My front pads are sitting about 30%, time to replace.I know a few have gone to aftermarket (EBC) and have had good results. I've been pretty happy with my stock brake performance...but open to some advice. I don't want to touch the rears as they are 85% or so. Towing 16k combined and that goes to 17.5k at times, mostly mountains. I use my manual gear selector and exhaust brake without issues now. BUT my last truck I was involved in two different panic stops 1995 F350, and led me to this Ram. Brakes are better but I did just add a BUNCH of unsprung weight with the 19.5's and 285 tires. They are at least 50-60 lbs more than my last setup and I can feel the braking difference..I lost some for sure.

Don't know if you can find them for your truck, but Akebono in performance pads beat the competition hands down.

Found them for $56 bucks shipped. Hard pad destroy rotors and are noisy. Is this going to happen?

Had them on couple of my Mercedeses and after 80,000 miles still had 80% of pad left. No noise.On Mercedes forum they get 90+ % of votes as they keep the wheels clean v/s black dust from OEM pads. Fact is that did not use them on my trucks yet.Ceramic pads offer cleaner wheels, long lasting for slightly less braking. Good balance IMHO and Akebono found the formula that is not destroying rotors.

I've been using EBC Green for 20? years - I almost always buy them form TireRack - been 100% happy with themGerry

I put EBC green on the rear, super? Greenstuff on the front of my 07 recently. Orig rotors not turned. I'm very happy with them. No noise which I get frequently with OE pads. Almost no dust on black wheels.....awesome!Only thing I would reccomend is not bedding the brakes in as hard as reccomended. I think the break in surface does fine. They worked better than ever after a break in period and then I did the bedding procedure and 4 hard stops got them stinking pretty good hauling down that big truck. Placeforbrakes.com had the best prices I've found for the last 2 sets.

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17 Replies

pcoplin
Explorer II
Oct 20, 2015
deltabravo wrote:
I don't think Blaine sells anything except Jeep parts, and maybe some Ford brake parts.

http://www.blackmagicbrakes.com/

He can source them. I keep bugging him about putting them on his site, but you can email him to ask. I've gotten them for a friend's Dodge, and run them on my Superduty.
deltabravo
Nomad
Oct 20, 2015
I don't think Blaine sells anything except Jeep parts, and maybe some Ford brake parts.

http://www.blackmagicbrakes.com/
Vinsil
Explorer
Oct 19, 2015
Paul, PM me Blaine's info. Thanks.
deltabravo
Nomad
Oct 19, 2015
EBC Green.
pcoplin
Explorer II
Oct 19, 2015
Kayteg1 wrote:
pcoplin wrote:
Call Blaine. Get a set front and rear of Black Magics. They'll be the best pad you've ever ran.Guaranteed .

That's exactly what the diet people told me when before I purchased the program.
My wife says "waste of money"

Well, I don't sell them. So you can trust me. :)
Kayteg1
Explorer II
Oct 19, 2015
pcoplin wrote:
Call Blaine. Get a set front and rear of Black Magics. They'll be the best pad you've ever ran.Guaranteed .

That's exactly what the diet people told me when before I purchased the program.
My wife says "waste of money"
pcoplin
Explorer II
Oct 19, 2015
Call Blaine. Get a set front and rear of Black Magics. They'll be the best pad you've ever ran. Guaranteed.
Tom_Anderson
Explorer
Oct 19, 2015
I use EBC Yellow pads on all my vehicles. They're not especially long-lasting, inexpensive, or dust-free, but they don't fade and they STOP.
Vinsil
Explorer
Oct 19, 2015
Thanks all. LOTS of choices....
skipbee
Explorer
Oct 19, 2015
We asked a former Lance dealer who had been a NASCAR tech about pads. He suggested Performance Friction, saying that many of the Nascar race cars used them. We have had excellent results with them.