Ceramic pads are cool, but they sure do eat rotors.

 

One of the first things I noticed when I bought my 05 (with drum rears) was how hard the pedal was compared to my 04 with 4 wheels discs. I npticed a difference driving it but it didn't stop that bad though because it was a 6 speed manual. With this 08 slushbox, sometimes I feel like I have to stand on the pedal to make it stop. Especially in the first ten minutes of driving until the idle settles down.

In the Durango I was in, the pedal was 'mushy' compared to my truck, but the thing would stop on a dime. Like I said, it just made me miss my 4 wheel discs.

 

Yeah Eric, I discovered that after installing ceramics on oem rotors with my ranger. 20,000 miles later, the pads were like new, but the rotors were chewed up with hundreds of tiny stress fractures in them. I even got the best rotors Autozone (I know) carried for the truck...which were recommended for the ceramic pads by the high school kid behind the counter. I replaced them with a slotted aftermarket rotor and got better results, but they still ate into them more than I've ever seen with a semi-metallic. Then again, they worked better, and no dust. I installed some StopTech slotted rotors and ceramics on a friends RSX. He has had good luck with that setup.

 

Eric, why not dump the truck on the tax money?

It'll be more fun.

 

Easy, Eric.

Rent a crane for a day, lift the truck up, off the ground, and put your tax refund under it, then, drop the truck onto the refund...

Duhhh

Was that SOOO hard?

 

Just be glad you GET a refund instead of paying in every year like some of us have to. Ohhhh the wonders of being self employed...