any body using....

[Tarheel'Z']

any of yaaaall using cheap pads from your local parts store i.e autozone,oreillys,etc???
if so whats the best ones?i found some brembo blanks pretty cheap with free shipping and i was gonna get hawk pads but ive heard a few times now they can be noisy.im only doing the front fyi

[sinSStr]

Hell no. EBC blue stuff came on my car and I'll never run anything else as long as I can keep getting them. Almost zero brake dust, zero noise, never fade. Love them. :heart:

[KissMyWhtSS]

No cheap stuff for me. I feel braking is a essential part of the automobile.

My Hawk HPS+ pads I put on my '94 Z dusted really bad. I was literally using Eagle wheel and tire cleaner every 2 weeks on the wheels to eat the brake dust away.

I'm pretty content with the GM Durastop pads on the SS.

[stilltime]

Cheap pads are just that, cheap. I have always used Raybestos Carbon Ceramic pads and they worked great. Next time I do my brakes I'll be getting Hawk pads for sure, and C6 blanks :devil:

[chevy42083]

I have cheapies on my truck... but only cause I was sticking on some used rotors and didn't want to waste my EBC pads. I won't buy the cheapest... but I'll buy the 2nd cheapest for temporary use :D

The plan is some nice rotors at all 4 corners, then put on the nice pads. Till then, it stops fine... but may have more fade. Then again, I have LS1 brakes at all four corners... rear HAD drums, front HAD 10in brakes... so any pad is a step up.

[Chris]

I put some autozone crap on my car over winter just cause they did need to get done. and fuck that. The brake dust . Brake fade Grrrr Dont do it at least get Brembo Blanks Good pads and your good after a brake fluid flush . A few stops from 130- and I dont trust them anymore

[941le]

i use Autopart international pads. Semi metallic ones. I get them for 17 bucks since i work there lol. Discounts r awesome. I got my Vette calipers for 40 bucks a pc.

[Z28pr0jekt]

I have hawk pads up front and while they dust a lot, they do not make any noise.

I used cheap autozone pads in the rear seeing as cars are front biased on the brakes and at the time I was planning on going to the track a lot and didn't have a linelock so I wasnt going to fry 60-80$ pads doing burnouts.

The autozones work just fine in the rear

[Chris]

i use Autopart international pads. Semi metallic ones. I get them for 17 bucks since i work there lol. Discounts r awesome. I got my Vette calipers for 40 bucks a pc.



Did the vette calipers bolt right up with the stock rotors? :metal:

[941le]

there for the C5 converson...they say corvette on em too. Not bad for a aftermarket caliper

[bricez28]

i have the absolute cheapest on the back and there sweet. i have ceramic whaevers on the front. expensive whatevers

[Tarheel'Z']

i have the absolute cheapest on the back and there sweet. i have ceramic whaevers on the front. expensive whatevers

well that certainly clears it up for me.where can i find the ceramic whaevers or the expensive whatevers?