Just as the title says, I'm in need of some new brake pads. The brakes suck on these cars as it is, but is there any benefit to going with a fancy performance pad, or will picking up a good solid pad from a local auto store work just as well? I saw a few items at advance auto from raybestos and satisfied that looked nice, but then I hear about Green Stuff pads. With the stock brakes not being great as it is, would there be a benefit waiting for "better" pads from the mail or just going with a quality local store product.

Also, do I have to replace the rotors, or would popping in some new pads be fine? I currently have no vibrations while braking so my guess is the rotors are fine. Thanks for the help.

-Brian

 

Looks like you have a decent engine setup with that LT1...
Maybe you can upgrade to Hawk Pads and Slotted Rotors with Earl brake lines? That's what I did with my high mileage LT1, seems to be working alright.
Before I freshened up my brake setup, I ran RayEsbestos Pads on my Stock Rotors and it did it's job for street driving. I would stick with factory replacements with those original rotors. Just make sure you have the rotors checked.

 

Thanks for the tips, I plan to do a better brake upgrade when I get some bigger wheels in the future. I just want the car to stop decently for the time. I'll have the rotors checked out. thanks again.

-Brian

 

Hawk HPS would be a great upgrade. You will notice a nice difference, even if you didn't change anything else.

Dan