would preferer ceramic to minimize the brake dust. any recommendations?

 

just get motorcraft...thats what i put on mine...brakes are nice and quiet now...make sure you turn your rotors too

 

I agree, motorcraft for the most part makes the best replacement parts and brake pads are no exception IMO.

 

Posi-quiets

 

Thermo-quiets...lifetime warranty. Last a long time. Just take your old ones back to the autoparts store you bought them from and they just switch them out.

 

and IMO ceramics arent all theyre cracked up to be

 

I run adaptive one pads from napa. $143 for the fronts, and MY GOD they stop fast. only brake pad ive run that chirps my 33's (dry pavement) when i stand on it. and my stopping distance from 80kmh dropped huge.

best pad if you ask me.

 

really? I just care about the brake dust.

 

Ceramics take more pedal pressure for the same stopping distance.

There are cleaners for removing brake dust without scrubbing.

 

True, but, try washing every now and again.....even tho I support the natural truck washes (rain), sometimes a quick wash/rinse will help...

Water and carwash soap is a hell of a lot cheaper than high-end brake pads that are supposed to reduce dust, IMO.

 

Wagner Thermo-Quites are a nice pad i have them on the front but they are very hard on your rotors and make a ton of noise. I'll be changing them shortly for some motor craft pads

 

just clean the wheels...problem solved

 

x2. i just put those on my fronts and there starting to squeel. annoyyinnnggg

 

what do you mean turn the rotors?

 

machine them...has to be done when you replace the pads so you dont groove the new pads

 

turn them around so that the pad is rubbing on the opposite face. that way they wear evenly on both sides.

 

I have an 02 with the smaller rotors. I originally had marginal brake performance when towing and sometimes without towing. Originally I switched to Raybestos Super Stop pads to improve brake performance. They worked excellent but did still have some brake dust.

About 15,000 miles ago I needed new pads and found Raybestos stopped making the Super Stop pads. I heard about a high performance brand called Akebono which are ceramic. I decided to try them. They have just as good brake performance as the Super Stop pads and they generate very little brake dust. After running them for 15,000 miles I see no excessive wear on the rotors and the pads are wearing well also. There is no noise coming from them and pedal pressure is not high. In fact I sometime have to take care not to apply too much pressure on the pedal.

Akebono pads are not cheap but I don't consider them outrageous either. I bought mine at RockAuto.com.

 

ok so I guess I'm going with the Motorcraft pads. BUT... on the rock auto website there are 2 kinds....
"Part # BR11438....{#1U2Z2V001AA}Standard Premium - Integrally Molded D833; Front" - 39.95
& there are these for 79.95MOTORCRAFT Part # BRF1399.....Standard Premium, OE Design

anybody have installed either one of these? is it even worth the $35 extra for the 2nd option?

 

I've been running Centric Posi-Quiet Ceramics for a few years now and I've been VERY satisfied with their performance slowing down heavy 35" tires. Had Centric Posi-Quiet Semi-Metallics before and that's why I was chose their Ceramics. I'd still be running the Semi-Met's if it weren't for a bearing failure taking out a rotor and pair of pads. No dust at all. Very quiet. I'm also running their Posi-Quiet Semi-Met pads on my Explorer rear discs.

CENTRIC Part # 10508330. Posi-Quiet Ceramic w/Shims. $34.79 from RockAuto.


I've ran Hawk HPS pads before and they were loud and very dusty.






With how often you do brakes, why spend nearly double the price for a Motorcraft part??? You're buying a name in my opinion...