What Brake Pads Are You Using?
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4Runner8
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i have the napa premiums and they work great in wet weather
Nuke
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I've yet to replace pads on my 4th gen but on my 3rd gen, the OE rotors were garbage; so bad that Toyota issued a TSB on them and they were replacing rotors AND pads as early as 5-10,000 miles. After having the dealer do the TSB (freebie of course) at 16,000 and then at 30,000 miles, I replaced my rotors with Brembos and my pads with Performance Friction. The PF pads were actually what the TRD pads were, only cheaper. I did that at 62,000 miles and even with a lot of towing, they were still in great shape and stopped better than stock when I sold the truck at 152,000 miles.
OrdnanceMarine
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I replaced the OEM pads with Akebono ACT976 for the front and ACT606 for the rear and they do everything I want. I couldn't get the front pads to be quiet no matter what shims or anti-squeal compound I applied so I gave up and swapped the pads out. Brake response seemed identical to OEM once the pads bedded in to the rotors (which I didn't replace).
WacoCharlie
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Put top of the line NAPA pads and rotors with a lifetime warranty...oh yeah 1 caliper with a lifetime warranty, work great and I never pay for front brakes again.
OrdnanceMarine
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Definitely can be a good approach if you plan on keeping your truck until the doors fall off as long as the parts are top notch quality since most of my cost is the time it takes to change out parts. Lifetime warranty on rotors that quickly warp wouldn't be a good value compared to purchasing replacements that wear evenly without a long warranty. So far the water pump and brake pads have been the only things I've needed to change out where I could have bought a lifetime warrantied part but I'm definitely considering this approach if/when I get to the point that more components need replacement.
Edit: I do remember seeing some grease had weeped from one of the half shaft CV joints. This is a component I'd probably buy with a lifetime warranty.
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I was looking into those Akebono ACT976's and the 6000's in the EBC Green Stuff for my fronts. I was also going to use the Centric Premium discs since they seem to be good from my experience. The rears are still goodso I wasnt going to mess with them yet.
I was hoping to get a little more grip than with the oem pads but I guess without tons of dust that isnt going to happen. I keep reading about ceramic and brake fade. Have any of you who drive on hills or stop and go traffic have issues with this?
I put Wagner thermoquiets on my wife's car but I cant get rid of a squeel either after reinstalling them a couple times. She also complains about the dust and it does seem to accumulate pretty quick. So after that I was thinking about trying something different on my car.
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What do yall think?
I was hoping to get a little more grip than with the oem pads but I guess without tons of dust that isnt going to happen. I keep reading about ceramic and brake fade. Have any of you who drive on hills or stop and go traffic have issues with this?
I put Wagner thermoquiets on my wife's car but I cant get rid of a squeel either after reinstalling them a couple times. She also complains about the dust and it does seem to accumulate pretty quick. So after that I was thinking about trying something different on my car.
eep: What do yall think?
OrdnanceMarine
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I was looking into those Akebono ACT976's and the 6000's in the EBC Green Stuff for my fronts. I was also going to use the Centric Premium discs since they seem to be good from my experience. The rears are still goodso I wasnt going to mess with them yet.
I was hoping to get a little more grip than with the oem pads but I guess without tons of dust that isnt going to happen. I keep reading about ceramic and brake fade. Have any of you who drive on hills or stop and go traffic have issues with this?
I put Wagner thermoquiets on my wife's car but I cant get rid of a squeel either after reinstalling them a couple times. She also complains about the dust and it does seem to accumulate pretty quick. So after that I was thinking about trying something different on my car.
What do yall think?
Only experience I've had with Greenn Stuff was over 10 years ago and they were the dustiest pad I've ever used. May not be the case today.
No issues with brake fade on my Akebono's and I do tow heavy and high but I think I'm really careful to leave plenty of margin and very actively manage my braking to keep things as cool as possible (I never ride the brakes, I keep my trailer brakes balanced with my service brakes and I will use the transmission to keep my downhill speed creep to a minimum so then I only have to cycle the brakes rather than riding them).
