Its time to replace my front and rear pads. I also want to do the job right and replace the rotors as well. What brand of ceramic pads and rotors are the best for my 3.5L?
I'm looking through Amazon and there are many different types of hawk brake pads. According to the fitment it said it would fit the SRT 8. Does the 3.5Ls have the same brake pad fit as the Srts?
I know I'm about to get chased into the windmill with pitchforks and torches...but in all honesty, I replaced my stock pads 4 years ago with off-the-shelf Auto-Zone brand....and haven't had a days issue out of them, she still stops great, no noise, no shimmy, low dust. I'm also still running the stock rotors.
Nah, I wont bash you, but I didn't have a good experience with them. My first pad change I went with a pair form Autozone, apparently the metallic mixture was wrong and basically crumbled against my rotors. Had to replace them within two months and went back to OEM pads. :beerchug:
so after reading the posts, i wanted.to add my driving conditions. i commute to work, 60 miles round trip, 5 days a week. which specific pads and rotors would allow my car to be able to handle these conditions? i don't plan on racing at the track often, just as a daily driver.
x2. OEM pads are pretty good overall really. I've gotten the best mileage/wear from stock pads. If your looking to improve performance there are other options, but for normal driving, OEM work just fine.
Go with the service manual. OR if you ever notice pulsing when you brake. Then just change out with OEM mopar rotor and pads you will be all good to go. Change brake fluid at the same time as well!
Thanks guys for all your help! I went with the R1 concept E LINE CROSS DRILLED AND SLOTTED ROTORS and POSI QUIET CERAMIC BRAKE PADS. spoke with Melvin from r1, mentioned I was an active member of the forum, and he then proceeded to give me a discount of $75! Yeahyuh!
Ask the guys at R1 to Zinc coat your rotor's hub and holes. Or they are going to rust like hell in no time. Seen too many rusted out eline rotors, which is why i went with the premium ones. Not something terribly wrong, it just looks bad on a new set of rotors.
FYI, Melvin from R1 concepts informed me that he recommends the premium drilled/slotted for those driving in salty and snow conditions. Other than that, if one is driving in so cal weather, like me, then he recommends the E LINE drilled/slotted rotors. just a heads up for those in the market and want to save $$$$ based on their specific road conditions where they live!
Just to let you know, drilled/slotted doesn't do much for braking in terms of day to day driving. In sports yes, because you do a lot of extreme braking and heat needs displacing with the quickness. For day to day driving they're just cool lookin' rotors. That's why the cars that normally come stock with them like the Viper is because it's a high performance car, so you'll need high performance rotors.
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