Can you suggest some brake pads for a daily driven 4Runner which sees its fair share of slow winter driving in cold, wet disagreeable conditions? It gets driven on the highway and around town in summer and winter...
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I own a 2005 4Runner limited, Canadian spec. A front caliper piston seized so I need new calipers, pads and rotors. It's driven year around in Alberta Canada and always gets the honour of being used in the harshest of winter we experience, even though it's rarely that bad here, in my opinion. I sometimes make trips where the pads/rotors are super cold for the whole trip so those performance driving high friction pads are not for me.
I'm looking for brake pad recommendations which works well across a wide range of temperatures but also low temperatures between the pad and the rotor "cold bite" (don't want jerky grabby cold bite...) because I don't drive it hard, just normal tasks. Default choice would be pads from the dealership, they should* only sell pads that work in this market and I'm ok with the current pads which I believe to be OE, just would like to do one better!
I used to race and used hawk HP plus pads on my track day car, the pads make all the difference in braking, amazing track day pads. More braking than any big brake kit them kids like, although that would aid in temperature/overheating/etc... The HP Plus pads had great but super noisy and very grabby cold bite, you could tell that those cold stops were harder on the rotors than the dead silent hard ones from 100 miles an hour while on the track and at optimum temperature. I understand pad design is optimized for certain types of driving and I know my driving style and use suggests I would be best off with something that works within a wide range of temperatures, not omitting the low temperature range of that scale.
I'll buy from anywhere that delivers to Canada, I've had great results from rockauto.
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I sometimes change brake fluid twice a year. To be fair, I knew it seized a year ago and it has been stoping fine but has been progressively been getting worse. I will likely buy two new calipers (not sure how hard a piston replacement is) and will buy new pads and rotors for sure. I heard 5th gen calipers fit, will have to research more.
Full story:
I own a 2005 4Runner limited, Canadian spec. A front caliper piston seized so I need new calipers, pads and rotors. It's driven year around in Alberta Canada and always gets the honour of being used in the harshest of winter we experience, even though it's rarely that bad here, in my opinion. I sometimes make trips where the pads/rotors are super cold for the whole trip so those performance driving high friction pads are not for me.
I'm looking for brake pad recommendations which works well across a wide range of temperatures but also low temperatures between the pad and the rotor "cold bite" (don't want jerky grabby cold bite...) because I don't drive it hard, just normal tasks. Default choice would be pads from the dealership, they should* only sell pads that work in this market and I'm ok with the current pads which I believe to be OE, just would like to do one better!
I used to race and used hawk HP plus pads on my track day car, the pads make all the difference in braking, amazing track day pads. More braking than any big brake kit them kids like, although that would aid in temperature/overheating/etc... The HP Plus pads had great but super noisy and very grabby cold bite, you could tell that those cold stops were harder on the rotors than the dead silent hard ones from 100 miles an hour while on the track and at optimum temperature. I understand pad design is optimized for certain types of driving and I know my driving style and use suggests I would be best off with something that works within a wide range of temperatures, not omitting the low temperature range of that scale.
I'll buy from anywhere that delivers to Canada, I've had great results from rockauto.
Extra info:
I sometimes change brake fluid twice a year. To be fair, I knew it seized a year ago and it has been stoping fine but has been progressively been getting worse. I will likely buy two new calipers (not sure how hard a piston replacement is) and will buy new pads and rotors for sure. I heard 5th gen calipers fit, will have to research more.
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