What do you think is the best brake pad (brand and model)(for our use on our 3rd gens, including wheeling)?
And why?

EBC Yellowstuff! Well everyone knows EBC makes a great brake product, and why not get their top of the line!

-Right now in my 231's I have the Autozone pads, and they leave something to be desired, so I think I will be going with the YellowStuff pads next

The OEM pads for the 231s; I hate cleaning rims.

If using regular calipers, and want to deviate from OEM, then Akebono or Performance Friction. I don't have the model #s off hand.

I'm looking at the Hawk (either the SuperDuty or LTS)

I have friends that have used the Hawks and they either love them or used them for skeet shooting targets.

My brother used to have a pair on his GSR Integra and they worked well, but the dust was out of control. He switched to EBC and did not have as much of a dusting issue.

I agree, the hawk pads are crazy dusty. I had some on my old 240sx and it was very dusty. After a wash Id take a drive and have film back on after 10 min of driving. Stopped very well though.

I run Wagner thermo-quiets, and I really like them, the stopping power is great and I don't have any dust that I can tell of.

Been using Akebono ceramics on the fronts for the last 7 years and they create very little brakedust and have been friendly to my rotors which are still warp free after their last turning back in '08.

Do you guys with ceramic pads travel in stop and go traffic much? The one time I used ceramic pads, I could feel a significant amount of fade once they heated up, but that was on a different vehicle. I'm in stop and go traffic twice a day, 5 days a week.

^^^ THIS.

I like OEM pads all around, primarily because of the low dust factor, and like LC I hate cleaning my wheels all the time.

Akebono manufactures a large percentage of OEM Toyota pads, btw.

The only performance pads I've run were on my Supra. I ran EBC Greens which were a little dusty, but quiet, and stopped well. Then I tried EBC Reds which stopped even better, were very grabby, and very dusty.

Finally, right before I sold it I tried EBC's cheap stuff, the Ultimaxx... those pads sucked!! Noisy, noisy, noisy. Even after 2 bed in's. I didn't have the car long enough after I installed them to see how much dust they put out.

Update:

I did my brakes. I used Brembo blanks and Hawk Super Duty.
The rotors are great, the pads, not so much. They don't grab for the first few seconds after the brakes are applied. Then they grab awesome. Except on hard stops they don't heat up/grab evenly so the rig pulls (typically to the right).

A hundred miles ago, I switched pads. I changed to BrakeBest Select Ceramic C611 - Brake Pads | O'Reilly Auto Parts . From the first stop on, they are awesome. So much more consistent than the Hawks and better than OE.

I'm in the same boat. I bought Brembos to do the Tundra conversion and the brake lines are on the way but I still need pads. I ordered Hawk PC pads from 2 different places and both said after I ordered that they no longer make them for the tundra. I even contacted Hawk to find out and they suggested the LTS but they aren't ceramic so I'm giving up on Hawk. I was considering the new AdvanceAuto Wearever Platinum ceramic but they are so new I haven't seen any reviews on them. I love how long the OM pads lasted but I wish they were just a little more grabby. I've heard that the green stuff and yellow stuff pads just don't last near as long so I'm not leaning in that direction.
I have it narrowed to Akebono and the AdvanceAuto pads.

More thoughts?

I just put Adaptive One pads from Napa on my rig (just did tundra brakes too). It's alot of changes all at once, so I can't really say the difference due to the pads, but they feel great right now. They are brand new, so no beta on the dusting, but I don't really care about the dusting, black magic wheel cleaner seems to take it off very easily, so it doesn't seem like a big deal to me.

Get ceramic...no dust!

x2 I put in wagners about a month ago and have no complaints, especially for the price.