Brake Pad Alternatives
11-02-18, 07:22 AM
#16
For what it's worth, I have been using Autozone's Duralast Gold brand since March, already put about 20k on them when I replaced them along with Oem brembo rotors. Autox and drag strip days and daily driving, a bit less bite than OEM but brake dust is nearly nonexistent. I used to have to wipe down my black chrome wheels every day to keep them shiny, now I clean my current wheels maybe once every 2-3 weeks. Pretty happy with them for only $100.
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2014acISF (07-04-20)
11-02-18, 10:18 AM
#19
No clicking whatsoever. I like them a lot but just to be clear, it's not a pad you should track with. But for a daily they're perfect, no squeals, no dust, no noise, and while brake bite is less, it also makes it just a touch smoother to drive. Like I said, I've put just over 20k on mine since March. Also, I run them front and rear.
11-02-18, 10:21 AM
#20
Just what im looking for. Im dont track. Just for daily driving.
No clicking whatsoever. I like them a lot but just to be clear, it's not a pad you should track with. But for a daily they're perfect, no squeals, no dust, no noise, and while brake bite is less, it also makes it just a touch smoother to drive. Like I said, I've put just over 20k on mine since March. Also, I run them front and rear.
11-03-18, 04:45 AM
#21
Are you using the Duralast Gold rear pads as well? I was just checking their website and it shows the rear pads as being semi-metallic, so I would expect them to generate the same amount of dust as the OEM rear pads. I know the fronts do most of the braking, but I'd like to go with ceramic pads in the rear as well.
Hawk - Performance Ceramic Brake Pads - Rear (HB722Z.652)
11-05-18, 07:13 PM
#23
You don't need ceramic rears from my personal experience, i wondered the same when i was researching pads. The regular metallic rears from autozone are good enough probably because the front pads use a bigger 6 piston caliper vs the 2 piston in the rear. I have the whole set from Autozone and the ceramic fronts dust similar to the metallic rears (duralast ones).
11-06-18, 04:57 AM
#25
You don't need ceramic rears from my personal experience, i wondered the same when i was researching pads. The regular metallic rears from autozone are good enough probably because the front pads use a bigger 6 piston caliper vs the 2 piston in the rear. I have the whole set from Autozone and the ceramic fronts dust similar to the metallic rears (duralast ones).
11-06-18, 06:52 AM
#26
Driver School Candidate
11-09-18, 12:20 PM
#28
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So duralast is not safe for aggressive driving? I’m seeing two different attitudes toward them? I like to know that I can stop faster than I accelerate on the quarter mile strip if needed. I also might road course it this next season twice.
11-12-18, 09:13 AM
#29
I have done autox twice and a drag strip trip with 4 runs on the same pads, along with 20k+. On the later autox runs I could feel the brakes heating up and getting harder, probably because I wasn't going fast or long enough to cool them down. Ultimately I didn't have any issues, but if I were to go tracking with 25 minute+ sessions I would not trust them. I mean they're $100 and basically just for DD status which is great. Some people buy $600 pads just for the track/street and that's more than ideal. Some of those people don't put more than 5-10k on their cars per year though.
11-13-18, 04:35 AM
#30
I have done autox twice and a drag strip trip with 4 runs on the same pads, along with 20k+. On the later autox runs I could feel the brakes heating up and getting harder, probably because I wasn't going fast or long enough to cool them down. Ultimately I didn't have any issues, but if I were to go tracking with 25 minute+ sessions I would not trust them. I mean they're $100 and basically just for DD status which is great. Some people buy $600 pads just for the track/street and that's more than ideal. Some of those people don't put more than 5-10k on their cars per year though.