I'd like to start out by saying I'm HARD on brakes, I have a habit of coming into highway ramps I'm familiar with heel toeing and on the brakes hard. I can cook a set of cheap pads to a point of standing on the pedal to make them work anymore in a year or less. I've crazed rotors on cars that have never seen any sort of competition.
The vehicle in question is a 99 Prizm, I was hoping it shared brakes with a Celica or something with some street performance options, but that doesn't appear to be the case, seems the brakes are specific to the 98-02 prizrolla. I've finally degraded whatever the PO had on there (which worked fine initially, I.E. bit when I put some pressure on the pedal) to a point where I'm annoyed with them.
So what do? How are the cheap "POWER STOP" pads rock auto lists as hipo/heavy duty?
Porterfield will put whatever compound you want on a backer that fits your car. They may cost a but more upfront than parts store pads but they'll last longer too.
sergio
Reader
6/1/14 6:59 p.m.
Autozoo sells Performance Friction pads. They will be good enough for aggressive street driving. What could possibly go wrong?
Custom built stuff is definitely out of my budget.
wbjones
UltimaDork
6/2/14 6:26 a.m.
I haven't checked, they just need a backing plate and the thickness/shape, seems I've been told that all they have to do is cut an existing pad to fit …
once they have the pattern, you're good to go for the future
Come to think of it, I do sort of know a guy who just bought a Haas CNC machine and needs people to give him practice, though I'm probably just going to get Power Stop pads based on a few favorable reviews I was able to dig up here and how cheap they are.
We run Porterfields on our two Chumpcars. They never fade and outlast anything we've used so far. I can find out what compound they are if you're interested.
Ugh, I put "'99 Corolla" into buybrakes.com to see all the options, and they truly are dismal...so +1 for custom pads.
