Loren, We need to know your year to be specific with you. I would say Metal Master PBR pads would be the best for stopping power and fade resistance. In brakes everything is a trade off though. You have an organic pad which is the cheapest, and also the easiest on your rotor (low wear on rotor, higher wear on pads). Then you have the semi metallic (what VW used) which has better stopping and less fade but more wearing on the rotor, mid priced too. Then you have Metal Master which is the most expensive, almost all metal and has the best stopping power and least fade but will wear the rotors out faster. There were Ceramic pads available as well for a while but it seems like they have been discontinued. They were supposed to be the best of all worlds, but if they stopped selling them, there is probably a reason. Could be that you need a special rotor to be matched with it for it to work properly. Let me know if I can help you further in this matter. Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com
Loren Busch wrote: > Approaching the need to replace front brake pads. So I'm looking for > suggestions. I'm ONLY interested in stopping power (and fade resistance). > So, what SPECIFIC brand/make/model is going to give me the best stopping > under normal conditions? And please, I'm looking for specific make/model > and also a source if you have that. > BTW, the reason I'm emphasizing 'specific' is whan I asked a similar > question some time back I got a long string of vauge glittering generalities > without enough info to be able to order parts. > Thanks > > |
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