Front Brkae Pads

[Jonz]

Getting ready to do front breaks. Should I get the pads from Dodge? I don't want to change the breaking ability of the truck by putting un-proven pads on. Does anyone have suggestions as to what pad might be best?

Thanks

Troy

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2001, 2500 Black 4x4, Bank Power Pack w/DD1's, DTT T/Q and VB, K&N. Max Boost about 38lbs Pulling a 9000 Weekend Warrior full of dirt toys for the whole family.

1974 Powerwagon, fuel injected 360, custom suspension for that killer off-road ride... .

 

[sam peterson]

FORGET ABOUT DEALER PADS---USE CARBOMET PLUS OR CARBON METALIC----SAM

 

[RichR]

Troy,
Go with the Carbo-Mets,Sam sells them and they are GREAT. Good stopping power with no noise. Thanks Sam
Rich

 

[tlippy]

I've been wanting to try the pads advertized in J C Whitney. Great claims to fame. What I DO WANT is a pad that is at least as soft as the OE pad. I'm not interested in longer life at the expense of rotor longevity.

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99' Quad 4x4 A/T LB 3. 54 45K Miles.
26' Terry w/slide (7500GVWR)
"KISS your truck and it will be forever faithful"

 

[Jonz]

What is SAM's. I live in Southern California. Why are the stock pads so bad? They have worked great for allmost 30,000 miles.

Troy

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2001, 2500 Black 4x4, Bank Power Pack w/DD1's, DTT T/Q and VB, K&N. Max Boost about 38lbs Pulling a 9000 Weekend Warrior full of dirt toys for the whole family.

1974 Powerwagon, fuel injected 360, custom suspension for that killer off-road ride... .

 

[Ray Torresdal]

I've got 40,000 plus miles on mine, and when we rotated tires a month ago, they were fine. How many miles do you expect to get out of a set of pads? If I get 50 or 60,000 out of Dodge pads, how many might I get out of "good" pads?

Ray

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01 QC LWB 5 spd, trailer tow pkg, camper pkg
VA, PS boost module and elbow, PS heater saver

 

[Guest00]

Rotated tires last week and checked brakes. 40% wear on front and 30% on rear shoes. Just turned 30k miles. BFG A/T 35% wear in 20k mi, 15k mi towing, did not tow the first 10k mi.

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2K, 2500, Quad, SB, 4x4, 3:54LSD, A/T w/ DTT VB, TC, TC SAVER and AUX COOLER , REESE 15k 5th slider, EASLEY BULL BAR, MAAP NERFS, BFG-TA's, 9000's,TORQUS MAXIMUS 505 lbft ECM, stealth DD2's, Bully Dog Boost & elbow, ISSPRO pyro, boost & transmission, Turbo Lifesaver, JARDINE 4", PAC BRAKE, MAG HYTECH TP& DC, AFE filter, GEAR VENDORS OD, TAYLOR WING onboard.
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[sam peterson]

Guys--Everyones driving habits are a little different. Some get good mileage and braking on the dealer pads and some hate them. What I have experienced is that carbo met pads do a better job than the origionals in that they usually don't wear the rotor face due to the carbon lubricity of the pad. They last longer with no noise and I think that you will find quite a price difference & better brake ability is also noticible. ---Sam

 

[tlippy]

Sam - do U sell CARBOMET for profit? If YES you should post that info

 

[Jonz]

Where can I get the CARBOMET pads. I am ready to do my breakes.

Troy

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2001, 2500 Black 4x4, Bank Power Pack w/DD1's, DTT T/Q and VB, K&N. Max Boost about 38lbs Pulling a 9000 Weekend Warrior full of dirt toys for the whole family.

1974 Powerwagon, fuel injected 360, custom suspension for that killer off-road ride... .

 

[hammong]

One thing I do NOT like about dealer pads is the excessive brake dust. Granted, I have an automatic transmission - but I'm generally very light on the brakes, and do very little towing. My wheels are completely brown from brake dust in just 1500-2000 miles.

Do these aftermarket pads have comparable, or less amounts of brake dust?

Greg

 

[sam peterson]

Greg---We have had less complaints about carbo mets than some of the other brands on brake dust.

 

[drawson]

I just installed some Titanium pads on the front. They stop alot better than the oe pads. The oe pads would have lasted another 10K but as I had just hit 100K on the truck I desided it was time to replace them.

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[sam peterson]

Drawson---Was that Bendix brand of titanium pad?

 

[drawson]

Sam they where Bendix. Why do you ask?

 

[sam peterson]

Sometime Bendix and some of the others use powerfull words as marketing techniques.

 

[RobbyRam]

I think I'll just remove the 'Titanium' faces off my golf clubs and use them for my front brake pads, and save some money, since I can't seem to get below '100' on any stinking golf course with these over-rated clubs! #ad


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[sam peterson]

Hey I would like to see 100. That sure beats 112. I used to play with a guy that bought a new set of clubs every time he had a bad day. He just didn't know about operator error.