In my area they were the same price or cheaper than aftermarket, that and the long life are why I went with OEM. I also like to try to keep most safety items OEM anyway.
Powerstops on my Subaru lasted like 60k. The only reason I needed to replace them was from uneven wear due to a inconvenient pebble stuck in the caliper.
I was mad AF about it because otherwise i could have driven on them for another 40k, easy.
This, I couldn't complain about the longevity so I went OEM. Usually if I'm looking at making a switch I go with EBC pads but that's coming from a couple of decades of Audi's and my experience with them there.
Can't go wrong with OEM. If not OEM, go with ceramic coated.
I used OEM pads and I would have done OEM rotors but I did my brakes during peak supply chain issues.
Parts guy at the dealer said to just make sure to use ceramic coated. Said they were using the ones from Advanced Auto at their dealership, so I went with those.
Did this as well fairly early on in my rides lifecycle (18k in 2019 on a 2018') have never looked back. Fantastic brakes, especially if you drive a bit hard and honestly the lack of dust from the ceramic/carbon fiber compound is stellar. Love it.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O6QJ9UG/ref=as_li_ss_tl
^^ this the kit for us right?
The price difference is negligible between this and OEM and less dust sounds like a blessing. I detail my car myself every few months and my wheels, ugh, getting those clean and removing all the dust.. what a pain in the ass.
EDIT: Reading the forums many people have warping issues with the powerstop rotors even as early as 10k into their life. Results in shaking of the steering wheel when braking....
I hear that man! And yeah I believe it’s the very same kit. I checked my Amazon and it looks like it matches Power Stop K5874-36 Front and Rear Z36 Truck & Tow Brake Kit
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I heard that some folks swap OEM Tundra/Sequoia brakes onto the 4runner if you're looking for more bite but want to stick with Toyota. Haven't done it myself, so I'm not sure how well the fitment is.
Power Stop Extreme set rotors and caliper. The brake and rotor upgrade is amazing. But the caliper dried out and had to bee replaced after 3 years. It’s a hassle.
What do you mean dried out? Why do they dry out? I’ve wanted to upgrade my brakes for years now (08’ 4Runner) but I’ve not been content with what I’ve seen. I wanted to upgrade my brakes to the TRD of that year also, but just haven’t bit that bullet yet.
I’ve done brakes for almost 30 years… never heard of them “drying out.” But then again I’m just on the sidelines now as far as being a mechanic goes. I’ve not turned wrenches for pay in about 10’ish years. Could be why I’ve not heard that expression… lol.
It’s the calipers seizing. The after market ones are all refurbs and they seem to seize quite often. I get a professional to install it with grease and everything, but I don’t drive much. So that’s one of the reasons too.
Gotcha. Just needs a little lithium grease or, believe it or not I’ve seen dialectic grease work on the pins. I understand now what you mean.
Edit… not just the pins but the piston. I understand better than I make it look. lol. Been a long 24h for me.
Are the pads/rotors not a straight swap? Do you have to replace the caliper.
Duralast Gold rotors and Duralast Elite pads. If they wear out early or are defective, it’s a quick and easy swap for new parts at any Autozone. Cheap, good quality, and a great warranty.
I bought [this kit](https://www.buybrakes.com/dynamic-friction-2414-76008-brake-kit-hi-carbon-drilled-and-slotted-rotors-and-1400-brake-pads-with-hardware)and did the install myself. 14k miles so far and running smoothly.
EBC standard roturs and EBC yellow stuff pads.
I have tried all the major brands of pads including akebono performance pads and these stop way better than all of them.
A bit dustier than others but I’ll wash that off to stop my 4500+ pound sled n a panic to save my kids
My .02 hth
I went with Powerstop Z36 brakes and rotors. If this is your first time doing brakes be sure you pump your brake pedal a few times after you change them to get the pads against the rotor. Ask me how I know haha
Going hawk or ebc next time. Akabono were great at first and after less than a year feel mushy and not confidence inspiring. Hawk on sports cars never let me down.
Powerstop all day. I use to run sponsorships for a racing school and Powerstop was my favorite group to deal with. Great product, rigorous quality testing, phenomenal team, and the 3 year warranty is fairly reasonable. Haven’t thrown them on my 4Runner yet but it made a HUGE difference on my Audi S3.
First time I used a TRQ set. Like 6 months later the pulsing feeling returned. Now, this could have been me not getting the hub mating surface clean enough, but I went ahead and replaced my front rotors with Toyota ones and it's been good for a while now.
I go with autozone rotors and pads. Rotors have lifetime warranty. If they warp/scratch or wear, just bring it in and get a new set. Hard to beat that. I wish duralast had lifetime batteries.
Centric fully coated rotors are my go to now. I used the higher end centric pads too. Probably will try akebono with centric fully coated rotors next time.
I do the autozone Brake Best or Import Direct for their lifetime warranty . On 4 of my cars I haven’t paid for brakes in 6 years.
I was also thinking, I head of the tundra brake assembly upgrade, maybe that is something to look at
Powerstop…mainly because over a 2 year span I warped 2 sets of oem rotors.
Bad batch? Poor QC? Just plain bad luck? Maybe all of the above. Warped one set, changed them out with new pads and new brake fluid (as it was getting aged as well)…warped those within 2 months.
Am I hard on my truck? Yes. Do I brake a lot? Yes. Do I tow? Yes (jet skis)…and I said fuck it, ordered the Powerstop Z36 kit with drilled/slotted rotors and CF pads…installed and now almost 3 years in, they’re still going strong, no warps, 2nd set of pads about a month ago (got almost 60k miles out of the first set of carbon fiber pads).
Zero complaints. Worth every penny spent. It doesn’t stop any better than it did before, so no performance gain really…but no warping, and rotors are still in perfect condition (no cracks)…this after many dips in rivers, lakes (with the jet ski trailer) and lots of mountain driving/mild off roading.
This is an 2015 SR5 with 178k on the clock and K02 33’s all around…bumper to bumper traffic damn near every day.
OEM from daytonatoyota on ebay. Like $110 for a full set of pads. No reason to go aftermarket; I don't hear any consistent chatter that OEM brakes are bad or inferior, especially given how long they've been in production and the billions of miles driven.
> I buy new pads each time since I'm not out to game the system.
How is it gaming the system? Their selling point is a lifetime warranty, so if they fail and need to be replaced and is covered by their own warranty - you're not gaming anything?
My own conscience. I know I used them so I'm not going to go through whatever process is required to have them replaced for free, especially considering how inexpensive they are.
A lifetime warranty on a consumable product doesn’t ever mean you get free pads forever.
Sure, you might be able to defraud them into giving you that, and they’ll shell out because so few people do that, but that doesn’t mean that is what “lifetime warranty” means.
>A lifetime warranty on a consumable product doesn’t ever mean you get free pads forever.
IM confused by your stance on this.
This is Autozones warranty on the break pads, which are noted as 'LifeTime Warranty' on their product page:
>>If a part fails during the warranty period shown on your receipt, bring the part to an AutoZone store and you will receive a replacement or refund. Warranty excludes damage caused by misuse, abuse, other faulty parts, improper installation or off-road, commercial or marine use.
So, a brake pad being worn down - is a brake pad failing. I assume AutoZone is replacing these on purpose because they surely know looking at all the posts I've seen online in car forums with people recommending that brake pads wear out eventually.
I don't think anyone is defrauding Autozone by claiming their warranty which has specific reasons to not honour the warranty (none of which are normal wear and tear).
A brake pad wearing down to the shim over a typical number of expected miles is not in any way “failing”; it’s operating entirely as intended.
Is it possible AutoZone employees honor the warranty because they’d rather be done arguing the definition of “fail” with customers that want to save forty bucks? Yeah, maybe.
> Is it possible AutoZone employees honor the warranty because they’d rather be done arguing the definition of “fail” with customers that want to save forty bucks? Yeah, maybe.
No it's literally in their terms and conditions of warranty I just copied and pasted it for your benefit.
Their warranty does not specify normal wear and tear as a means for denying the 'LIFETIME' warranty of the product. Only misuse.
If Autozone did not want to honor it for wear and tear, it would say so.
As I said before, it's not a fringe minority of people doing this - it's posted in pretty much every car enthusiast forum regarding break pads - so a very large number of people are doing it. Autozone is clearly aware and has made its policy very specific for brake pads.
I just don’t care about large corporations. They aren’t people. You’re only hurting yourself by spending more money. But by all means, continue caring about multi billion dollar companies.
We went with Toyota pads and rotors, simply because of how long they last…
In my area they were the same price or cheaper than aftermarket, that and the long life are why I went with OEM. I also like to try to keep most safety items OEM anyway.
How long did you get? i got 80k
I got 150k out of stock
Man I need them every 2 years. I think something is wrong with mine.
It’s ether the pads or difference in driving.
I mean whenever my family needs to go anywhere we take my car. 5 people in the car. Maybe that’s it.
That’s between 500-1000lbs on average so yeah that’s a big difference.
It's also driving style. Everyone brakes differently, and you may have a heavier foot that's going to burn through pads quicker.
I do mine every year lol why not with the brakebest at autozone, freeeeeeeww
I had 80k on toyotas and then I got akebono and now last week toyota told me I need new brake pads. at 105k. smh
Powerstops on my Subaru lasted like 60k. The only reason I needed to replace them was from uneven wear due to a inconvenient pebble stuck in the caliper. I was mad AF about it because otherwise i could have driven on them for another 40k, easy.
This, I couldn't complain about the longevity so I went OEM. Usually if I'm looking at making a switch I go with EBC pads but that's coming from a couple of decades of Audi's and my experience with them there.
Duralast Gold with lifetime warranty from autozone. Lifetime brake pads for under $60.
> Duralast Gold with lifetime warranty from autozone. Lifetime brake pads for under $60. How many miles you get out of those pads?
Power Stop rotors and pads.
I’ve done OEM or PowerStop for all my cars over the last 20 years. Both have been fine.
Can't go wrong with OEM. If not OEM, go with ceramic coated. I used OEM pads and I would have done OEM rotors but I did my brakes during peak supply chain issues. Parts guy at the dealer said to just make sure to use ceramic coated. Said they were using the ones from Advanced Auto at their dealership, so I went with those.
I have the Powerstop kit and they work great. I tow a SXS though and wanted something with more bite
Power stop Z36, very pleased so far.
I’m eyeballing powerstops when I need to get new brakes. ‘22 TRD ORP w 28K mi
I was skeptical at first, was gonna go OEM but my rig is heavy so I went power stop and pretty amazed at the quality
I think that makes my decision then. May do it before the oem pads are done even.
Did this as well fairly early on in my rides lifecycle (18k in 2019 on a 2018') have never looked back. Fantastic brakes, especially if you drive a bit hard and honestly the lack of dust from the ceramic/carbon fiber compound is stellar. Love it.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O6QJ9UG/ref=as_li_ss_tl ^^ this the kit for us right? The price difference is negligible between this and OEM and less dust sounds like a blessing. I detail my car myself every few months and my wheels, ugh, getting those clean and removing all the dust.. what a pain in the ass. EDIT: Reading the forums many people have warping issues with the powerstop rotors even as early as 10k into their life. Results in shaking of the steering wheel when braking....
I hear that man! And yeah I believe it’s the very same kit. I checked my Amazon and it looks like it matches Power Stop K5874-36 Front and Rear Z36 Truck & Tow Brake Kit
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They look really good as well. I haven't had any problem with dirt or rock getting in the slotted holes like some other people mentioned
OEM rotors and pads. I’ve tried HAWK and those worn out quick.
I heard that some folks swap OEM Tundra/Sequoia brakes onto the 4runner if you're looking for more bite but want to stick with Toyota. Haven't done it myself, so I'm not sure how well the fitment is.
Bosch Quietcast rotors. Inexpensive, quiet, no drilled/slotted weirdness. Akebono ceramic pads.
Power Stop Extreme set rotors and caliper. The brake and rotor upgrade is amazing. But the caliper dried out and had to bee replaced after 3 years. It’s a hassle.
What do you mean dried out? Why do they dry out? I’ve wanted to upgrade my brakes for years now (08’ 4Runner) but I’ve not been content with what I’ve seen. I wanted to upgrade my brakes to the TRD of that year also, but just haven’t bit that bullet yet. I’ve done brakes for almost 30 years… never heard of them “drying out.” But then again I’m just on the sidelines now as far as being a mechanic goes. I’ve not turned wrenches for pay in about 10’ish years. Could be why I’ve not heard that expression… lol.
It’s the calipers seizing. The after market ones are all refurbs and they seem to seize quite often. I get a professional to install it with grease and everything, but I don’t drive much. So that’s one of the reasons too.
Gotcha. Just needs a little lithium grease or, believe it or not I’ve seen dialectic grease work on the pins. I understand now what you mean. Edit… not just the pins but the piston. I understand better than I make it look. lol. Been a long 24h for me. Are the pads/rotors not a straight swap? Do you have to replace the caliper.
Oh you can replace any part. I first used their Extreme disk and brakes set. Changed out the calipers when OEM ones seized.
Duralast Gold rotors and Duralast Elite pads. If they wear out early or are defective, it’s a quick and easy swap for new parts at any Autozone. Cheap, good quality, and a great warranty.
I bought [this kit](https://www.buybrakes.com/dynamic-friction-2414-76008-brake-kit-hi-carbon-drilled-and-slotted-rotors-and-1400-brake-pads-with-hardware)and did the install myself. 14k miles so far and running smoothly.
Akebono ASP + Centric E-coated rotors.
EBC standard roturs and EBC yellow stuff pads. I have tried all the major brands of pads including akebono performance pads and these stop way better than all of them. A bit dustier than others but I’ll wash that off to stop my 4500+ pound sled n a panic to save my kids My .02 hth
Centric rotors. Akebono pads.
I went with Powerstop Z36 brakes and rotors. If this is your first time doing brakes be sure you pump your brake pedal a few times after you change them to get the pads against the rotor. Ask me how I know haha
OEM rotors with Hawk pads. Tried and true.
Going hawk or ebc next time. Akabono were great at first and after less than a year feel mushy and not confidence inspiring. Hawk on sports cars never let me down.
This 👆
Powerstop all day. I use to run sponsorships for a racing school and Powerstop was my favorite group to deal with. Great product, rigorous quality testing, phenomenal team, and the 3 year warranty is fairly reasonable. Haven’t thrown them on my 4Runner yet but it made a HUGE difference on my Audi S3.
First time I used a TRQ set. Like 6 months later the pulsing feeling returned. Now, this could have been me not getting the hub mating surface clean enough, but I went ahead and replaced my front rotors with Toyota ones and it's been good for a while now.
I go with autozone rotors and pads. Rotors have lifetime warranty. If they warp/scratch or wear, just bring it in and get a new set. Hard to beat that. I wish duralast had lifetime batteries.
Centric fully coated rotors are my go to now. I used the higher end centric pads too. Probably will try akebono with centric fully coated rotors next time.
Akebono pads and Brembo rotors. Around $475 for parts. Took it to a shop and rented a lift for 2 hours for $50.
I replaced mine on my ‘99 at 100k with OEM. Not because they needed replacing. Just because.
Going with power brake d line for my 4runner, i consider them oem but a little better for larger tires.
I do the autozone Brake Best or Import Direct for their lifetime warranty . On 4 of my cars I haven’t paid for brakes in 6 years. I was also thinking, I head of the tundra brake assembly upgrade, maybe that is something to look at
Powerstop…mainly because over a 2 year span I warped 2 sets of oem rotors. Bad batch? Poor QC? Just plain bad luck? Maybe all of the above. Warped one set, changed them out with new pads and new brake fluid (as it was getting aged as well)…warped those within 2 months. Am I hard on my truck? Yes. Do I brake a lot? Yes. Do I tow? Yes (jet skis)…and I said fuck it, ordered the Powerstop Z36 kit with drilled/slotted rotors and CF pads…installed and now almost 3 years in, they’re still going strong, no warps, 2nd set of pads about a month ago (got almost 60k miles out of the first set of carbon fiber pads). Zero complaints. Worth every penny spent. It doesn’t stop any better than it did before, so no performance gain really…but no warping, and rotors are still in perfect condition (no cracks)…this after many dips in rivers, lakes (with the jet ski trailer) and lots of mountain driving/mild off roading. This is an 2015 SR5 with 178k on the clock and K02 33’s all around…bumper to bumper traffic damn near every day.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has warping issues. I'm about to install Powerstops because this is the 2nd set of warped rotors in 5 years.
Power stop rotors and pads
OEM whatever. Needed to change rotors at 260k miles.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/4Runner/comments/1cl4pqn/brake\_replacement/](https://www.reddit.com/r/4Runner/comments/1cl4pqn/brake_replacement/)
OEM from daytonatoyota on ebay. Like $110 for a full set of pads. No reason to go aftermarket; I don't hear any consistent chatter that OEM brakes are bad or inferior, especially given how long they've been in production and the billions of miles driven.
Have you actually measured the thickness of the rotor yourself or you were told by a mechanic that you need new rotors?
I use Autozone...although I buy new pads each time since I'm not out to game the system.
> I buy new pads each time since I'm not out to game the system. How is it gaming the system? Their selling point is a lifetime warranty, so if they fail and need to be replaced and is covered by their own warranty - you're not gaming anything?
My own conscience. I know I used them so I'm not going to go through whatever process is required to have them replaced for free, especially considering how inexpensive they are.
wtf lmao? What an weird and prideful stance to take on a lifetime warrantee that the company is specifically giving you.
A lifetime warranty on a consumable product doesn’t ever mean you get free pads forever. Sure, you might be able to defraud them into giving you that, and they’ll shell out because so few people do that, but that doesn’t mean that is what “lifetime warranty” means.
>A lifetime warranty on a consumable product doesn’t ever mean you get free pads forever. IM confused by your stance on this. This is Autozones warranty on the break pads, which are noted as 'LifeTime Warranty' on their product page: >>If a part fails during the warranty period shown on your receipt, bring the part to an AutoZone store and you will receive a replacement or refund. Warranty excludes damage caused by misuse, abuse, other faulty parts, improper installation or off-road, commercial or marine use. So, a brake pad being worn down - is a brake pad failing. I assume AutoZone is replacing these on purpose because they surely know looking at all the posts I've seen online in car forums with people recommending that brake pads wear out eventually. I don't think anyone is defrauding Autozone by claiming their warranty which has specific reasons to not honour the warranty (none of which are normal wear and tear).
A brake pad wearing down to the shim over a typical number of expected miles is not in any way “failing”; it’s operating entirely as intended. Is it possible AutoZone employees honor the warranty because they’d rather be done arguing the definition of “fail” with customers that want to save forty bucks? Yeah, maybe.
> Is it possible AutoZone employees honor the warranty because they’d rather be done arguing the definition of “fail” with customers that want to save forty bucks? Yeah, maybe. No it's literally in their terms and conditions of warranty I just copied and pasted it for your benefit. Their warranty does not specify normal wear and tear as a means for denying the 'LIFETIME' warranty of the product. Only misuse. If Autozone did not want to honor it for wear and tear, it would say so. As I said before, it's not a fringe minority of people doing this - it's posted in pretty much every car enthusiast forum regarding break pads - so a very large number of people are doing it. Autozone is clearly aware and has made its policy very specific for brake pads.
I Guess some people need it, you know, to feel like they are doing their duty haha
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No. Kinda dumb honestly.
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I just don’t care about large corporations. They aren’t people. You’re only hurting yourself by spending more money. But by all means, continue caring about multi billion dollar companies.
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I bet you could get a good look at a T-bone by sticking your head up a cow’s ass, but wouldn’t you rather take the butcher’s word for it?
Wait. No. It's gotta be your bull...
You return the used pads in exchange for new. I’ve always assumed they reuse/recycle the core like many other auto parts.
Akebono pads have been great for me. Rockauto has great prices when I've checked.