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NAPA brake recommendations?
It's about time for me to do my first brake job on Muky, and looking
at NAPA Online it looks like they carry 4 different grades of brake pads: (in order from least to most expensive) Tru-Stop, Safety Stop, AE, and AE Severe Duty Metallic. Anybody have a recommendation, or any reason why not to go with the cheapies? Also, I think I've read Mike say in the past that when it comes to bonded vs. riveted, riveted is the way to go. Correct? I'm thinking that full metallic or ceramic is waaaaay overkill... -- ~/Garth - 1993 Wrangler S 2.5 { }|||||||{ } "MukYJ" |
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NAPA brake recommendations?
Garth Almgren wrote:
> It's about time for me to do my first brake job on Muky, and looking > at NAPA Online it looks like they carry 4 different grades of brake > pads: (in order from least to most expensive) Tru-Stop, Safety Stop, > AE, and AE Severe Duty Metallic. Anybody have a recommendation, or any > reason why not to go with the cheapies? > > Also, I think I've read Mike say in the past that when it comes to > bonded vs. riveted, riveted is the way to go. Correct? > > > I'm thinking that full metallic or ceramic is waaaaay overkill... All depends on how aggressive you drive. And with gas prices these days I'm driving about as aggressively as an anemic slug. I currently use the Safety Stop, replaced some worn out Performance Friction Carbon/Metallic (which I could no longer find) and quite frankly I think they stop just as well. A bit squeaky, but that is my fault for not putting enough stop-squeak on the back of the pads. Got to take them off and fix that one day. -- -- DougW -- 93 ZJ 4.0 http://revbeergoggles.com HESCO Supercharger - 300W IASCA Stereo - Edelbrock IAS Shocks Gibson Exhaust - rear DCpower - custom gauge install - Stillen Rotors Banks Header - and BEER, in the fridge! |
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NAPA brake recommendations?
Autozone has a system like this, and the next-to-most expensive have a
lifetime guarantee, while the most expensive only have a year. I got the next-to-most expensive because the price jump was pretty big too. Of course, realize that lifetime pads doesn't cover disks wearing out. I wouldn't get the cheapies, especially considering that it is NAPA, but #2 or #3 is probably a good deal. I didn't have a scientific rationale, just what I was prepared to pay and what I expected to get for that. Now if you're racing that 2.5, and wearing out pads faster than once a year, then maybe you qualify for the Severe Duty product. Earle "Garth Almgren" > wrote in message ... > It's about time for me to do my first brake job on Muky, and looking > at NAPA Online it looks like they carry 4 different grades of brake > pads: (in order from least to most expensive) Tru-Stop, Safety Stop, > AE, and AE Severe Duty Metallic. Anybody have a recommendation, or any > reason why not to go with the cheapies? > > Also, I think I've read Mike say in the past that when it comes to > bonded vs. riveted, riveted is the way to go. Correct? > > > I'm thinking that full metallic or ceramic is waaaaay overkill... > > -- > ~/Garth - 1993 Wrangler S 2.5 > { }|||||||{ } "MukYJ" |
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NAPA brake recommendations?
Around 3/12/2008 6:45 PM, Earle Horton wrote:
> Autozone has a system like this, and the next-to-most expensive have a > lifetime guarantee, while the most expensive only have a year. I got > the next-to-most expensive because the price jump was pretty big too. > Of course, realize that lifetime pads doesn't cover disks wearing out. > I wouldn't get the cheapies, especially considering that it is NAPA, but > #2 or #3 is probably a good deal. I didn't have a scientific rationale, > just what I was prepared to pay and what I expected to get for that. > Now if you're racing that 2.5, and wearing out pads faster than once a > year, then maybe you qualify for the Severe Duty product. > > Earle LOL! No racing for this 4-banger: although I do like to get briskly up to speed, I usually take my time when stopping. Autozone is fairly new in Washington, and up until the last couple years the only choices were either Shucks (aka Kragen, aka Checker) or NAPA. Given a choice between the two, NAPA wins hands down. I'll check Autozone out too though. > "Garth Almgren" > wrote in message > ... >> It's about time for me to do my first brake job on Muky, and looking >> at NAPA Online it looks like they carry 4 different grades of brake >> pads: (in order from least to most expensive) Tru-Stop, Safety Stop, >> AE, and AE Severe Duty Metallic. Anybody have a recommendation, or any >> reason why not to go with the cheapies? >> >> Also, I think I've read Mike say in the past that when it comes to >> bonded vs. riveted, riveted is the way to go. Correct? -- ~/Garth - 1993 Wrangler S 2.5 { }|||||||{ } "MukYJ" |
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