Do you have a go to rotor/pads combo you like?

[cheesepuffs2]

I had to file down the ears on a set of rear Element 3s for my Accord a few months ago too. I didn't have to do that with the fronts that I had installed a year prior though, so I thought it was odd. I like the pads in terms of feel and bite, that put me off a bit.

 

[dubber09]

I'd go with Bosch Quietcast, haven't had any issues with them, neither rotors nor pads, quality parts.

 

[02zx9r rev2]

My next ones will either be Duralast or OEM

 

[Spro4Life]

Will be doing a swap soon using Brembo rotors paired with Akebono Performance pads. Nothing extreme, but should do great as a daily driver with periodic spirited driving.

 

[D1dad]

WOW that is the 1st time I ever heard anything good about DA! I won't touch their chassis parts if they were given to me.

100%. My son in law put them on his truck this summer and they’re already wobbling and the rotors look horrible. I wouldn’t use their stuff on something I was going to sell, as I wouldn’t do that to the buyer.

 

[350Rocket]

I don't have a go to brand, last time I did a pad slap with Bendix heavy duty truck/towing pads which I was really happy with. I left the rotors because they looked in such good shape. Not sure what brand as they were out on before I bought the truck from my employer. The rotors warped about 30,000kms after installing. I put up with it until something like 60k kms and the Bendix pads still had lots of material and stopped well. I just hated the pulsation.

After a few days of break in the DFC pad and rotor combo is working well. Went with heavy duty truck pads again and coated rotors (since usually everything rusts do bad here).

 

[Silverado12]

Raybestos Element 3coated rotors and Akebono pads from Rockauto. Never had any problems with these.

 

[Jetronic]

trw pads, brembo discs is what I get if I can. for regular use of course

 

[Rust_Belt_Pete]

Akebono ultra performance or whatever they call their ASP line of ceramic pads. Excellent street performance, excellent stopping power.
Add the rotor of your choice, usually centric.

 

[Rust_Belt_Pete]

EBC BSD series high carbon rotors and StopTech 309 series (para aramid) brake pads. StopTech also fits the 309 series pads in the StopTech Big Brake kits, but as I drive relatively conservatively, I do not plan on many 120-to-dead stop braking adventures that require all those extra pistons in the calipers. As brakes go, we place a high value on linear, progressive, action vs. subtle, subtle, slam-grabbing action as the pedal is applied.
As for Akebono ceramic pads, we have friend who lives in the upper Midwest whose garage is a few feet higher than the street in front of his home, with a long, but not especially steep, driveway. He had new Akebono brake pads installed in the summer months, and they were fine while the weather was warm; but, came the first frost of autumn, he went out one morning and started to back his car down the driveway, suddenly to find his car sliding all the way across the street until it was stopped by the wheels hitting curb on the other side. No injuries, and no damage to his car, but: lesson learned.

Hey there are 4 corners of car that uses brakes normally. I dont mean to accuse your friend of anything but could it have been the weather? Ice? Some mechanical malfunction.
I live in Lake effect areas. Really cold weather is the norm here and my Akebono's do great in the cold, they do really great.
Could your friends problem been with frozen ground or some mechanical malfunction?
As you said yourself he went down a LONG and steep driveway and went all the way across the street. Usually when that happens its black ice. For brakes to fail that badly all of a sudden? Seems kinda strange.
Again I do apologize, I wasnt there I dont know what happened and I am not trying to accuse your friends of something or say that he is wrong.

 

[Matt1980]

I usually go with Akebono ASP (Performance Line) pads with whatever decently priced rotors I can get on rockauto. Second choice is Raybestos Element3 rotor and pad combo.

 

[YZJB]

trw pads, brembo discs is what I get if I can. for regular use of course

Excellent combo. This is also my go-to on everything, even for spirited driving and very occasional fun days at tracks. TRW pads are extremely underrated.

 

[benjamming]

I don't see where the normal Brembo rotors that are available aftermarket for regular street driving are anything more than most anyone else's rotors. What's the pull?

 

[Jetronic]

I don't see where the normal Brembo rotors that are available aftermarket for regular street driving are anything more than most anyone else's rotors. What's the pull?

i don't have balance or squealing issues, they use piller vanes that aid in more cooling than just straight vanes. And yes, wrong combo of pad and disc squeals. At the dealership they sometimes got bosch discs if we didn't have original, and combined with oe hyundai pads they always squealed.

 

[We're Metals]

I don't have a go to brand, last time I did a pad slap with Bendix heavy duty truck/towing pads which I was really happy with. I left the rotors because they looked in such good shape. Not sure what brand as they were out on before I bought the truck from my employer. The rotors warped about 30,000kms after installing. I put up with it until something like 60k kms and the Bendix pads still had lots of material and stopped well. I just hated the pulsation.

After a few days of break in the DFC pad and rotor combo is working well. Went with heavy duty truck pads again and coated rotors (since usually everything rusts do bad here).

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How does the vehicle ride with those shocks? Consider replacing them?

 

[BrendanC]

cheapest rotors i can find with a paint job in the cooling fins/hats. with Carquest Platinum pads. i dont live in the rust belt and ive yet to have to replace any cheap rotors.

 

[350Rocket]

I believe they were these ones I had put on from and rear. The originals were shot when I replaced them around 330,000kms or something like that. I would have to check my records to be exact but around 200k miles.....I was happy with them but I don't have anything else to compare to because I first drove this truck when it had around 140k miles.
I'm now at 270k miles (434,000kms) so I've put 70k miles on the shocks and they only feel slightly softer than when new.

It also got an extra set of leaf springs in the rear and a torsion kit for a 2" lift and it usually drives around with over 1300 lbs in it. Duratrac loaf range D tires.

It rides kind of stiff with the tires aired up to 65 psi.

 

[350Rocket]

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[D1dad]

I’ve been gathering ebc ultimax rotors and greenstuff pads to replace the brembo rotors and nao pads on my 18 rogue. Brembo has been simply fantastic. I just like trying new pad and rotor combos and I’ve yet to use greenstuff pads.

 

[Rust_Belt_Pete]

I think once you skip McParts pads you get good brake pads no .after brand and it comes down to what your priorities are. Initial grab? Dust? Cold performance?