Autozone Brake Pads?
#1
Autozone Brake Pads?
Needing some new pads for the car and was wondering what works well. Looking for something low dust. Checked into the greenstuff pads but don't really want to spend $80. Also been looking at the Hawk ceramic pads (expensive too). I found the ceramic autozone pads for around $38. Has anyone had these pads? If so, how well do they perform and are they low-dust? Any other recommedations are welcome too.
#2
Re: Autozone Brake Pads?
i'm running morse ceramic on my ls1 brake upgrade on my third gen and there is almost no dust and they work fine
autozones "performance friction" pads are a little more, like 50 bucks or so, they claim low dust, but semi-metallics always dust, and they stop really well
autozones "performance friction" pads are a little more, like 50 bucks or so, they claim low dust, but semi-metallics always dust, and they stop really well
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Re: Autozone Brake Pads?
I have been selling auto parts for 3 years and I have found the O'reilly's Wagner thermoquites to be good (good bite and no dust) and I've heard the Bendix pads should be equal. I have used the Thermoquites in my LT1 '84 for about a year and now about to try the bendix only because I got a deal.
#8
Re: Autozone Brake Pads?
I have bosch ceramics. up front. They work fairly good. Lifetime warranty were just over 50$ and stop pretty good. I would like to point out that the reason that ceramics dust less is that their dust is a different color (white ithink) and it doesnt cling to things as much. I also believe that it is a lot smaller or something like that. Its not that they dont produce dust.
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Re: Autozone Brake Pads?
Do yourself a favor and get some hawk pads online. Autozone pads are not bad, but compared to hawk pads, they blow. It is a night and day difference in stopping power when i switched.
Last edited by sabre81; 12-10-2005 at 08:44 AM.
#11
Re: Autozone Brake Pads?
Originally Posted by respectirocz
i disagree
there is no direct correlation between the amount of dust produced and braking effectiveness
there is no direct correlation between the amount of dust produced and braking effectiveness
Granted there are the cheap generic pads that dust like mad and aren't that great.
Last edited by Greed4Speed; 12-10-2005 at 10:00 PM.
#12
Re: Autozone Brake Pads?
Originally Posted by Modified_Wayz
I have been selling auto parts for 3 years and I have found the O'reilly's Wagner thermoquites to be good (good bite and no dust) and I've heard the Bendix pads should be equal. I have used the Thermoquites in my LT1 '84 for about a year and now about to try the bendix only because I got a deal.
Good bite at slow speeds, but try them out after they get warmed up. I usually run 70-85 mph (sometimes faster) to and from work and they hate when I have to stop hard. I've smelled them cook a couple of times. They've been on the car for about 1.5 years now. I'll be pulling them off before much longer.
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Re: Autozone Brake Pads?
Curious, but what would happen if they magnetised the back of a brake pad? Could that collect dust particles to stay on the Pad itself instead of flinging all off to the wheel? Or atleast minimise brake dust?