DeathTongue

I've been searching for info on brake pads, but all the questions seem to be directed to either low brake dust, or increased brake performance. I'm more interested in the the type of brake pad that will be quietest and feel the smoothest while driving, I don't care about dust and stock performance is ok. I have a 2004 GTO, and I just drive it to work which is about 3 miles away, and me and my wife go out in it on weekends, so I don't put many miles on it. We do like to take trips to Cripple Creek, Colorado occasionally, so I need decent brakes for the mountains. I'm about to check the front brakes and replace the pads if they need it (rotors too if they look bad), and I'm going to get some parts from either Autozone or O'Reilly's with the lifetime replacement. Should I go with ceramic or semi-metallic? any opinion on which store?

farmington

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Just put Hawk HPS pads and new rotors on and noticed that they are quieter and smoother than my old stock type brakes. Less brake dust and seat of the pants feels like they stop better too.

Corvett z07

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Haven't compared any brake pads personally, Hawk HPS seems to be a great all around choice here. I have Posi-Quiets on my work car and I really have nothing to compare them to but they are 1. cheap 2. they feel very linear with a soft initial bite and a great bite when you hit the pedal down 3. they are ceramic and virtually silent with no squeal that I can think of

DeathTongue

thanks for the info guys, it helps make things a bit clearer. After doing a lot more searching I've come to the conclusion that it might be better to use ceramic pads when replacing the rotor too, otherwise they might be noisy (maybe). So, I guess if I have to replace the rotors I'm going ceramic, otherwise semi-metallic. But first, looks like I'm going to have to get a low profile jack, apparently a standard floor jack won't work on a GTO.

02TransAm/Batmobile

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Drive up on some 2x4's for some extra clearance.