no its wear as well, i didnt believe it either until i asked the worker, and theres no minimum wear that needs to take place before you replace em, just that they arent worn to the metal. so thats why i figure replace them every 20k miles, so ill just do it every other oil change.

but if youre buying exp ones and still eating them i think the autozone is well worth the drive...
dont go with ceramics as it will eat through your rotors quickly, i sure as hell wont since i have to buy 4 new rotors then....

hers a pic, old 32.5k miles. it still had life but im fixing to haul/tow 8k pounds a little over 1,000 miles in a few day so figured it put fresh pads on.
i still cant remember what i sprayed on the pads but i like them better than that gel crap, its just a blue spray..

maybe if your rear end blows on you you may look into a 3rd gen rear. do you have a 1/2ton or 3/4 ton? the third gen rears 1500 will have single piston calipers and that the 3rd gen 2500+ have 2 piston calipers in the rear...


which still goes to why i say wow that the new tundra has 2 piston rears and 4 piston fronts...



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I have a 1500 and hopefully my rear end wont go since I just had it all checked out and the bearings replaced along with a Auburn LSD put in. I have thought about doing a disk brake swap but don't want to spend that much right now on that when it stops fine it just eats pads quickly.

 

then autozone sounds like the best option once your current ones need replacing....

 

Who know such a long thread would be just on pads? wow!

 

Hey if this was a chick site I'm sure a topic on pads would go a lot longer than this.


Btw if you do go the autozone route they sell duralast and duralast gold, the gold are 10 bucks more, I asked why, they said longer life, I'm thinking I'm gonna be changing them at 20k and they both have free replacement, so I took the 20 bucks and bought a case of beer.

 

Very enjoyable post...and I agree about thewomen's version of this pad posting....
Couple questions:

First time replacing brakes on my 2001 Ram 1500. Any suggestions on pads for front & back? This will be probably the last time I change these because I will sell/trade in this truck within the next year or two.
What about these for the rear: http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/brake...amp;perfCode=P

And these for the front: http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/brake...amp;perfCode=P

or these: http://www.amazon.com/Power-Stop-267...&carId=001

I know I seem like a cheap ***, but trying to not overspend unless one of you guys recommends otherwise.

Also, what about the Power Stop Economy OEM rotors. Basically I want something middle-of-the-road to balance quality with price. I will occasionally be towing an opentrailer or boat. Don't want to sink a lot into rotors and premium pads for 15K more miles. Also, is replacing my POS shattered dash too much of an undertaking by myself or should I just take that loss when I sell the truck?

TIA for any advice.