Going to replace the front brake pads soon. Anybody use anything that is an improvement over the Motorcraft originals? Otherwise, I plan to go back with the Ford pads.

 

Wagner Thermoquites!!!

 

Centric Posi-Quiet - equivalent to the Thermoquiets. Much better than OEM.

 

I'm giving the EBC yellowstuff kevlar a shot in the next month or so. As well doing EBC rotors. Lot's of opinions on here regarding brakes but have to search around and read.
Friend at the local tireshop has a fleet of GMC and dodge heavy duty trucks and runs EBC rotors and SUV greenstuff and yellowstuff pads and swears by them. Says his staff abuse the brakes but never had any problems or warps. The work trucks run 33 to 34" BFG's TA KO exclusively. I've been debating for a year now on what to replace with. Hoping to have this done before tow season arrives in the next month. I should probably hurry up and place an order!!

 

The OE pad is hard to beat. I pay a little more for them but they last. Regular Motorcraft is not the same as Motorcraft OE.

 

Good reviews on the Wagner TQ and the Hawk LTS both on the stock rotors. Just looking for a little more stopping power if possible.

 

I've read some good articles regarding EBC. Particularly favorable results with oversized tires. Have a read:

http://www.truckinweb.com/tech/0912t...t/viewall.html

http://www.fourwheeler.com/techartic...ebc_treatment/

http://www.4wheeloffroad.com/techart...th_ebc_brakes/

I would love to shave 10-40 feet off my stopping distances.

 

Sometimes you have to take peoples 2 cents with a grain of salt. In order to pick the right pad for you figure out what you primarily use it for. There are so many different options from ceramic to semi metallic. Pads are designed differently for different applications. For example, some pads will last a long time, have low brake dust, and low noise but in the end you are sacrificing stopping power. Most brake websites give you a good chart for comparison between what they have to offer.

 

I'v had nothing but your pluses, none of your negatives with Wagner TQs. Only pad I have used for several years.

 

I have EBC and they stop my 38s great so I would imagine they'd be an upgrade over stock

 

fx4forlife - that's great news about the EBC's. These 6000lb trucks are hard to stop especially when towing 5000lbs. Maybe with electric trailer brakes it improves but not fantastic with the hydraulic drums on a boat trailer.

Can you tell me what EBC package you are running? Greenstuff? Yellowstuff? What rotors?

Thanks

 

Braking comes down to fundamental physics. The pad is a friction material that generates heat. You are limited to the amount of heat a stock rotor will dissipate. Then you have the rotor who's diameter determines torque over the rotating mass. EBC and all the other rotors with silly lines and dimpled cut into them don't make much real world improvement over stock. The rotor must also dissipate the heat the pad induces. So without a larger rotor for more torque, or a veined rotor to dissipate more heat. You don't get much more stopping with a basic pad change. Of course you can do pads, high temp fluid to resist boiling and stainless lines etc. All of those gains are marginal compared to installing a larger two piece brake system. I was an EBC and Brembo dealer for a few years but nothing worked like going the Brembo 14" two piece F40 Caliper systems... very nice. Repeated threshold braking runs from 100 to zero with no fading

 

Do you run the Wagner TQ semi-metalic or ceramic?

What is the stock pad for a 2010, ceramic, or semi-metalic?

 

Id go Ceramic.. Less Brake dust... Better than semi metalic