They are great because they will stop your car better, which is really the only parameter I am interested in when it comes to brakes! If you are shopping for the cheapest brakes, or tires, or any other safety equipment, then you are acting against your own best interests. If you save 25 bucks on a set of pads and then hit something because you increased your stopping distance by 35 feet, it will probably cost you more than what you saved ! On 1/30/06, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote: > > Jake, great answer but tells me nothing. Are PBR great pads because they > are cheap, or because they wear better, or because they stop better? > > On 1/30/06, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Big difference! PBR are great pads and worth the small amount of extra > > money. > > > > > > > -- > Loren Busch > "I ordered a feast in the hope that you would come." > "I came in the hope there would be a feast." > (From "Monument" by Lloyd Biggle Jr.)
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