Front Brake Time! Opinions?
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Front Brake Time! Opinions?
Facts first.
1. 117K miles on stock front rotors. Multiple pads, turned rotors once
2. Midas wants $530 for a lifetime ceramic pad replacement to include $138 each rotors.
3. Advance Auto wants $75 each for wearever rotors or $85 each for Wagner Rotors.
4. Ford wants $110 each for Ford rotors
My wife's '09 expy EL front pads are shot and the rotors may be as well. I need to do something. Back in the day.....the aftermarket rotors were known to be shoddyand guaranteed rough, warped/ vibrating performance shortly after install. Is that a fact anymore? Anyone have good luck with regular old (non slotted drilled etc) aftermarket rotors? I can do the job in my driveway for $230 from Advance Auto or $300 if I buy from Ford . I cannot see paying Midas $530. I am torn about aftermarket from Advance or Overseas Made from Ford. Anyone have any helpful hints or opinions?
1. 117K miles on stock front rotors. Multiple pads, turned rotors once
2. Midas wants $530 for a lifetime ceramic pad replacement to include $138 each rotors.
3. Advance Auto wants $75 each for wearever rotors or $85 each for Wagner Rotors.
4. Ford wants $110 each for Ford rotors
My wife's '09 expy EL front pads are shot and the rotors may be as well. I need to do something. Back in the day.....the aftermarket rotors were known to be shoddyand guaranteed rough, warped/ vibrating performance shortly after install. Is that a fact anymore? Anyone have good luck with regular old (non slotted drilled etc) aftermarket rotors? I can do the job in my driveway for $230 from Advance Auto or $300 if I buy from Ford . I cannot see paying Midas $530. I am torn about aftermarket from Advance or Overseas Made from Ford. Anyone have any helpful hints or opinions?
Logistics Pro
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Don't pay anyone! I use Raybestos heavy duty rotors and they are as good if not better than OEM. They can be had on Amazon for about $50 each, free 2 day shipping if you have Prime. Get a ceramic pad. I spent $150 for 2 rotors and a set of pads.
5th Wheeling
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I've been using O'reillys Bosch rotors - they've got a lifetime warranty (just like Advance's Wagners) and the Wagner severe duty pads - VERY IMPRESSED. Been putting them on all the brake jobs I've been doing the last year & a half... dad likes em on his Santa Fe, wife likes em on the Durango, mom even stopped complaining about the brakes on her mazda.... 
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I haven't had issues with aftermarket rotors, just as long as you stay away from the cheap ones - those are only good if you plan on selling the car with new brakes. As for pads, something ceramic with a lifetime warranty - less dusting, hold up better, less heat issues. I am actually a little concerned with the Wagners, though, because you aren't supposed to put the silencer grease on the backs of them - screws up the heat distribution apparently. Problem is, if they don't sit quite right - they squeak like a bitch. I put a set on my '99 Super Duty, and could never get them to stop squeaking. It wasn't loud, but loud enough I could hear them over that 7.3 from time to time. I'll give them another shot, but only because I think it may have been the rotors on that truck - I didn't have time to replace them and they looked a little shady. If they still squeak...I'll go to a different brand, but stick with ceramic.
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