Actually have to do a brake job. Are there any good aftermarket brake pads and rotors

mharring · Dec 26, 2015

Rear brakes are starting to wear now. I was thinking about replacing both fronts and rears with a set of cross drilled and slotted rotors with a ceramic pad. Any ine ever use these before? Pros or cons?

mharring · Dec 26, 2015

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6.4f350 · Dec 26, 2015

I wouldn't be too keen on reducing rotor mass and surface area on a 4 ton vehicle that may have much more weight than that behind it.

Snake · Dec 26, 2015

Poweslot cryo treated rotors and EBC Greenstuff pads. Done.

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N2GN2 · Dec 26, 2015

+1 EBC pads. I have green on two powerstrokes, but next time it'll be yellows.

CT9AIX · Dec 27, 2015

I've got the EBC pads & rotors on my truck now and they work well.

mharring · Dec 27, 2015

CT9AIX said:
I've got the EBC pads & rotors on my truck now and they work well.

Are they drilled and slotted kind?

smokinstroker · Dec 27, 2015

Sp performance is what I have been running and really like them

CT9AIX · Dec 27, 2015

mharring said:
Are they drilled and slotted kind?

Just slotted... Not drilled

mharring · Dec 28, 2015

Im going to try there slotted and drilled. For both fronts and rears. Ill monitor them closely i average a 1000 miles a month so ill check them before i leave each time

UpstateDieselGuy · Dec 28, 2015

For what it's worth, I went with the cryo, slotted rotors and matching pads on my '04 all the way around and they were garbage. I had a grand in brakes that warped and were no better than stock. I ended up getting new rotors and pads from the dealership parts counter and had great luck. I just hate to see someone spend big money when they may not like the results.

sootie · Dec 28, 2015

Don't even consider ceramic. They are too hard and heat up way to much. I did them on and excursion once and there was times it actually loat brakes completely from glazing over

Snake · Dec 28, 2015

UpstateDieselGuy said:
For what it's worth, I went with the cryo, slotted rotors and matching pads on my '04 all the way around and they were garbage. I had a grand in brakes that warped and were no better than stock. I ended up getting new rotors and pads from the dealership parts counter and had great luck. I just hate to see someone spend big money when they may not like the results.

Which brand of slotted rotors? There's definitely some junk out there.

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Snake · Dec 28, 2015

mharring said:
Im going to try there slotted and drilled. For both fronts and rears. Ill monitor them closely i average a 1000 miles a month so ill check them before i leave each time

Do some more research before you go with drilled rotors. I'm willing to bet that you'll change your mind.

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Jomax · Dec 28, 2015

sootie said:
Don't even consider ceramic. They are too hard and heat up way to much. I did them on and excursion once and there was times it actually loat brakes completely from glazing over

X2 ceramics should stay on small cars. Big no no on big vehicles. they suck at braking really. Semi metallic or carbon metallic for me.

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97stoker350 · Dec 28, 2015

Drilling a rotor compromises the integrity of the rotor. I would stay away from that on these large vehicles fwiw. My 6.4 had 90k before I had to put new on. They were factory stuff so if ur looking for longevity I'd go with oem

dsberman94 · Dec 28, 2015

Actually have to do a brake job. Are there any good aftermarket brake pads an...

Hell even part store rotors aren't bad on a truck that's just a DD. I don't have issues unless a caliper freezes and I pretty much just DD this truck. Never tow, just haul what fits in what's left of my box.

Fwiw I've seen drilled rotors play connect the dots with cracks on some auto crossed cars like subaru stis and mitsu evos.

Jomax · Dec 28, 2015

I've had good luck with the Bosch rotors from Oriellys. Best auto parts store rotors I have found

They also carry the carbon metallic pads. Very good pad for towing. They brake way better then any I've tried. And you can't beat lifetime warranty

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