Jbrew

I don't think you use that truck very much or drive all that far....otherwise you would be more into the know. Just sayin. Regardless, be sure post back when those car brakes freak the nasty on yuh...and they will. I don't think it's cool recommending them, given their hazard potential with these light duty trucks.

For anyone else hung up on ceramics, Raybesto (Element3™ ) offers a hybrid pads which deliver the best attributes of ceramic and semi-metallic all in one pad, -

https://www.carid.com/raybestos/elem...rake-pads.html

I ran those ^ for little while before switching over to Thermal Quiets. They were okay, but felt like an average ceramic imo. Night and Day performance diff upgrading to TQ's..hooked now lol.

mbb

25k per year , city, hwy, mix is using truck more than 95%.
Held up fine for 70+k so far.

I recall you being hooked on brembos......that literally fell spart on ya.

36 yrs of changing brakes on my vehicles.....including some cheapest parts store pads...never seen that...

Typically the best pads you can get are from the dealer for your vehicle. They usually last much longer than 95% of aftermarket and keep your wheels cleaner as well. I'd say 50 -60k is always been normal for me for OEM pads from the dealer.

There's a lot of marketing in brake pads...

OhioLariat

I don't know where you live, mbb, but I can only assume you're a flatlander. With all the mountain driving I do, there's no way I'd be putting ceramic pads on my truck out here. (And I towed back in Ohio, so ditto there for me.) Nothing but Thermo-Quiet semi-metallics for me for the past decade or so.
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mbb

To tell you what elevation i live at, would need to reference whether its high tide or not.

But i been in ga, tn, nc, va mountains, no problems. Not like i live there obviously.

Warped rotors on wifes Pilot in CO once (horrible shimmy when braking), even after being careful not to ride brakes, so i do my extra best to not do that. I also generally drive like a grandpa, the supercrew is a slug, not a racecar anyway.

mustangrich

Well I installed the powerstop rotors, calipers and pads. Let everyone know how it works out. The old pads were about gone on the front, the back as usual had plenty of pads left. Thanks for the suggestions.

mustangrich

So its been a year after install. I have to say I love these powerstop brakes, no complanits here. Seems a little more stopping power.

OhioLariat

Glad to hear what you have is working well. Which setup did you go with? (PowerStop sells a lot of combos.)

mbb

I've had power stop z-something for 90K
no issues whatsoever

Including a few thousand miles towing 3000 lb trailer or boat.

Does it stop the trailer as quick as I'd like? Hell no. But nothing will..... Except trailer brakes. Still no issues ever here..... Couldn't be more satisfied with day-to-day driving and braking, as well as pad life.

Frank_Ford

I change out my front and rear brakes about 5 years ago and used a drilled and slotted rotor and brakes I found out on ebay. Don't remember the brand but I have been very happy with them. I also change out the calipers. On the rear drum brakes, I bought a set of bendix shoes and also changes out the brake cylinders. After bleeding the brake lines, everything worked great with great stopping power. A good bleed on all 4 wheels is very important or you could find yourself running into the car in front of you if stopping in an emergency. If you are not comfortable with ebay, go out to Rock Auto where you can buy premium drilled and slotted rotors and pads like those I bought for my Chrysler. Stopping distance is about 30 percent better than the stopping of the original and I have no issues with klunke brakes or squeaks

Jbrew

ROFL, now that's some serious BS....funny tho lol.