Here are some brake pad quotes.

NAPA Front 70.99 semi
Rear 94.99 semi now wear lifetime

Autozone front 39.95 Duralast gold semi lifetime
rear Raybesto - Ceramic they said? 24.99 5 year warr
more ceramic 39.99 2 year

Auto Sorce Front Wearsilver 31.48
Bendix 53.97 semi lifetime
Rear wearsilver 21.88
Bendix 65.94 semi lifetime

Which one would you go with?

 

I had read some posts saying to stay with the OEMs but
I went with the best NAPA pads on the front, I think they were $69.99 (their most expensive). what was strange was their severe duty pads were less $? (not in stock anyway)

I have about 10k on them (some towing 11k) and so far I'm happy with them.

 

My last truck was a Nissan I had over 300K on it, bought lifetime brakes from Autozone and returned without any questions 5 or 6 times so why would you with anything but a lifetime repkacement?
The chart above is a little hard to read but each vendor starts with front brakes options then back. Some offered ceramic others semi metalic. Noe of the cermanic had life time warranty.

The Autosource silver is the lowest cost with life warranty, any reason not to purchase them?

 

My last truck was a Chevrolet and no matter what pads I tried on the front, they would either squeal or glaze over and not stop so good. Finally, I broke down and spent a fortune at the dealer for the OEM's and they worked perfectly. I don't know why that truck had to have OEM'S because I always used NAPA pads on any other vehicle and never had a problem.

 

I don't know about Autozone's lifetime brake pads, but I do know about Pepboys lifetime brakes. I put them on two different vehicles and they seemed just fine until I had to brake hard. They just didn't stop, you could press as hard as you wanted and you would get no more than normal braking. I hooked a small trailer up to a Ram 1500 that had Pepboy's pads and I could hardly make a normal stop. I bought Raybestos Brute stop pads for that truck for twice as much $ and no lifetime warranty and the truck could stop on a dime even with the trailer. I never thought Pads could make that much difference. I will never buy cheap brake pads again.

Those Lifetime pads almost lasted a lifetime......Mine!

 

I bought El cheapo's for my Grandprix at Advanced Auto, and in less than 6months , my rotors looked like somebody was chipping at them with a chisel, and their were scared up real bad. I replaced the rotors and put some carbon racing pads on ($60), and all is well for the last 2yrs..No more $24dollar pads for me.

 

When buying brake pads you get what you pay for. The factory pads right out the box are great on these trucks. I would just stick with them. I see no need to upgrade to a different pad.

 

I am at 91k miles on my original pads all the way around, including lots of towing. I'm definitely impressed with the oem pads!

 

It doesn't make sense to assume the OEM pads are not as good as some aftermarket pads and just switch for that reason. The OEMs are great pads. You might save a little money with others but you won't know if they are better till you've got 100,000 miles and no rotor damage with excellent stopping in all conditions.


John

 

The oem pads do seem good, but when calling the dealer they quote Value line pads. That is not what came on the truck. You need to actually ask for oem and not Value Line or they quote and sell you the Value line. I called a couple of dealers and the oem ones are like $150.00 per set. I cant remember exactly. One dealer said they dont even stock oem just value line which are about half the price of oem. Who is using value line? And do they work like oem and last like oem?

 

Good point. You do have to tell them OEM.

I bought my OEM pads for $107. and was quoted $117 at another dealer. One had them and one did not.

John

 

Autozone $24.99 installed. I had over 300K on my last truck with no rotor or hub issues, and they pads were replaced 4 or 5 times without question so I will let you know how they work.

Both rear outside pads were worn more than the inside, the drivers side was down to about 1/8", the pass was a little thicker. The front still look good so the back must be sticking a little. I lubed everthing and put the new ones on. Hopefully they will stop, be quiet and last.