New front brakes

[Erik Hughes]

So I have a 2016 st that I warn through the front brakes. I ended up going on rock auto and ordering a set of pads. They where in the “performance” section made by raybestos. I installed them and I think they are absolutely terrible compared to the factory brake pad that was on it. Where should I go from here.
I don’t want these pads on my car I want that bite that the original pads have.

 

[PunkST]

Get some factory motorcraft ones. Is it all new pads and rotors up front? If so have you followed a proper bedding procedure??

 

[Erik Hughes]

Ya there new rotors. What’s the part number for the factory pads? Can they be purchased on line or do I need to go to a ford dealer.
As far as a bedding procedure I got the car up to 70 and hit the brakes pretty hard got the car to almost stop.
Did this about 5 times then drove for 15 minutes. Let them completely cool off. Drove it again. Still sucks ass. I have to push way harder on the petal for the same brake response that I had out of the old pads

 

[Erik Hughes]

I just want to make sure there the st pads
And I’m not purchasing ones from a base model.
Idk if they used different pads for the different models

 

[PunkST]

They do use a different pad and rotor than the base car.

BRF1494 Front
BRF1444 Rear.

Those should be the pads for front and rear. Best bet is to head to the parts counter at the dealership with your vin in hand to confirm it.

 

[Gutling]

You can order the motorcraft ones through rock auto, same numbers as posted above. front $72 rear $41.

 

[PunkST]

^ thats good to know i got my ebc reds from there

 

[Sam4]

I'm pretty sure the Motocraft OE's are actually Lucas. I recently did EBC yellow and they have good bite and are as dirty as the OE's!!

 

[Erik Hughes]

So the ebc pads are something I should be looking into then I take it?

 

[Erik Hughes]

I should add in here that I use the car for daily driving. I also occasionally Autocross it. It’s all stock except when I race I have the 16 inch sparco wheels with re71r tires that a lot of people use. What would be best if I where to go ebc? Yellow or red

 

[SteveS]

Do you just have something against the OE pads? They are all-around the best choice for lively street driving. Performance pads usually won't show their worth unless you are taking them to the track and get some heat in them.
Brake dust washes off.

 

[Erik Hughes]

No I don’t have anything against the factory pads. My only thought was they where 71 dollars. It’s not much more for the ebc yellow pads and I can get those in one day off prime. I didn’t know if there was some performance to be gained by going that route. I put the pads in from raybestos because they where in the performance section when I looked up pads and I’ve used there parts before on my Jeep with no complaints. I could go with the oe pads.
My problem with the oe pads are they are not available on prime and I really have to go far out of my way to get to a ford dealership to pick them up. I would need them this weekend and to have rockauto ship them that quick would be way to expensive

 

[PunkST]

Im running reds. A little less initial bite than oe but way less dust. Im actually pretty haply with them. I dont do much heavy braking unless in screwing around though. I am up for trying some yellows next. At least up front.

 

[Sam4]

I use the following for OE stuff - their prices are pretty good ( https://www.fordpartsgiant.com/ ). You should get to know Ron at Woosh ( https://whoosh-motorsports.myshopify.com/ ). I have Yellow Stuff and StopTech slotted rotors for a few hundred miles - very happy.

 

[Erik Hughes]

Ya i just got over to woosh and I saw he had front and rear pads for 109.
I did the rear last year but I may say screw it and replace them all the way around