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Jul 12, 2012 | 11:04 AM

the cleaner

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Brake Pads

About to do brake job on my 2008 Superduty and was wondering what pads you guy's are using. I tow pretty heavy most of the time and I'm looking for something heavy duty.

Jul 12, 2012 | 11:11 AM

med-care-guy

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look at HAWK HP pads we have those on all our fleet 28 ambulances even on our trl hauler and trl. little to no brake dust thier online deff worth what they cost just n idea

Jul 12, 2012 | 03:17 PM

the cleaner

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look at HAWK HP pads we have those on all our fleet 28 ambulances even on our trl hauler and trl. little to no brake dust thier online deff worth what they cost just n idea

Thanks I will check them out.

Jul 12, 2012 | 05:58 PM

ruschejj

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I got some EBC pads, read up on them. I'm really not that happy with them, lots of dust and squeaky but they are grippy. I'm just so-so with them. Not bad, might be great for other folks though.

Jul 12, 2012 | 06:31 PM

BobbyB

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Installed Hawk LTS pads about 2500 miles ago. Stops great, no noise or dust

Jul 12, 2012 | 09:36 PM

TomB985

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Originally Posted by ruschejj

I got some EBC pads, read up on them. I'm really not that happy with them, lots of dust and squeaky but they are grippy. I'm just so-so with them. Not bad, might be great for other folks though.

I'm glad you shared this, I never heard that about EBC pads before. I guess you can't have everything...I know that most low-dust ceramic pads don't grip as well so the inverse makes sense to me.

Jul 12, 2012 | 10:14 PM

Quad Racer

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I also put the Hawks on my truck. Like said previously; low brake dust, good stopping so far.

I've used EBC brand pads on ATV's and they are terrible for that market not sure about trucks though.

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Jul 13, 2012 | 08:03 AM

msgtg

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I thought about changing to ceramic pads and talked to my mechanic about the idea. He's a pretty sensible guy and his reply was " somethings gotta wear out... pads or rotors"...IMO it's cheaper to replace pads than rotors any day!

Just my 2 cents worth!

Joe

Jul 13, 2012 | 08:06 AM

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pappy19

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I recently changed my front pads with EBC. They squeaked a little for the first 1000 miles but now they are fine. I think when I change them again I'll just go with the OEM.