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I'm gonna be needing front pads here soon on my titan and I had originally planned on going with EBC yellowstuff pads but I about had a siezure when I saw the price of them!!! The cheapest I could find was well over $100 just for the front pads! So now it's down to greenstuff or hawks LTS pads (or another good pad in this price range ~$75). They are both almost identical in price and I was just wondering which of the two are better? I would like more stopping power than stock (although with 08+ factory isn't bad by any means) and brake dust isn't a huge concern unless it's quite a bit heavier than stock pads. I'm also open to any suggestions for any other good pads in that price range. Thank you for any advice.

 

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Wow, thanks guys. I think I'll go the EBC route because I don't want that much brake dust, that's crazy. I know EBC makes great stuff and that's what I used to run on my quad and they were always good. Thanks again for the info guys.

 

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Star, I was just admiring the stance of your truck and the tires. What brand tires are they? Any rubbage?

What have you done exactly to achieve this? Your signature states 1.5 level kit, 325/65-18s and bilstiens. Are those the stock 18x8 wheels? Any issues running the 325/65s (any rubbing?) Did all of your height come from the level kit or did the bilstiens add some (front/rear?).

Thanks, John

Thank you for the compliment! The tires are Cooper STT's which is their mud terrain and it's a VERY good tire and seem to be wearing pretty good. They are at about halftread now and I have a hair over 20,000 miles on them. They are starting to get kinda noisy though but that's common with pretty much any M/T tire. They were VERY quiet and smooth when new though and do VERY well offroad.
For lift I only have the leveling kit up front, the bilstien HD's do not add any lift they just perform MUCH, MUCH better than the factory shocks. The bilstien 5100's are the shocks that you can adjust for height. I have no rubbing except at full lock the tires slightly rub the frame. I did perform the pinch weld mod though and would have heavy rubbing if it was not done, but it's very easy to do. And last but not least yes those are the stock 18" wheels (stock wheels are the ONLY way you can fit 35's with just a leveling kit, they will not fit on aftermarket wheels) and their are many. many people that run 325 wide tires on the stock wheels. Yes they are a little wide for stock width rims but they work fine.

 

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Thanks but my rotors are still in great shape and I have nowhere near the money to buy the frozen rotors. They are very nice, but just waaaaay out of my budget right now. The 08+ brakes are so stupid priced on everything because of how freaking huge they are. I love my big brakes but my god are they expensive to repair!

 

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Thanks for the compliments. Yes I did have rotor issues and had to have my rotors turned at around 20k miles and replaced at around 24k miles (under warranty thank god) due to the rotors being warped. The pads have been great and sre only just strating to get near replacement with 45k miles on it and that's with around 20k miles with these HEAVY 35's mounted so I'm pretty happy. Trust me I would LOVE to have a set of slotted and drilled frozen rotors on my truck with a set of yellow stuff pads and have 370Z type braking but I honestly just can't afford it right now. I will be doing it in the future though because I just got my truck refinanced for a MUCH lower payment(hence the reason I can only afford pads right now) and will have a little money now to get back to modding my truck.