What brake pads are you using ?

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Aug 12, 2006 | 03:17 PM

MotorHead

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What brake pads are you using ?

I recently put new rotors and pads on the front and now there seems to be alot of brake dust on the wheels. Only pads I could get on a Sunday were the crappy environmental kind if I remember correctly what was on the box.

I need to know what brake pads you guys are running, I don't need expensive pads or anything fancy, just want it to stop OK with a balance between wear, price and performance.

Aug 12, 2006 | 03:31 PM

SmokinBBC

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Aug 14, 2006 | 09:37 AM

norvalwilhelm

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I use Wagner premium organic pads from Parts Source. About $40 a set of 4. They are good to the rotors, don't create alot of dust and for the first really hard stop will match anything of the metalic pads.
I tried performance friction metalic pads and they really chewed up the rotors.

Aug 14, 2006 | 11:39 AM

BB68Vett

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Hawk HPS

Aug 14, 2006 | 02:14 PM

Jason Staley

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Hawk ... quiet, brakes good, almost no dust even on cast aluminum rims

Aug 14, 2006 | 05:43 PM

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Thanks guys bought the Wagner pads, gonna see how they are

Aug 14, 2006 | 05:59 PM

Kalway

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I feel like a cheap *** now... I bought the duralast $10 lifetime warranty pads. Freaking dusty little bastards. Seem to do an ok job of stopping, though.