Brake pad choices. Which one to choose? (1 Viewer)

[atijerino]

I will be needing new brake pads and rotors in my 80 in the next couple of months. I have been looking for the replacement and there are so many choices such as:
Metallic
Semi-metallic
Ceramic
Organic
etc...

What would be a good pad material for the LC?
What would be a good balance between, Noise, Longevity, dust, stopping power and wear to rotors?

Thanks,

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Antonio
1994 FZJ80

 

[ryanjl]

OEM pads and rotors are the best. PM Cruiserdan for the mud hook-up.

If you are changing your rotors, might as well re-pack the wheel bearings too.

 

[Cruisin'Carolina]

And also do a search here, I think upgrading to 100 series pad is an option, but I'm not sure about the years they will work on.

I have heard OEM is the way to go, and 2nd the motion to order in advance from Dan-the-Man....

 

[reffug]

Yes contact Dan also you might want to do a search the 100 pads seem to be what the majority of forum members go with and this issue has been kicked around to death.

 

[NorCalDoug]

I get OEM pads from C-Dan.
If you want a brainless install, get the 80 series pads.
If you want longer life, but an install that requires a small amount of thinking...get the 100 series pads.

 

[atijerino]

Local dealer wants $55.44 for the OEM pads. FLAPS wants about $36.00 for the aftermarket. I guess I will go with the OEM pads. How much does Cdan charges for his 100 series pads? and for the 80's OE parts.


thanks,

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Antonio
1994 FZJ80

 

[Cruisin'Carolina]

Call him and find out!!! There is a link to his dealership on the advertisers page, American Toyota out of Albuquerque I think. Even with shipping, he will be hard to beat.

JUST READ EVERYTHING YOU CAN and do whatever else you can think of while you are in there.

Good Luck!

 

[Junk]

Stick with OEM. Some folks will say go to 100 pads, but that is hogwash in my book.

 

[cruiserdan]

Stick with OEM. Some folks will say go to 100 pads, but that is hogwash in my book.

You are indeed a washed hog sir....

 

[Cruisin'Carolina]

Stick with OEM. Some folks will say go to 100 pads, but that is hogwash in my book.

Just curious as to why? Or should I take my own advice and go read......I have, but don't remember anything negative except for a few that couldn't easily get the caliper to expand...

 

[LX_TREME]

Mine run on Brembo cross drilled rotors, 7 Stainless steel brake lines (TRD pads in the past) now Ganlock semi-metallic.

http://translate.google.com/transla...&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=/language_tools

 

[Cruisin'Carolina]

Mine run on Brembo cross drilled rotors, 7 Stainless steel brake lines (TRD pads in the past) now Ganlock semi-metallic.

http://216.239.37.104/translate_c?h.../soup/ganlock/index.html&prev=/language_tools

DUDE!!!

The guy is questioning the diff between a $30 pad and a $50 dollar pad....

What do you have in that setup (which is nice), about $500-$1000?

 

[mooker82]

After struggling with NAPA pads I bought OEM from the dealer...wish I could have waited for CDAN and saved myself some $$$...if you are replacing the rotors most will say go with the 100 series pads....Ive even seen TRD 100 series pads which might work (not sure) that would probably provide awesome braking performance.

 

[Bear80]

I have the ceramic 100 series pads from napa, had no problem putting them in. I even got the shims to fit. These pads carrry a lifetime wear warrenty.
I'd also recomend bosch ceramic pads or oem.
I have TRD pads on my supra, way way too much dust and I'm sure it's about the same for the 80.

 

[fzj80kidpen]

bendix ceramic

 

[ginericLC]

You are indeed a washed hog sir....

Or was that a hog that needed washing?

I don't know why I typed that now I'm going to be on Junk's list.

I'm running Ceramics on our 94. I like them. I would have gone OEM but I didn't realize I needed brakes until it was too late and it is 48 miles to local stealership, and too late to give Cruiser Dan a call. They were probably just as much as OEM. Run OEM rotors. Most of the aftermarkets that are cheaper are made in China.

I'm running OEM on my 91 and they work well.

 

[MaddBaggins]

I'm using Hawk pads on OEM rotors and I'm very happy with their stopping power. This is my first set of Hawks so not sure how long they last, i've got 6k on them now and they still have lots of life. I couldn't find them locally(didn't look to hard either), so I ordered them and paid $55 + shipping. Install was cake.

 

[alaskacruiser]

Mine run on Brembo cross drilled rotors, 7 Stainless steel brake lines (TRD pads in the past) now Ganlock semi-metallic.

atijerino- "Do you have the time?"

LX_TREME- "Well, looking at my Rolex Special Edition Oyster Perpetual Datejust, I see that it is 8:25PM. Oh wait, the diamonds were blinding me, it is actually 8:27PM."

 

[reffug]

LX_TREME- "Well, looking at my Rolex Special Edition Oyster Perpetual Datejust, I see that it is 8:25PM. Oh wait, the diamonds were blinding me, it is actually 8:27PM."

Now dat was funny. LOL

 

[perk]

I recently put on new rotors and 100 pads. The pads needed some sanding to fit, about 10 min total with an orbital sander. A small amount of grinding is needed to make them match perfectly with the rotor (Dan can explain in detail). Stopping power is signifcantly better and they're supposed to wear slower than the 80 pads, which is good as many report 10k on the 80's.