new brake pads and rotors

[nuwde]

i recently put pagid's sport pads front and rear on my oem rotors and after a careful break in i love em. i've gone for 3 days without dusting, whereas the oem would cover my wheels black after a 30 min jaunt (yes i drive HARD)
the stopping power is not noticably shorter or anything, but the pedal is a bit firmer
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Hey guys, i've decided to take up Bill's suggestion. I'm gonna go with ate power discs and raybestos qs pads up front and balo discs and raybestos pg in the rear. my local store got me the ATE ($60 each) and balo ($40 each) cheaper than BMA. unfortunately they can't get raybestos so i'll get those from partsAmerica. does partsamerica sell the wear sensors? my store is charging $5.50 each compared to BMA $2.95 each (without shipping). Thanks guys!

Edwin

[nuwde]

i just called up bma and the pbr organics are about half the cost of the raybestos. what have you guys heard on these? he said that they are dustless, squeakless and will help my rotors last longer. will the raybestos be that much better for me to pay double the price? i'm thinking of just getting the pbr pads. please advise. thanks!

edwin

[Bill R.]

front i would stick with the qs.... I use pbr semimetallics on my van but they are noisy and dusty but cheap... I'll probably put some qs on it next time it needs them also..

i just called up bma and the pbr organics are about half the cost of the raybestos. what have you guys heard on these? he said that they are dustless, squeakless and will help my rotors last longer. will the raybestos be that much better for me to pay double the price? i'm thinking of just getting the pbr pads. please advise. thanks!

edwin

[winfred]

the pbr's are ok but they have been screwing with the compound and they are now not always squeel free, they are inexpensive and what i've always run on my cars (i don't have wholesale access to raybestos so it's hard to ignore the fact that i pay about 25% of what i can get raybestos for at pepboys for pbr's) ill probably pop for something sporty for my m coupe suspension project

i just called up bma and the pbr organics are about half the cost of the raybestos. what have you guys heard on these? he said that they are dustless, squeakless and will help my rotors last longer. will the raybestos be that much better for me to pay double the price? i'm thinking of just getting the pbr pads. please advise. thanks!

edwin

[winfred]

for some strange reason they don't seem to make rear power disc's

Thanks for all the help and suggestions! Bill R, i couldn't find ATE power discs for the rear at bmaparts. i wanted to do all my shopping at bma just to save on shipping, but they only have the ATE front power discs there. i guess i'll shop around my local places to see what they have. how much should i look to pay for the ate rotors and the raybestos QS pads?

edwin

[Anton CH.]

I have a ATE/PBR combo on the front and oem on the back. The fronts dust about 10x less than the rears! However, I did notice a decrease in the stopping distance.