Power Stop or Detroit Axle for brakes?

[Thomas Messink]

Hi Guys,
I need your recommendation on replacement brake pads and rotors on a daily driver 2005 Mustang GT 5 Speed. Power Stop or Detroit Axle?
Thank you!

 

[RED09GT]

On this board, this belongs in Mustang Chit-Chat, this is not a tech topic. I've never heard of Detroit Axle. Centric is my go to brand for rotors, pads depend on the application but I like OE pads on daily drivers.

 

[Norm Peterson]

I never heard of Detroit Axle either.

I happen to prefer pads with a bit more 'bite' (coefficient of friction) than OE even in my street-driven-only cars, so for them my go-to choices are either G-loc GS-1 or Carbotech 1521 (essentially the same formulation).


Norm

 

[Juice]

Ford rotors. Had centric, and a few other aftermarket brands. Centric is best of the nonOEM rotors. Ford rotors are still better than Centric. Track tested HPDE driven, all but the Ford rotors I warped. And they cost about the same as Centrics.
Pads: street, I like Hawk HP Plus but they do produce some brake dust. Trackable pads.
Currently, Im running factory pads that came with calipers I got off ebay. I like these too. Great for the street on Ford rotors, less dust over the Hawks.
Those are the only pads I have run on the street. From personal experience, I think the rotors matter more than the pads on the street.
Want to get rid of the mushy stock pedal, braided caliper hoses make a huge improvement over the stock rubber lines.

 

[RavenGT]

For an 05 GT daily driver Autozone Duralast rotors and pads will be fine.

 

[MrAwesome987]

For an 05 GT daily driver Autozone Duralast rotors and pads will be fine.

I had AutoZone rotors on a 05 v6 and they were trash. Warped within like 2 months. And bad.

 

[Juice]

Ford rotors, any pads

 

[RavenGT]

I had AutoZone rotors on a 05 v6 and they were trash. Warped within like 2 months. And bad.

Really? Two months?

 

[Norm Peterson]

For an 05 GT daily driver Autozone Duralast rotors and pads will be fine.

Last time I went that route for somebody else's daily driver, the rotors were fine but the pads (mass-market ceramics) never felt the same three times in a row.

Chances are, most people don't notice stuff like that, but to me it genuinely sucked going into every time using the brakes not being quite sure how they were going respond or feel.

Hard pass.


Norm

 

[Juice]

Not run ceramic pads yet. I have my first set in the garage for our other daily. Not too happy about Norm's observation, but no going back now.
Damn autozone duralast cheap pads just keep going like the energizer bunny. And they are decent pads for a daily, stop well, quiet and not bad at all for brake dust.

 

[Norm Peterson]

Three possibilities.

You don't notice.

You do notice but it doesn't bother you enough to matter.

You do notice and it does matter.


Norm

 

[Juice]

Oh, I will notice for sure any braking inconsistency. Wife may not though.

 

[J.Kidd]

I'm happy with the Hawk 5.0 pads. Changed the fronts two years ago and was very happy with the increased initial bite that they provided. Just changed the rears a couple weeks ago. Got them bedded nicely and they felt good though I haven't had a whole lot of miles to test them somewhat aggressively. And now it is snowing...

 

[RED09GT]

Put me down in the ceramic pads haters club. I used them on one of my explorers and the feel and the stopping distances made me feel very uneasy. The set I used had very little bite until you pressed the pedal down almost half way. The only nice thing was less brake dust but I'll trade washing my wheels more frequently to have decent feel.

 

[MrAwesome987]

Really? Two months?

Yes. They were trash. I might have worn them in more than the average grocery getter, as I like the mountain roads, but they still warped far too soon.

 

[RavenGT]

Installed many sets of these and similar from Advance and NAPA. Don't recall a single comback for warped rotors. So...

 

[MrAwesome987]

Installed many sets of these and similar from Advance and NAPA. Don't recall a single comback for warped rotors. So...

Can't explain it, just telling you my experience.

 

[Juice]

Installed many sets of these and similar from Advance and NAPA. Don't recall a single comback for warped rotors. So...

The non Ford rotors I had were ok on the street. Warped bad a few minutes into the first track session.

I deduce from that experience that those nonFord rotors cannot handle temperatures the Ford ones can. And some ppl are harder on brakes then others. This also proved to myself what is already been posted here about brakes and rotors here on s197 corner carvers section.

 

[MrAwesome987]

The non Ford rotors I had were ok on the street. Warped bad a few minutes into the first track session.

I would tend to agree with this. I never had the car I had those rotors on the track, but I guess I was harder than usual on them.

 

[Juice]

I would tend to agree with this. I never had the car I had those rotors on the track, but I guess I was harder than usual on them.

Had a sticking caliper on my other daily. Bad warp/brake pulsation every time out. I fixed the calipers, replaced the rubber hoses, flushed brakes. Still running same pads and rotors, and the warp never came back. Yea, fhis is the car I have the ceramics and new rotors for...damn duralast pads will not wear out!