brake pads
 

need some advice
got to replace my front brake pads tommorow.have bendix brakes on now.their is a lifetime warranty on the pads.called advance auto parts they informed me they do not carry bendix pads any more and they will give me wagner thermo quiet brakes as replacment. i mentioned about upgrading these wanger to a different pad.he told me those are the best brakes pads they sell. any advice.thanks
2002 montecarlo ss dominic

A lot of people here like the Hawk ceramic pads.

Linked here

They work great and have minimal dust. Plus a ceramic pad is best.

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...S_777748952___

They're the second most expensive brake pads that can fit your car.

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...S_929647619___

Obviously more expensive, I don't know if you would need a "severe-duty" brake pad. But you can use this as an argument.

Do they sell any types of ceramic pads?

Those Thermo-Quiets are ceramic, I believe.

These Friction Master brakes say ceramic in the details... the thermo-quiets all I can find are semi-metallic. You think if they were ceramic they would mention that... it's a big selling point.

went to advance auto parts web site.put in ceramic brakes.the only thing that came up was weaver gold brakes. thank you for the advice.the link that you showed those are the replacement brake pads .dont need a severe duty brake pad as you mentioned.
going to put these replacment wanger thermo quiet on.they were listed at $56 for 2002 monte.one time free replacement .found my receipt today put the bedinx on in 7/2006.
dominic

Sounds good! I hope those work out for you.

I sell ThermoQuiet. They are not bad, but not what I sell as the best. They are ceramic if the part prefix is PD, semi-metallic if the prefix is MX. Both are available (6th gens use pd699 or mx699). Ceramic = quiet & less dust, semi-metallic = better stopping power.

High dollar doesn't mean they are the best. For $10 more you could've gotten some Hawk HPS pads. IMO they are the best, longest lasting, and cleanest brake pads out there. I replace mine last fall (the rotors were wore out) at 115,000 miles, 4 years and 2 cars later. (I swapped them out from my '01 SS LE when I bought this Intimidator SS). They still had about 25-30% life left, front and back. Needless to say, that's what I put back on.
Here is a link showing the price, $70 for the front pads and $61 for the back pads, free shipping:
http://www.autoanything.com/brakes/6...0A2357192.aspx