I know we've covered this time and time again, but I don't think we ever got a solid final answer. A lot of people were speculating and trying, but no one had any long term info, so I'm here to get some.

How are y'all's aftermarket pads holding up? It's time for me to replace mine and I don't want them to squeal every time I stop. How about some low-dusting, quiet pads? Any of y'all got any that you really want to brag about?

Thanks.

DUCK

 

Duck,

I have Porterfield R4-s Pads in my truck. I've put about 13k miles on them , and they show very little wear.

If you don't like cleaning brake dust, then these pads are not for you. They are Carbon-Kevlar, and dust the wheels heavily like any carbon pad. When they were first installed, they would barely stop the truck, especially when cold.

Porterfield says no bedding in necessary, but I installed them with seasoned rotors. After the first couple hundred miles, I made enough hard stops to fade the brakes into nothing. Smoke was pouring from he wheel wells, but I kept driving to cool them down.

They've worked great since. One word of caution. They must be warmed up on cold mornings, or may find that you drive right through red lights, or anything that happens in your way

 

Duck,
Been using the NAPA Ceramix pads for over 1-1/2 months and have only had to clean the wheels because i was washing the L... These pads stop the truck better and there is almost no brake dust compared to our original pads... The pads costed about $80 and the part # is CMX-7576...

Later, Justin

 

What 99BLKBOLT said.

 

have to agree, the Ceramix pads from Napa are awesome almost not brake dust and they stop better than stock.

 

what about the rear? is there a set of ceramic pads for them?

brooks

 

Not of the napa ceramix variety.

 

I have standard Autozone pads and they are horrible. Squeals like a pig, stinks when you brake hard, and creates a brake dust storm. I am replacing them this winter with the Ceramic kind.

 

What 99BLKBOLT said.

I've had them on for over a month now.

 

Thanks, y'all. I really appreciate all of the responses; this is the kind of stuff I was looking for.

The Ceramix pads sound good, but I also heard that ceramic pads wear the rotors faster. How much faster, I don't know yet, but I'll try to find out and take it into consideration. I mean, the faster my rotors wear out the faster I can upgrade, right?

I guess I should have also asked how soon y'all had to replace your stock pads. I'm at about 29K miles and am hearing some squealing, so I'm thinking it's the indicators. However, I saw another poster say he made it to nearly 40K before his L needed new pads. I know I'm a little harder on my brakes than some, but that much harder???

Oh well, I'll keep digging and see what I come up with and will post any information I get. Thanks again, y'all.

DUCK

 

Duck, i changed my pads around 25k and looked to have a couple more K left on the stockers. I beleive these pads are a ceramic/? mix and will not be as hard on rotors as real ceramic pads. Mine have been installed almost two months and if i had known about these pads,i would have put them on after the first 2k or the 20th time i had to hand clean the front rims lol.