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brakes and rotorsvando002 03-23-2008, 10:42 AM I'm about to replace the rotors and pads on my 99 blazer 4.3L, front and back. I was wondering what's the best brand to get as far as not warping or wearing too quickly. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks! old_master 03-23-2008, 12:40 PM Don't get cheap stuff, unless you want problems! Look for Bendix, Wagner, Raybestos, etc, major name brand parts. Use carbon metalic or ceramic pads. When you do the rears, use remanufactured loaded calipers that include the mounting bracket, hardware, and pads. On the front, replace all of the hardware. Clean all rust and lube with a good brake lubricant. Permatex makes a synthetic brake lubricant that is superior. Cheap quality parts = longer braking distances, noisy brakes, and a good chance they'll pulsate. Bottom line, do it right once and be done, or re-do it countless times, and never be done. randy78 03-27-2008, 03:30 PM the material the pads are made from are key to wear life softer the pads then the slower the rotors wear down but the quicker and messier the pads wear down metallic pads are pretty heat fade resistant but are harder wearing on the rotors and make alot less mess than organics, and can be somewhat noisy in some circumstances, are know for squealing sometimes it is a matter of tradeoffs if you drive in a city and stop often and/or hard then you will want metallics or better not much you can do to prevent normal rotor wear, it happens period it is a normal service replacement parts like pads are, they only last so long heat causes warpage good luck vBulletin®, Copyright ©2009, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
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