I seem to be giving my new to me 2002 suburban more attention than my wife, she says I am always doing something with it these past weeks. Today I picked up a set of front ceramic AC Delco Durastop pads. Where I have not bought her a pair of shoes in a long while


Now I am wondering if I made the right choice in ceramic vs semi - metallic since I will tow a trailer a few times each year.


anyone have the 17D785ch pads? do they wear well, heat a problem, etc....
thanks

 

U know what they say about buying women shoes right? They'll use them to walk all over you! Lmfao

 

I'd choose semi-metallic pads for towing. And if you have ceramic pads, it's better that your trailer has good brakes to so that your ceramic pads won't get too hot.

 

I thought ceramic pads had to be heated up to achieve efficiency.

 

Ain't that the truth!!!!

 

I think I need to buy the wife some shoes soon, she caught me working on the burb again tonight. took apart the power mirror switch, as half of it stopped working, but cleaned up and all functions work now..up down left right .


as far as the ceramics go, I will give them a try on the fronts I only paid 20 bucks for them.

 

I've heard the ceramics are the best since they: produce less brake dust, resist break down due to heat, and have more stopping power when compared to standard brakes.

I'm still on the stock brake pads on my truck just hit 180k miles this week.

 

180k on oem brakes not bad. on my new to me burb, it looks like autozone brake pads, po said they only have 25k miles on them, sure looks like 125k on them hahah

 

LOL
Yep I bet they put the cheapest brake pads on your ride!

 

ive always used autozone life time pads on other vehicles, but have been debating going with ceramic on the burb. was wondering how much better they were!