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Old 06-11-2007, 06:30 PM
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best rotors and pads?

I was wondering evreyones opinion on the best rotors as far as resisting warpage,and the best pads for stopping. I looked in to the tundra conversion and found that autozone had tundra calipers per-loaded with ceramic pads for 199.00 a set. Is this a good deal? I would rather just replace my stock rotors and pads with something that stops better and will not warp. I just bought my 2000runner a few months ago and the rotor s feel a little warped (pulsing) and the thing feels like it takes forever to stop.
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Brembo rotors and hawk LTS pads of hawk HD pads, if it stops my T100 it will stop the runner easy.
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OEM! Just don't pay full price for them.
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I'm going to have some brembo slotted rotors up for sale real soon. I will mic them for you, but they're less than 2 years old. Guessing 18k miles or so. I used factory Toyota pads. No issues, but I've got a set of tundra calipers/rotors in the garage that will go on soon. PM me if you're interested.
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I bought autozone pads and rotors and ran them for a year and well they sucked, rotors warped after a year of average use, that is nothing that would create abnormal heating conditions (mountain passes).

Went with a new set up of Brembo blank rotors and Hawk pads...a beautiful setup and stops my runner great, its worth the extra bucks and the wait to order the right thing!
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I need to do this for my 2000 runner as well. I asked this question previously and got brembo as a rec also. I had not heard about the pads before so I will go that route as well now.

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They do create a greater amount of dust compared to say the autozone or napa pad but again it was worth every penny and second to clean the wheel, there really is a big difference. You get what you pay for, and the Brembo pads are built to let more heat out and are just built better. This would most definitely a superb setup if you do a lot of towing or live in mountainous regions.
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OEM rotors are to soft and pads are to hard, major problem with this combo.
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Originally Posted by CTRJ
OEM! Just don't pay full price for them.
OEM is perfect
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I like the OEM style brembo rotors and stock pads. So far I have warped the stock rotors with Raybestos pads, warped the OEM brembos with Raybestos pads, Eventually warped the OEM brembos with the ceramic pads and I am most pleased with OEM Brembos with Stock pads. I think the stock pads stop better than the other combos I have tried.
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i wanna change my rotors had napa pads put on 10k miles ago do i need new pads ?
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well the autozone pads are lifetime warranty, and the rotors are about 2 year warranty...if you get the duralast kind.
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Originally Posted by CTRJ
OEM! Just don't pay full price for them.
You got a website to get OEM for the best price?
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where is the best place to pick up brembo blank rotors? Alos how do hawk pads compare to ceramic pads?
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here www.importrp.com
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Brembo blanks:

www.importrp.com -- Price per rotor = $45.99

www.tirerack.com -- Price per rotor = $41.00

Personally, I use Autozone duralast rotors.
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Originally Posted by p nut
Brembo blanks:

www.tirerack.com -- Price per rotor = $41.00

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that price is for 15'' wheels 16'' ones are $53ea
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What size wheels on that Runner?
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Cross drilled and slotted rotors are 99.95 for LC rotors:http://www.toyotacatalog.net/M1WebGe...teria=40551162

Brake pads are at: http://www.toyotacatalog.net/M1WebGe...A-5C98B015F904
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Originally Posted by Elton
that price is for 15'' wheels 16'' ones are $53ea
Oops. My bad. You're right.

Autozone rotors are also $56, but I buy those, because if I ever need to return them (2 yr. warranty), I can get new rotors that day.

And cross-drill/slotted rotors don't do jack crap except reduce weight in your wallet.


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