+ 100 on the pads and EBC. I used mine for DD, towing a heavy trialer up to VT and our boat down to FL and for extreame wheeling and this set up with SS lines is the way to go.
Bed the pads into the rotors carefully, use pleanty of cooper grease and you wont hear any squeal.

 

I'm gonna agree with this statement, but amend it: Use nickel anti seize, and use as little as possible, but as much as you need.

 

Hi
I have always used copper anti seize grease, whats the difference with using nickel ??

 

I've always used nickel based on the fact that its more resilient to heat, and its what I used on military applications. However putting copper anti seize on the pads is better than putting nothing or the wrong stuff on it.

Addition: also, just to be clear, only use silicone paste on the slide pins and the anti seize on the parts of the pads that slide or rub up against another piece of metal.

Addition no. 2: Did a bit of research and Nickel anti sieze has an operating temperature of 2400* F and Copper has an operating temperature of 1500 to 1700* F.

 

In case I want to get a summer pedi......
any suggestions on good priced source for those ebc dimpled rotors? All over the place with big price margin. atlantic brit has 4 corner packages but with ebc green pad.=550

 

Akebono pads FTW!!! I used R1 Concepts rotors from eBay and I have no complaints.

 

I can't agree with the idea of using ceramic brake pads, for the following reasons:
When choosing brake pads, one is able to choose between hard brake pad material or a softer brake pad material. Hard pads, ceramic obviously being among the hardest pad material, wears like iron, lasts a long time, but will clearly wear the rotors faster than a softer pad material will. Softer pad material wears faster than harder pad material, but doesn't wear the rotors as quickly as harder pad material. Comparatively speaking, pads are much less expensive to replace, than are rotors, so I think it prudent to use pads that may wear more rapidly, but conserve wear on the rotors, other factors being equal. Additionally, hard pads make for increased likelihood of having noisy brakes, squeeking, squeeling brakes, while softer brake pads are much less likely to be noisy. Softer brake pads tend to allow better bite on rotors, for shorter stops, while hard pads don't bite as well, so often give longer stopping distances. For these reasons, I much prefer softer brake pads, than harder ones; ceramic is the worst of the lot, in all regards mentioned above. Falconworks of Arizona suggests the same thing, and recommend Ferodo pads. That is what I have used for a good number of years, and have been perfectly happy with that choice. In my books, ceramic pads are junk.

 

Amazon had the best price I could find. The AB kit has EBC pads, not Akebono. Many people seem to not like the EBC pads on these trucks. Honestly, I can't say if these rotors are worth the extra money over solid ones. When I got my truck, it had OEM pads and dba rotors and the current setup is much better but many people with the solid rotors seem to be happy with their brakes.

 

I am running the same setup. Advance Auto carries the Akebono pads. They always have disciunt codes that will bring the price down (lower than Amazon)

 

I have no idea how you came to this conclusion. Ceramic pads are not any harder than any other pad necessarily. It depends on which formulation you choose. Metallic pads are rough on rotors because they usually have steel in them, but ceramic pads can be made with other materials. Here's Tire Rack's take on brake pads: http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/tech/....jsp?techid=88 and here's what Wikipedia has for us: Brake pad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ceramic pads represent an improvement in brake technology and are the standard for new vehicles. I disagree that they are junk. I use them on my F250 Super Duty and the pads and rotors last for 60,000 miles, are quiet and stop unbelievably well. People on this forum who have used the Akebono ceramic pads have reported long life of both pads and rotors. Their experience seems to refute your statements.