I need front pads for my 90 Miata. I have NAPA and Autozone in my town. Oh I did call the local dealer for OEM pads, $108!
I hate brake dust and the is a summer time DD.
Your thoughts will be welcomed.....
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Nov. 10, 2011 6:37 p.m. Sultan Reader
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Nov. 10, 2011 6:47 p.m. dean1484 SuperDork
I use the duralast gold Cmax in my expedition and liek them.
Miata pads (for a 94)
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/parts/Duralast-Gold-Brake-Pads-Front/1994-Mazda-M...
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Nov. 10, 2011 9:11 p.m. huggybear626 New Reader
The ceramix pads do well. We try to use them on our user cars at work when we can.
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Nov. 10, 2011 9:19 p.m. EvanB SuperDork
adaptive one from Napa was what we used on customer cars at the dealership I worked at.
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Nov. 10, 2011 9:41 p.m. Toyman01 SuperDork
I used napa's good pads on my E150. Stop well, but dusty.
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Nov. 10, 2011 10:11 p.m. CarKid1989 Dork
huggybear626 wrote:
The ceramix pads do well. We try to use them on our user cars at work when we can.
great pads. used em on the autoX miata i had. loved em. not only for that but every car. great stuff that ceramix pad
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Nov. 10, 2011 10:41 p.m. neckromacr Reader
Adaptives for sure, we stock them at my shop, they're the ones I use when I absolutely don't want come backs. They're the Michelins of brake pads.
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Nov. 10, 2011 11:42 p.m. belteshazzar SuperDork
i work for NAPA.
any ceramic pad from the Safety Stop (mid level), through Ultra Premium(top shelf), to Adaptive Ones (problem solver, as neckromacr mentioned) should do what you want.
I ordered some PBR metal masters for my own miata. i'm happy with how they work, and they were affordable(with my discount that is), but they're dusty.
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Nov. 11, 2011 6:48 a.m. Curmudgeon SuperDork
The last time around, I put Akebono ceramic mix pads on the Trooper. They live up to their advertising; the wheels are clean, there is no noise, they bite well cold or hot and so far they seem to be wearing just fine. I would probably use them for AX but since they are really a street pad I don't think I'd use them for a track day or similar. Don't know if NAPA has them, I know you can get them from Tire Rack.
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Nov. 11, 2011 6:52 a.m. 1988RedT2 SuperDork
I'm running some of NAPA's mid-level ceramic pads on the front of my MPV. They've been on there about 20k miles, and as far as I know, they're doing fine. I seem to recall them being made in Spain, or someplace exotic like that. I was just shocked and happy that it wasn't China.
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Nov. 11, 2011 7:31 a.m. CarKid1989 Dork
belteshazzar wrote:
any ceramic pad from the Safety Stop (mid level), through Ultra Premium(top shelf),
Shoulda mentioned that... I have been using the Ultra Premium Ceramix pads.
Again though--love em
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Nov. 11, 2011 8:37 a.m. Sultan Reader
I have NAPA pads on my Miata right now but the dust is crazy. I don't remember which ones I bought. I just don't want to get them again!
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Nov. 11, 2011 10:11 a.m. belteshazzar SuperDork
if it was something that didn't need to be special ordered, the counterman probably gave you organic compound pads. the semi-metallics are almost never in stock, and the ceramics don't do that.
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Nov. 11, 2011 10:57 a.m. Sultan Reader
Cool. just to be clear, ceramics don't create a ton of brake dust?
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Nov. 11, 2011 11:26 a.m. belteshazzar SuperDork
in my experience ceramics do everything well, and priced accordingly. semi-metallics function maybe a tiny bit better, but at the cost of more dust and noise. organics are quiet, cheap, and dusty.
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Nov. 11, 2011 12:02 p.m. Sultan Reader
Great! I will get the ceramics today!!!
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Nov. 11, 2011 12:59 p.m. neckromacr Reader
Well there is the rare occasion where a few cars just don't like ceramics. It's not often, but does happen.
