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    #1

    Need Pads

    I am going to be needing to replace my front pads soon, and I was wonder if any one has some recommendations on which pads will give a the most bang for the buck in this economy?

    The ones that I currently have are the Advanced auto parts wear-ever silver brand. I am thinking of try out some other kind and also rebuilding the front brake calipers.
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    #2
    I like Hawk street performance pads... breaking is great, fade is practically non-existant, and they last.

    I believe in good pads and cheap rotors ftw
    '91 Mazda Protege GT/ Completely re-built engine w/.020 head shave, intake/exhaust P&P & 3 angle valve job, 2.25 full custom exhaust, RX-7 AFM, K&N Cone, 18* Timing advance, exhintake cam mod w/Fly'n Miata adjustables, Custom short shifter, CenterForce clutch, lightened flywheel, HAWK pads on all 4, Motegi Racing 8 spoke 16"s w/205/45/ZR16 rubber, VentShade window visors, lower lip spoiler, 4" driving lights w/halo's. MX-3 center console & Black carpet swap w/2 layers dynomat type insulation.
    Soon to come... Garret T25 turbo, DSM injectors, GTX ecu (Needed) SAFC (Needed) FMIC (Needed)

    '91 Toyota Soarer GT-TL/ Stock 1JZ-GTE, K&N drop in filter, Gewalt Evolution deep dish 17"s, Nardi steering wheel

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      #3
      My family has lots of bg's!
      2003 Ford Escort ZX2: Project car/future daily driver. Built Ford Tough (With Mazda Stuff)
      1999 Escort ZX2: Daily driver/beater. Going to be replaced by the '03 next summer.
      2000 Escort ZX2 S/R: bought wrecked, going to use as parts car
      1992 Protege LX: My old race car. Just a wrecked shell right now. Waiting for scrap to go up so that I can get rid of it.
      1992 Mazda 323: Race car
      1992 Escort Gt: My grandpa's old race car
      1994 Escort GT: My grandpa's new race car.
      Parts cars; 1993 Escort Gt, 1995 Escort lx

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        #4
        i also have the hawks and they are awsome
        sigpic gtx swap,pacesetter cat back exhaust,civic short shifter,both front and rear upper strut tower bars,high flow cat,,mx-3 lower tie bar,mx-3 front seats,zxtuner poly motor mount inserts,manual seat belt conversion,mx-3 lether shift boot,

        come to mazdasnw.com if you live in the northwest

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          #5
          Hawk! Kawwww
          -Jack

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          91 626 LX - basically stock and pretty slow still
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            #6
            the cheapest organic pads !!! i was using $17 CDN pads and had only slight fade in track conditions ... wouldnt it be cheaper / easyer to just buy reman calipers there only $35 a piece here...
            GRIPtoLIVE........................................ .........
            NA6C new track slut-NB8C waiting on parts
            94 E36- RB20 swap -sold
            93 323 budget track slut RIP
            FEARLESS MOTORING..........................................

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              #7
              EBC Greens for cheap and long lasting.

              I run Yellows, but they're scary on the street when cold.

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                #8
                I second the EBC Greens. Had them on my BG 323, and currently have them on my BJ Protege. Great pads for the money. Drastic improvement over stock, even on cheapo rotors. Buy them. Love them.
                1995 626: daily beater, mostly stock. Future NASA racer?

                Next up: Speed6 or RX-8

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                  #9
                  A friend of mines told me the other day that he had the duralast pads from Autozone for a while and Autozone had give him new ones for free because the whore out and the life time warranty covers that.

                  Any one have experience with Duralast pads?

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                    #10
                    duragarbage! Had a fender bender because of them! EBC reds now. best I've ever tried! no fade, no problems with cold or heat! and lasting 4-ever it seems.
                    94 pro base model, all synthetic fluids, s/r struts, front & rear ebay upper strut bars,front & rear tie bar, ZX2 1" front swaybar, EGT 21mm rear sway bar, custom delrin endlinks front & rear, custom delrin rear swaybar mount bushings, EBC front blanks & redstuff pads, CS ss brake lines & dot 4 fluid, big drum brakes in rear (from ZX2, free parts), 2.25 custom exaust w/magnaflo oval muffler, 4-wire o2 sensor, custom ram-air, 4-wire BP tb, MSD super conducter plug wires, MSD Blaster SS coil, NGK iridiums,OEM weighted shift knob, ebay short shifter, bronzoil bushings, CS ss clutch line, custom air splitter, mx-3 recaro drivers seat, EGT foglight switch, 35w 5000k hi/lo hid's

                    soon:
                    lightened flywheel & clutch; in garage,
                    Miata Daisy's; after new tires

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by ivan15 View Post
                      A friend of mines told me the other day that he had the duralast pads from Autozone for a while and Autozone had give him new ones for free because the whore out and the life time warranty covers that.

                      Any one have experience with Duralast pads?
                      Yeah, i hear they're real sluts.

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                        #12
                        I'm running duralast gold ceramics front and duralast gold non ceramic in back. Lifetime warrenty and if you drive normal most of the time(unlike 90% of the crazy drivers responding on this thread lol) then they're fine. I've had the fronts on for around 3-4 yrs and like them. They barely throw any dust and the warmer they get the better they grip.
                        1993 Protege LX-Midnight's shadow SOLD
                        1996 Honda CBR600-Wrecked. Damn Honda crippled me
                        2002 mazda MPV-family truckster SOLD
                        2010 VW routon

                        Originally posted by jay
                        .....they totally underestimated the number of gearheads such as myself that have families but refuse to grow the hell up and stop playing with cars, or that otherwise see the utility of having 4 doors. Obviously I ain't alone, as there are a helluva lotta sti and evo here. Bueler? Beuler? Mazda? Mazda?

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                          #13
                          Well excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, sir.

                          Maybe some of us use our cars in sanctioned events. :D

                          But on a serious note, these cars need all the help they can get in the braking department. These are some seriously dinky brakes.

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                            #14
                            Ivan just jumps speed bumps in school parking lots so I doubt he needs performance pads lol. Sorry ivan, you should know someone was going to throw it out there
                            1993 Protege LX-Midnight's shadow SOLD
                            1996 Honda CBR600-Wrecked. Damn Honda crippled me
                            2002 mazda MPV-family truckster SOLD
                            2010 VW routon

                            Originally posted by jay
                            .....they totally underestimated the number of gearheads such as myself that have families but refuse to grow the hell up and stop playing with cars, or that otherwise see the utility of having 4 doors. Obviously I ain't alone, as there are a helluva lotta sti and evo here. Bueler? Beuler? Mazda? Mazda?

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                              #15
                              I went with the Duralast Gold simi-matalic, since they cost more then the ceramics which must mean that the are butter, I think. The last ones I had before were the Advanced Autoparts brand wearever siver which also come with a life time warranty but it only covers defects. So my pads weren't covered.

                              While I was changing the pads everything looked good until I pulled back the dust boot and brake fluid started coming out. So being the poor collage student that I am, I had to rebuild them my self. I found it helpful to put the old seal underneath the dust boot to get it to stay on the grooves long enough to put the steal snap ring to hold it in place.

                              The snap rings that came with the advance true torque brand were too small so I had to use the old ones.
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