I am looking to do my brake pads/Rotors all the way around. I do not want to purchase them off the internet because twice already I ran into warped rotors from power stop. So I would much rather purchase them in the store. How do the PRO Stop rotors sound from pep boys? And then I can get throw some Pro stop Ceramic's on there or Akebono cermaics? I dont wanna spend a lot of money as I am not looking for anything beyond regular driving conditions. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

Raybestos.

 

I had success first with Akebono ProAct then Euro Ultra-Premium pads, Bosch QuietCast rotors. Got mine from Amazon.

 

+1 on Raybestos

 

Akebono EUR1065 front pads:low noise, low dust.

 

All the above suggestions for both pads and rotors are very good.

If you purchase from a local parts house, see if they can spin the rotors on a lathe to determine if they are level. I assume there are no issues with the bearing hubs.

 

What about the combination of Raybestos Rotors and Brembo pads? Found a good deal on them

 

Brembo pads may cause lots of dust, unlike say the Akebono.

 

Depending on the compound of the Brembo pads, you can enjoy longer life and cleaner wheels by going with a ceramic or ceramic-compound brake pad instead.

 

I wouldn't blame "the Internet" for warped rotors. It can happen to OEM rotors.


Frankly, I can't believe some of the threads that get started. What next? What air to put in my tires?

 

rockauto.com has the raybestos front and rear rotors high performance and pads all the way around for 291 shipped. The car calls for semi metallic in the front and ceramic on the rear. Should I do that or just go with ceramic all the way around?

 

Ohh, here come the nitrogen posts....

 

I'll just leave this here, gotta go out do some driving to reduce my carbon foot print (?)

 

 

All I can tell you my cat had Akebono ProAct ceramic in the front for 67k miles. Very rotor friendly pads. I kept the old rotors (plain Brembo) as spare because they were still at nominal thickness!


Could not get the ProAct anymore so I have the Euro now (the one in the picture in previous post). Semi metallics are more aggressive but also generate dark dust and eat up rotors faster.
The original factory pad/rotor combination was terrible on my cat, particularly in the rear.
The front was ugly I could never clean it and had made terrible noise before it was changed to ceramic. So I went ceramic many years ago and never looked back but I'm not the most aggressive driver on the road.