting shorter each time, before the distance began increasing. the difference between ceramic and semi-metallic was only a couple of feet.

I don't drive a cop car. I make one hard stop at a time. Ever. For that there's virtually no difference.




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