Originally Posted by
SoCal Waite
I had to get front pads on my '02 a few weeks ago, so I went to Oreilly's to check out their carbon metallic Performance Friction pads. I was skeptical at first, as they were $85 for the fronts alone.
I reused my Rotopros rotors -slotted and dimpled, and knowing that they weren't warped I didn't even turn them (I know tsk tsk). So after a couple weeks of letting the pads take shape to the tapered rotors I had the chance to bed them in the other night.
The point I am taking so long to get to is, I have been through a lot of brake on that truck and these parts store pads are by far the best set up yet. They brake 98% as good as the EBC green pads I had on there, but with NO DUST!!! I went 3 weeks between washes on the truck and there was only road grime on the wheels, none of it was dust. The initial bite of these pads is incredible, and almost no fade.
Perhaps this wasn't the right place for this post, but I figured you guys should know. I will be putting these on all corners of both trucks. And if I need rotors, I will get them from Rich at rotopros, I have 6 rotors from them now, and 0 complaints. Hell I even bought some for my wifes ex-Mazda, and was perfectly content with them.