Jewel or Jalopy
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I'm looking for tests or recommendations for high performance brake pads, something with a more aggressive compound than stock.
We tow a 5000 lb travel trailer with our girls in the Tahoe, and can't go anywhere from Portland without crossing a mountain range. So I'm looking for a pad with good fade resistance.
But I also want better initial bite since 90%+ of our driving is around town or on trips where the pads are cold. Coming out of a BMW the brakes on the Tahoe pale in comparison, but I think a more aggressive set of pads should help bring them up a notch. I've had performance pads in the past that had poor cold bite but were great warmed up. I DON'T want those.
So my priorities are:
1. initial bite and shorter stops
2. fade resistance
3. dust
4. life - changing pads is easy, I don't mind doing it every 25k miles if I have to.
I'm willing to live with dust to get better performance. But I admit I do like the low-dust of the OEM ceramic pads.
Any experience with EBC Greenstuff/Yellowstuff, Hawk, Akebono, etc?
Anybody know anyone that has actually run back to back tests on pads on a Tahoe/Suburban? Or at least a truck? I haven't found anything that wasn't 90% marketing in my searches so far.
FWIW I have already flushed all the fluid so I have good clean fluid in the truck. I will probably go with a higher performance fluid like ATE blue before our trip to Yellowstone this summer with the trailer.
Thanks!
Ian
We tow a 5000 lb travel trailer with our girls in the Tahoe, and can't go anywhere from Portland without crossing a mountain range. So I'm looking for a pad with good fade resistance.
But I also want better initial bite since 90%+ of our driving is around town or on trips where the pads are cold. Coming out of a BMW the brakes on the Tahoe pale in comparison, but I think a more aggressive set of pads should help bring them up a notch. I've had performance pads in the past that had poor cold bite but were great warmed up. I DON'T want those.
So my priorities are:
1. initial bite and shorter stops
2. fade resistance
3. dust
4. life - changing pads is easy, I don't mind doing it every 25k miles if I have to.
I'm willing to live with dust to get better performance. But I admit I do like the low-dust of the OEM ceramic pads.
Any experience with EBC Greenstuff/Yellowstuff, Hawk, Akebono, etc?
Anybody know anyone that has actually run back to back tests on pads on a Tahoe/Suburban? Or at least a truck? I haven't found anything that wasn't 90% marketing in my searches so far.
FWIW I have already flushed all the fluid so I have good clean fluid in the truck. I will probably go with a higher performance fluid like ATE blue before our trip to Yellowstone this summer with the trailer.
Thanks!
Ian