Both I and my dad have about 4,500 miles on are 06's.

And we both can not stand the brake dusk any more.

At 5,000 miles we are planing to rotate the tires and then change the pads out to Ceramic ones both front and back.

And for me I have been pulling an 4000 pound tandem axle untily trailer around the last few weeks and I can clean the tires and in 3 days they are black.

So..does anyboby have an idea on what kind of pads to go with?

The autozone down the street has duralast ceramic ones with a life time
Warranty.

 

Ceramics suck in performance/towing applications. I don't remember the specifics of the 3 hour lecture from my performance friction rep, but the bottom line was, if you drive fast or tow anything your better off with a semi metallic. PF does make ceramic pads, so it's not just a case of trying to sell me thier product.

So I have three suggestions for you. Get a good set of pads, be it Perf. Fric, hawk, EBC. Wash the rotor off with dish soap, it demagnitizes the rotor instantly. Three, put a coat of wax on the wheels. It may sound a little silly, but it will stop the dust from sticking.

I do wash my wheels when I do my truck, but I have only waxed them once in the last 2 years. To make mine sparkle takes only a quick wipe with soapy water.

 

There seems to be alot of differing opinions on here as to the benefits of ceramic brakes. Best suggestion I can make is to do a search, read all the posts and judge for yourself. I've tried waxing my wheels and using Teflon coatings...didn't work for me. Didn't try washing my rotors, well, because it just doesn't make alot of sense to me. I'm going to give the Performance Friction Carbon metallic pads from autozone a try.

 

Get a set of KLEEN WHEELS brake dust covers. There only about $40. I put them on about a month ago and have not had any noticeable dust.

 

I tried ceramic pads, and did not like the way it stopped. I found that semi-metallic works better.

 

+1 on the kleen wheels, I have sold them for the last 8 years and no complaints.

 

Do not get ceramic pads,they suck especially when cold.

Last winter 8 of my friends wrecked because they couldn't get thier vehicle stopped before they rear-ended the vehicle in front of them,7 of them had ceramic pads.The other was driving during a bad blizzard and just slid.

 

I used Wagner Thermo Quiet pads on mine. I replaced them about 3,000 miles ago and have been very happy with them. No noise, good brake feel, and brake dust has almost been nonexistent. I purchased them from sponsor Rock Auto.

 

Thanks guys for the help.

So a semi-metallic pad is the way then...

Any brand that anybody perfers?

 

8 of them....thats just called bad driving.....you should stop being friends with them....or at least not ride with them.

I had ceramic pads on my last truck....and they're not that bad..

 

Carquest "Blue" Semi-Metallic Pads (Approx $55 for the fronts). I can't say enough good things about them.

 

I have KLEEN WHEELS brake dust covers on my 05 f-150 and my 04 expy no dust whatso ever. The only issue is they are directional and when rotating tires you must pay attention.

 

I have usually gone with the Bendex pads or the Wearever GOLD pads from Advance Auto parts, never tried the ceramic pads but the semimetallic pads from either company are much cleaner than the stock pads. Whatever you do do not get the Silver pads from Wearever, they are just as dirty as the stock and do not include the shims that are attached to the back resulting in some noise.

 

Actually only two of them are bad drivers,for the other 6 it was thier first wreck.At all happened while the ceramic brakes were cold,therefore there was less brakeing power.

 

Have any of the 6 good drivers had a wreck since? Do you ever ride with them? Did they change their pads?