Best new brakes for a 06 2500 Dmax

[tanman_2006]

What is the best new brake pads ya'll have found for these trucks. Sounds like my fronts are going out.

I tow heavy and the rotors look fine, no pulsing pedal. I want something that stops good loaded and lasts as long as possible under those conditions.

TIA
Tanner

 

[THEFERMANATOR]

RAYBESTOS premiums would be my choice as that is what came OEM on them.

 

[btfarm]

X2 on the Raybestos Premium. I've got 195k on mine and no telling when I'll need to replace them. Can't argue with those results.

 

[RI Chevy Silveradoman]

Wow. You can't argue with that for wear.

 

[tanman_2006]

Mine have 180k.

 

[RI Chevy Silveradoman]

Wow! I guess I got a ways to go then. I am at 89K.

 

[handcannon]

RAYBESTOS premiums would be my choice as that is what came OEM on them.

I just looked on Rockauto and they have three grades.

Economy (service grade)

Daily Driver (professional grade)

HP/HD ( advanced technology)

I don't ever consider the economy grade, but are you talking about the Daily Driver, or HP/HD grade?

Don

 

[Mad Maxx]

I'd go with Centric Rotors and EBC Yellows.

 

[THEFERMANATOR]

I just looked on Rockauto and they have three grades.

Economy (service grade)

Daily Driver (professional grade)

HP/HD ( advanced technology)

I don't ever consider the economy grade, but are you talking about the Daily Driver, or HP/HD grade?

Don

The performance grade is there blue line which is a great pad, and the same thing that GM used from the factory. The advanced technology work real good and is what I am using now on my BURB. The service grade is a good quality pad, but I wouldn't use em on a HD truck.

 

[handcannon]

Thanks!! I've always wondered about the differences. I don'y deal with brakes very often, although I almost always do my own.

Don

 

[tanman_2006]

I'd go with Centric Rotors and EBC Yellows.

I would try that if the rotors were warped but so far I have smooth stops and thick rotors.

Thanks for the help guys! Looks like I will be throwing some Raybestos Premium or HD pads under the truck (atleast on the front)

 

[THEFERMANATOR]

I would try that if the rotors were warped but so far I have smooth stops and thick rotors.

Thanks for the help guys! Looks like I will be throwing some Raybestos Premium or HD pads under the truck (atleast on the front)

NAPA carries the RAYBESTOS, and CARQUEST carries them as well. I use the CARQUEST blue's(same as the RAYBESTOS blue premium's) for my picky customers and trucks, and if they tow heavy alot I use there advanced technology premiums for towing(I believe they are all semi metalics though). The reds work great for cars, or for people on a budget who want something decent for the price of the normal parts store junk pads(I have yet to hear of any complaints from anybody I have put them on though).

 

[Mad Maxx]

Whatever you do, DO NOT go with SSBC for Rotors.

I thought they were a really Good Company, but my Rotors Warped within a few Months of them being Installed, I got Replacements, and I Think I can Feel them Warping again already.

I wouldn't Consider anything I Tow or Haul to be Heavy either, so it's not like I'm Over-Working the Brakes.

 

[btfarm]

Just did oil & filter, fuel filter, lube and tire rotate tonight. Gotta say there's a good 50k+ left on my brakes. Something impressive about the OEM pads. Doesn't hurt that I'm almost all highway and notoriously easy on brakes. I regularly got 100k+ out of the old '83 C10 Shortbed brakes.

 

[tanman_2006]

I am as easy on them as I can be. Not all of my trailers have brakes but I typically coast to atleast 40 if not slower using the tow haul before I hit the brakes. I;m not 100% sure I have worn pads but there is a squeak coming from the front end and I just assume brakes. I'm hoping its not a hub.