Brake pads

[Tygerr]

Anyone have any recommendations on brake pads? I'm replacing mine this weekend and was just wondering if theres any brands your fancy to. I was just gonna head up to autozone and pick up a pair of their decent ones, eh. After test driving brand new cars with all wheel disc i've realized my car used to brake like that too :) In fact, it's always been my favorite part of the car!

[DROPdatSCORT]

i get mine from advance auto, Bendix to be exact, eventully ill be getting some HawK HPS pad (ceramic) i believe u can get ceramic pads from there....they help out a gread deal with cars with rims and brake dust....

[nadthomas]

When I did my brakes on my red car I just got the best pads autozone had in stock (I don't remember the brand), but they have worked well for me.

[streetracer8605]

If the autozone you go to has the Ceramic pads, their pretty good but are only at a few diff autozones. Idk why its like that, but for w/e reason when I worked at Autozone I learned their pretty slim pickins on their ceramic pads. I myself us Mintek A/F pads that have worked out pretty well. I had to order these tho. If they don't have the ceramic pads their carbon metallic ones are pretty good, and deffinately a step up from their basic ones. Just thought I'd let you know from my experience working there.

[Tygerr]

Thanks man. I appreciate the input.

[B3NN3TT]

When I went to Advance, they had 3 grades: el-cheapo, just fine, and too much. I chose the JUST FINE brand. It's a semi-metallic compound; good balance between performance and practicality. if I was racing more, I'd go with the high-end pad, but for a daily driver, the medium-grade is best all-around. I've only experienced brake fade one time in the almost 3 years I've been using them.

[Tygerr]

Cool cool. Ok. I got a looksy at my brakes last night and the rear rotors need replaced, and the brakes all around should be changed. However, i was concerned that the passenger side pads had less then half the meat of the drivers side pad. Could that be caused by driving on that bent rim for a few thousand miles?

[Tygerr]

Andy. Were you talking about the Duralast brand? I remembered you said you went with middle ground and that's what I got, but I'm not very happy with the pads at all. I liked the stock braking, and it seems like I downgraded in the braking department with these pads. They're lifetime warranty though. The next step up was like 40 bucks, rather then 20.

[B3NN3TT]

Andy. Were you talking about the Duralast brand?

Man, I really don't remember what kind they were. That blows...

[Tygerr]

Ahhh.. Ok. :( Do you possibly remember how much they cost?

I wonder if they'll take a trade in? I'm sure just replacing the front's with a better pad would do the trick. For 57k those stock pads still had life in em, Bosch is a very nice brake pad.