Brake pad suggestions?

I think you got problems if you're only getting 30K outta the front pads. Good luck with your endeavor to understand others choices.

 

We have the Lifetime Duralast Gold Ceramic pads on our 2010 4runner for about 60k miles. Still have plenty of life though I've notice its harsher on the rotors than oem.

 

You need to online shop better.

Just got the OEM brake kit for $45 on Amazon.

 

I'm hard on brakes.

The lifetime pads are harder and they eat up rotors.

I could understand going to a pad for increased performance. But for a like pad the money is in the OEM pad in my experience.

 

I would not buy the lifetime pads again. We have oem in our 2009 Tacoma with about 90K+ miles the the rotors still look good compared to the ones with the duralast.

 

I've got EBC Yellow Stuff, dusty as hell but they work well, especially once you heat them up. And the dust isn't a big deal.

AE

 

My OEM pads barely lasted 50K. I don't haul a trailer or much of anything heavy, but I do off-road. Point is, you can't judge brake pad quality by the mileage it gets. To do so doesn't make sense to me. I now have 80K on Raybesto pads with about 10% life left. Do I think those are better than OEM? Maybe.

 

You probably have, if I'm not mistaken, Akebono is a pad manufacturer for Toyota.

Hear that all you OEM bible thumpers? lol Your Toyota pads are nothing more than a set of $45-50 dollar Akebono's, so if any of you are down-talking the local part store specials, think again.

Other suppliers are Beck/Arnley, Sumitomo, Advics, Nissin

 

And your point?

Wellman is also a Toyota OEM pad manufacturer. They also manufacture Hawk pads.

 

So you're saying that Hawk is as good as OEM then? lol Case closed.

 

No. I'm saying that several different manufactures supply Toyota with the OEM pads that Toyota has spec'd out.

That does not mean that you can get they same pad in a parts store.

 

You're right, you can get better pads, it's all relative.

 

I beg to differ. On Amazon,

$85 Toyota Genuine Front Disc Brake Pad Kit

Genuine Toyota 04465-04070 Disc Brake Pad Kit, Front

$85 Toyota Genuine Front Disc Brake Pad Kit

Price ranges from $71 plus shipping, or $83.16 with free shipping.

Are we talking the same language, or is something else going on?

 

While I love Akebono pads, I'm curious as to what other users on here do for rotors. Rotors are just as important as brake pads. I've REALLY been toying with the idea of slotted (possibly drilled too) rotors for my truck.

 

Frozen Rotors - Cryo'ed Brembo plain rotors.

 

I use Disk Brake Australia slotted rotors, a little noisier than OEM, but they work well in water or mud.

AE

 

"Stock" OEM rotors, OEM pads. Unless I see a blatant problem with OEM parts, I tend to stay with them. I do new pads and turn the rotors every 50K. The only time I ever had to replace a rotor was because of rock damage and not wear.

 

It was years ago... On the Honda, the back plates were held on with some kind of adhesive that gave out almost immediately. The on/off clamping force with the heat caused them to slide out of the caliper from between the back of the pad and the piston, forward, and began grinding into the hub of the rotor.

On the Chevy, they were riveted in, but by the time they had about half their life left the corner edges that extended beyond the backing plate had deformed and were making a loud grinding noise while driving. I had to take them off and trim all the bent edges with tin snips.

 

I've sworn off several brands as well due to failure, to each his own I guess.

 

Another pad you might want to consider is NAPA Adaptive One. There was a study by a state Highway patrol. I can't remember which one at this point. But, they tested multiple brake pads as if it was on a high speed chase. And the NAPA pads was more consistent. And the drivers were more confidence in its ability.