Brake pads and rotors... Suggestions needed

mustangmike6996

mustangmike6996

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I need to replace the front and rear brakes on my 2013 F150. I'm looking for suggestions on brands/pad material etc. At least a few times a year I tow a 29' boat and triple axle trailer. Looking for better performance than OE.
 
I would stick with OEM rotors because they are solid. Drilled and vented rotors will just reduce your braking performance. Hawk/EBC make a good replacement pad with more bite but they might squeak on you and will surely give you more brake dust.

--Joe
 
I replaced the Pads and rotors on my Taurus SHO with EBC brand. I bought the red pads and had very little brake dust. EBC has a good selection of pads and rotors. I little pricey though. Brake pedal felt better than the factory to me. If you do decide on EBC make sure you follow the burnishing procedure that comes with the pads.

Brian
 
Galaxie said:
I replaced the Pads and rotors on my Taurus SHO with EBC brand. I bought the red pads and had very little brake dust. EBC has a good selection of pads and rotors. I little pricey though. Brake pedal felt better than the factory to me. If you do decide on EBC make sure you follow the burnishing procedure that comes with the pads.

Brian
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Welcome to the madness we call Motown Muscle Brian!

Post a little bit about your car(s).........oh, and about yourself :lol:
 
I spent some time working with an aftermarket brake manufacturer, and after seeing that, I will never buy anything but OEM brakes again. Most aftermarket stuff isn't tested to 10% of the requirements that OEM stuff has to meet. If the aftermarket supplier also makes OEM stuff, then they are probably competent, but it is hard to tell if you just go to an Autozone or something.

-Geoff
 
I have installed some EBC stuff on my brothers G8 and my buddys Trailblazer SS. We did the drilled/dimple option on them. This was a few years back fyi. But both rotor setups seemed to warp after 1 winter season. We did the proper burnishing/pad setting yadda yadda. We pulled both setups off and replaced them with Stoptech setups. Which seemed to last much longer, with the same or better performance.
 
I plan on using OE rotors. I warped them coming home from NC traveling through the mountains but that was my own fault (rode the brakes down a hill then had a panic stop while they were hot) I dont mind the OE pads but if I am spending the money, I want OE quality/performance at a minimum. I perform durability testing on all of the Ford trucks so I know that they are very well tested but sometimes there are better options.
 
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