Best brakes?

[etc]

What are some good front brake pads for 02 Camry?

rockauto dot com has a multitude of choices.

[TRD VVTi]

OEM pads are probably the best choice for low noise, low dusting, and long life. They also provide for immediate bite at low temperatures. They aren't expensive either. Make sure that you reuse the shims. If the shims are already gone, get a set from the dealer.

[etc]

Look on rockauto, they have several makers claiming to have OEM... that's the confusion.

[kenny1773]

TRD VVTi is telling you to get the pads from a Toyota Dealer

If you insist on using RockAuto, I have had good luck with the Raybestos Professional Grade Ceramic (they may say OE Ceramic) - good pads

I think Akebono Ceramic was the original toyota pad OEM available at tirerack.com

I have also had good luck with the Hawk HPS Street pads from tirerack.com


edit to add working rockauto.com 5% off code 809906618368 - good until Dec 17th 2007 I think

[ScrooYoo]

Originally Posted by etc

What are some good front brake pads for 02 Camry?

rockauto dot com has a multitude of choices.

I looked at that website and the pads they have on there are really cheap which makes me think they are lousy quality.

I would suggest spending the extra money and get premium pads. They cost more but they pay for themselves because they last twice as long and the cheap ones tend to whistle/squeak/grind.

I've been using Monroe premium (abt. $60 a set in Canada) and find they work pretty well.

[etc]

Do you mean these Monroe Ceramic brakes?


$26.79$0.00$26.79
$26.79$0.00$26.79
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Front$27.89$0.00$27.89
MONROE Part # CX908 {Premium Ceramic Pads (Monroe STOP & GO Promotion--Purchase Monroe Premium Brake Pads and receive a $20 Rebate (one per household)--See More Info page for details)}
Front; Noise Elimination Clips Included.
$29.79$0.00$29.79
ACDELCO Part # 17D908C {#19108017}
PAD KIT,FRT DISC BRK DURASTOP CERAMIC$30.79$0.00$30.79
MONROE Part # DX828 {Monroe Dynamic Pads (Monroe STOP & GO Promotion--Purchase Monroe Premium Brake Pads and receive a $20 Rebate (one per household)--See More Info page for details)}
Rear; (Made in USA); Noise Elimination Clips Included.
$30.79$0.00$30.79
MONROE Part # DX908 {Monroe Dynamic Pads (Monroe STOP & GO Promotion--Purchase Monroe Premium Brake Pads and receive a $20 Rebate (one per household)--See More Info page for details)}
Front; Noise Elimination Clips Included.
$31.79$0.00$31.79
ACDELCO Part # 17D908M {#89033887}
PAD KIT,FRT DISC BRK DURASTOP SEMI MET$32.99$0.00$32.99
WAGNER Part # PD908 {ThermoQuiet}
Front$34.79$0.00$34.79
MONROE Part # DX885 {Monroe Dynamic Pads (Monroe STOP & GO Promotion--Purchase Monroe Premium Brake Pads and receive a $20 Rebate (one per household)--See More Info page for details)}
Rear; (Made in Japan); Noise Elimination Clips Included.
$34.89$0.00$34.89
WAGNER Part # PD885A {ThermoQuiet}
Rear; Japan Built$34.99$0.00$34.99
ACDELCO Part # 17D828C {#19108001}
PAD KIT,RR DISC BRK DURASTOP CERAMIC$35.79$0.00$35.79
MONROE Part # CX885 {Premium Ceramic Pads (Monroe STOP & GO Promotion--Purchase Monroe Premium Brake Pads and receive a $20 Rebate (one per household)--See More Info page for details)}
Rear; (Made in Japan); Original Equipment Replacement Recommendation.; Noise Elimination Clips Included.

[the critic]

Best brake pads that I've used are the Akebono ProACT ceramics. No noise, low dust, and super long life if they are installed on a freshly resurfaced or new set of rotors with the proper lubrication. Hawk HPS pads are also great for drivers who tend to overheat their pads (and cause pedal pulsation due to uneven filming), but these pads require a very specific bed-in method and even then, have the potential to squeak every once in a while.

Pep Boys sells a Prostop Ceramic pad for around $40, and it's made by Satisfied. They are selling their entire stock of Prostop branded brake pads for $10/axle tomorrow during Black Friday. Worth a look.

[CharmCityES]

ive only heard good things about hawk HPS if oure looking for performance stoppig ability
as for oem quality, tyhe only way to g is OEM toyota, from the dealer.....like TRD said be sure to use oem shims and utalize the wear indicator

[the critic]

Akebono ProACT pads tend to outperform OE pads by delivering lower dust output and improving service life without compromising noise.

[etc]

Sounds interesting.


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Pep Boys sells a Prostop Ceramic pad for around $40, and it's made by Satisfied. They are selling their entire stock of Prostop branded brake pads for $10/axle tomorrow during Black Friday. Worth a look.

[the critic]

Warning though, the ad says all Prostop pads in stock are $9.99/axle, but some stores claim it's a misprint. Still worth a try though.

Regardless of what pads you use, be sure to resurface or replace the rotors, lubricate the slide pins, pad abutment clips and the pad shim with a synthetic caliper grease.

[JSM1284]

Someone try the new Wagner "Edge" pads.

[etc]

FWIW, PepBoys had a sale from the morning to 11AM, and the only ones on sale where cheap generic ones, not ceramic, based on what I was told there (rightly or not) In any case, there is nothing on sale as of 1pm friday.