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*noob* buying brake pads for the first time...



rotors at napa will run aprox 44.00 each for regular ones drilled slotted rotors at napa are like 119.99 each pads will run you around 38.99 for good ones and 65.00 for ceramics so again i say if you can wait a few days order them from ebay..
 
my friends truck need all new rotors and pads, we shopped around, went to napa first, the whole deal for premium pads and rotors came to 550.00 he almost sh1t him self. went to autozone got the parts for 350.00. less then a year later and the rotors have groves in them already. front and back.

granted, this is a 3500 chevy dump truck, so these are heavy duty parts, and he tows a landscaping trailer around with a loaded dump all day, so he really uses the brakes.

next time he will be buying napa pads, for 2 hundred more, the rotors would still be smooth, and he knows it now.

these are large brakes, lol dual piston, front and rear, even had to pull the rear axles to get the rotors off, full floating rear end.

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your GP brakes wont cost that much so you can relax a bit now lol
 
I personally like the premium Napa rotors. For pads on that truck I would use the Duralast Gold C-Max pads. I use them on all of vehicles I have owned and own currently. The C-Max pads seem to last longer and put off a whole lot less dust then other premium pads I have purchased; Napa's top of the line, advanced auto's top of the line and O'reilly's top of the line.
 


Don't buy Trustops, they dust like crazy.

Get the next step up atleast.

These: Part Number: SS SS7574X


There is a reason why the Trustops and The Safety stops have such a price difference.

Use a coupon too, I see them in the paper or news ads for like 5-10 bucks off a purchase of $50 or more.
 


I highly recommend the Hawk HPS pads. I used napa's regular premium rotors, it was $150 ish for all 4. And then the Hawk pads were $120-150 I forget for all 4 wheels.
And I definitely feel I got my money's worth. They stop like none other.

Edit: and I got free shipping on the hawk pads and I didn't pay taxes on them cus online. and TN has 9.25% so I was happy to save that much. just a thought if you decide on a pad that you can't pick up at autozone or something.
 
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