I talked to my local parts store people and they recommended the ProAct Ceramics.......
I told him that there are others on this site that recommended the Wagner TQ's and he said that the ProAct pads are superior to the WTQ's. Said that the Wagners are a semi metalic layer within the pad and that it creates a lot of dust..

Anyone use teh ProAct pads? They are made by a sister company of Raybestos over seas.

THoughts? I really need to get some better pads!!

BTW- Pep Boys Black Friday is selling the ProAct pads for $10.99 a set. fior any vehicle.

 

i like my wagner TQ's! they work great, with little dust.

 

Had my Wagner TQs on the fronts since the 1st of September and no dust.

 

Anyone that says a TQ creates a lot of dust is not someone I would buy from. I have 100,000 miles on TQs and have never seen brake dust. Unless they change up the pad in someway, I will never run anything else.

 

OK, good news....but has anyone had any eperience with PROACT pads?

 

Wagner TQ's no noticable dust at all...

 

Seriously dude?? What do you really honestly think you're getting here?

 

Exactly! The Raybestos import from China? Pep Boys? $10.99?

 

I run the Akebono Pro-Act ceramic pads that we sell here at the Tire Rack. I have also run the Hawk HPS Street/sport pads as well. The Hawks have a really good bite to them, but put out more dust. The Akebono's have treated me really good and super low dust.

http://www.tirerack.com/a.jsp?a=BZ1&...6&autoModClar=

http://www.tirerack.com/a.jsp?a=BZ1&...6&autoModClar=

 

Wagner TQ's. Best pads I've ever run, I don't ever see brake dust.

 

I'm a huge EBC proponent, but if you're looking at $10 brake pads, well...you don't wanna know.

 

I'm on my second set of Pro-ACT's. And will never run them again. They used to be great pads, in my opinion. Heck, the first set lasted for 90K miles or so, no dust, no noise and decent braking. These new pads, which I have on new rotors on both axles are noisy from the first time you step on the brake in the morning until you park the truck at night. They must have changed their pad formulation or something, but think twice before spending the money.

 

I've always run Raybestos made Carquest pads, made in Canada or the states usuallt, no problems, no dust. They are comparable to Wagners I guess from opinions on this site anyways. Brakes that cost $11? NO NO NO! I would be super hesitant. Even if they were half decent, spend the good money for important items like brakes. No dust pretty much guaranteed with the Wagners so I'd say go with them. I hate imported overseas , the quality 99% of the time blows and that won't cut it with brakes. I think my second set of imported rotors are warped again, go figure! Your parts guy must be retarded if he thinks $11 pads outperform anything.

 

Blue Jay put me onto the Wagner's and I'm glad I took his advice. What brake dust? Much much better improvement over stock

 

I was mistaken on the name...the ones for sale at pep boys are PRO-STOP, not proact.
I'll go with the Wagner pads then....gotta do something, my ROUSH chrome wheels look like black chrome if I don't wash it!