+1! I went with Duralast Gold pads and el cheapo replacement rotors. My experience comes from a 2001 (214k miles) and a '13 (destroyed by a phone-talking old lady at 45k):

- replace the front rotors every 22-25k and have the takeoffs turned. Inspect the pads and replace as needed. I've found the pads get replaced at 75-80k miles.

- replace the rear rotors every 40-45k miles and have the takeoffs turned. Inspect and replace pads as needed. Very rare to ever do this.

Sounds goofy to some but I keep detailed records and look for trends over years and apply PREVENTATIVE measures before (maybe long before) maintenance gets to the point of needing to be done. And it works- the very first set of rear brake rotors I bought in 2001 are still in use and still in spec. Kinda justifies the up-front cost eh, when an aftermarket cheapo part is still is use after 16 yrs.

 

Possibly. Most likely I'll be going with the tow kit as well.

 

OK, how's this for a deal?

 

You do have an advantage that those of us that are in the northern states... no road salt or brine to deal with rusting the rotors. I am glad to see that your are able to still use 16 year old rotors.

 

Quite wrong, I'm not in the tropics !! The state uses brine, the county uses salt and the city uses sand. Sure it's not to the extent of yoose northern guys but still, we get it.

My point was- if you keep up with "it" you won't be destroying the parts.

 

I understand what you meant. Yes, keeping up with the preventative maintenance does save you from destroying parts.

 

That looks like a pretty good deal to me. It's been a few months since I did all of the research but I think the price you found on amazon is slightly under what rock auto is selling them for and if I remember correctly this kit is only about $40 more than if you went with oem replacement parts from ford.

What I usually do is go to fords website so I know what part numbers I need and then search on rock auto and can find the same parts significantly cheaper and sometimes on amazon for even cheaper. It's worked for just about everything that I have needed.

Do you by chance have 7 lug wheels? the reason I ask is because that part number for the kit you put up isn't the same as what I found. I have 6 lugs and this is the kit that I found to match from their website: K3166-36.

I have just under 85000 miles on my 2010 and the front brakes probable have about 10% of the front pads left with the rotors starting to show some significant grooving. The rear rotors are still in amazing shape and I probably have 50-60% of the pads left. With what good life and performance I've had with the OEM brakes I was hesitant to go with anything else but after reading these reviews I think i'll still go ahead with the powerstop pads and rotors and then do the back when they finally need replacing.

 

Ya got me wondering, so I just went out and looked at what I got.
I did get the 6 lug rotors, the right ones. Will be going on Wednesday morning.
Notice on the order, you can get a 10% further off, so I wound up paying right about $414, including tax.

You might want to look again, it looks like the K3166-36, are the ones for 7 lugs.

 

These bite hard & don't seem to dust, even pulling the TT, plus they look killer g
Here's a Link to my Thread & yes there's Pic's

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l#post16559929

P.S. They are the "Extreme Tow" Kit

 

Looks killer! Might do the paint thing as well.

 

Got my Powerstop Z36 Extremes on today, rotors and pads. I needed brakes worse than I thought. These work great.

 

Congrats
Make sure u do the BREAK-IN procedure correctly, very IMPORTANT

The paint I used is Duplicolor High Heat Ceramic Caliper Paint, lasts forever

 

Thanks, very happy so far. Ya, I broke them in per directions.

 

Same paint I'll be using. I did my badges with that paint so that the calipers will match once I do them. Only problem I have now is my red and black Ford overlays aren't the same red. :/