so when i had my tires put on my 01 4x4, i looked at my pads and i need new front pads and im not sure about the rotors they seem ok, so what is a good pad that wont put out a lot of brake dust or noise and do i need metalic, semi-metalic or what?? thanks for any input, its much appreciated!!

 

wagner therma quiet hands down. around 40-60 bucks at advance.

 

Yep, Wagner TQs is all I use. The semi-metallic.

 

http://www.tqbrakepads.com/promotion.php their rebate is back through 5-31-11

 

I hate to say it since they are so popular on here but the TQ's for me are really no better than anything else that I have purchased aftermarket.

Stay away from the bargain basement pads and you will be fine.

Go ceramic if you want virtually no dust.

 

No ceramics on OEM Rotors. I put Wagner Thermoquiet Ceramics on my truck to help the brake performance after my new 33s, ate the front rotors up real well, semi-metallic dusts just as less as ceramics do without eating them up. I should have listened to BlueJay originally. Currently running slotted Brake Performance disks with the TQ semi-metallic pads. Stops on a dime.

 

We will have to agree to disagree on the dust. I've run both and there is a night and day difference.

 

I just put slotted rotors from Brakeperformance.com and added Wagner thermoquiets.. took about three weeks to bed in all the way, i only drive 3 miles to work. After they got set up, much better braking over OEM and virtually no dust as far as i can see. Awesome pads.

 

I'm running EBC Yellowstuff front and rear and EBC slotted rotors with my lift and Trail Grapplers. I've heard good things on here about their Greenstuff pads. Also use the search feature on here for Hawk and Carquest Blue pads.

 

My semi-metallic TQ's only produce a small amount of dust, but it took them a while to finally break in and get to this point. I think it took so long because my rotors are slottetd and had a black zinc coating on them.