Brake pads

[Sourskittle]

These front calipers are not shared with any other ford? That's odd.

 

[rodmoe]

I thought the front pads were sourced from a transVan or whatever they call them in the UK

 

[ItMightBePizza]

I think the brakes are off the heavier Fiesta Vannything... B Max?

 

[Drifter]

Any solution to alternative pads than Fraud OEM ones? They want to rip me a new a-hole over here for a set of pads, in the region of $300.

 

[me32]

Any solution to alternative pads than Fraud OEM ones? They want to rip me a new a-hole over here for a set of pads, in the region of $300.

Im sure you can get OEM pads online much cheaper than where you got that price

 

[haste]

 

[stuntdoogie]

What site is that?

 

[wwuchris]

What site is that?

I see "Prime" on there so it has to be Amazon.

 

[Hypntick]

Amazon and Rockauto are both quite good price wise for Motorcraft pads. Just picked up fronts and rears for myself and was quite pleased with the prices.

 

[stuntdoogie]

My dealer sells the front pads for $108 lol

 

[haste]

My dealer sells the front pads for $108 lol

Jeebus. That is crazy. I think $73 shipped from Amazon sounds better!

 

[iso100]

Jeebus. That is crazy. I think $73 shipped from Amazon sounds better!

Can you share the Amazon URL?

 

[haste]

Looks like the price went up to $90 since the other day.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J5BJFS8/

You can still buy it from Amazon.com if you look at the other sellers, it's just out of stock. The set sold by amazon.com is $78.34

 

[iso100]

Looks like the price went up to $90 since the other day.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J5BJFS8/

You can still buy it from Amazon.com if you look at the other sellers, it's just out of stock. The set sold by amazon.com is $78.34

Thank you! I don't need them yet but it sounds like it might be smart to keep some on hand...

 

[blbe062508]

I absolutely hate what came stock, has anyone changed their bakes and found something they love? I had akibono brakes on my Mini Cooper and they were fantastic but idk if anyone had other suggestions?

I just recently changed my pads on my 2014 fist, they ended up close to metal on metal in just a year. Today i changed my pads to the only store that sold them. If your in southern California there is a store call One Stop that sells pads for only $36 after taxes and there better than the stock pads. The ones at autozone would either have to be ordered or dont even carry them. I can check tomorrow if you want because that's where i work.

 

[D1JL]

For true OE pads at wholesale price you could try Steve at Tasca Parts 800-598-1484.
I know they can also ship worldwide.






Dave

 

[RAAMaudio]

Though many complaints about the OEM pads they are high performance pads and most all such pads make more dust and do not last as long as the pads that come on nearly all vehicles from the factory. They make the brakes work better for many uses where a lesser pad would be much less than optimal.

They are what are used on the Octane Academny cars which are maintained by the Ford race shop at the track by race car mechanics and I specifically asked the shop manager about them, they get around 6 months use per set up front and server their needs perfectly on cars used for what they were built to do

There are different reasons people want or need different pads so saying one pad is better than another depends on those things for your particular situation, nothing a general statement can cover.

For those that drive a lot but want to track the car, autocross, etc, it is usually best to have pads for those events and longer lasting, cleaner pads for the street, not many pads can do both well, if any at all.

Rick