Brake pads

[Wyley87]

Well its been two years since i touched the brakes on the '96. Last time i did them i used Autozone CMAX pads and Oreillys rotors. I've been told by more than one person that if i use ACDelco pads I get better stopping power. Thoughts?

 

[Bigredmariner]

Very expensive, a lot of us on here are using Wagner Thermo Quiet ceramics. No bad reviews either and they are cheaper than AC Delco.

 

[Wyley87]

these?

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/d...GMC&model=C1500&vi=1144235&pt=03351&ppt=C0068

 

[Zembonez]

Link doesn't work.

I've used the ceramics from O'Reily's and had great luck with them. Stopping power is not going to be greatly affected by a set of pads unless you are using some sort of race compound pads, but these stop very well and stay quiet for the life of the pads.

I Like em.

 

[davbell22602]

Dont buy brake pads from autozone. I had to replace the pads on a car I used to have 2 years in a row. I'll buy my brake parts from napa or carquest from now on.

 

[Wyley87]

Sometimes my truck feels like its stopping on its face and i dont have equal brakeing power. My ABS light is not on and when i did my brakes i chages the calipers and all new hardware on the rear brakes and a new master cylinder. I dont think my front pads should have worn down this quickly.

 

[Zembonez]

I have to agree with Dave. Autozone would be my LAST resort only for buying any kind of auto part.

 

[Zembonez]

Sometimes my truck feels like its stopping on its face and i dont have equal brakeing power. My ABS light is not on and when i did my brakes i chages the calipers and all new hardware on the rear brakes and a new master cylinder. I dont think my front pads should have worn down this quickly.

Ceramics won't wear like the others. I have a set on the Explorasaurus that have about 80,000 miles on them.

 

[Wyley87]

mine have less than 35k

 

[Wyley87]

ok i got pics of my brakes...

remember this is only after 30,000 give or take. Is this normal wear?