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Need to Order Brake Discs and Pads... Where do you recommend?

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#1 ·
My 2013 has reached its first brake pad change and the dealer asked if they should go ahead and replace it... but I needed the car back after a water pump issue which was covered by warranty, I asked for the price, wasnt happy to hear that the fronts 461USD and the rears 230USD...

So I pop on to Justforjeeps
and found a lower price but when I googled the part no.
68144427AB fronts and 68144432AA rears the price was way lower...

Now either I am missing something here or I need to buy more stuff to fit my new pads... What other parts need to be replaced with the pad change? not my first brake change but my first Brembo brakes, might be missing something...?? Just askin

I want the OEM pads, I do not want to change to other brands but what I will buy is R1 Rotors, but what other options do we have for rotors?
 
#2 ·
other rotor choices are the brembo sports and racing brake 2 piece rotors. You can get both from BlackOpsautoworks.com
 
#3 ·
Thanx Scott, the 2 piece are a bit out of my price range but the sports might be a great idea

But can anyone confirm if the part no. I listed is correct for the OEM pads or is there other parts required?


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#8 ·
I don't think that will help much. J4J has these pads listed at over $300/pair where other sites have them for under $100. I have no idea why the discrepancy...
 
#10 ·
Ok so the fronts are on national back order! Tried a few places and no cookie!!

Got them from Mopar One ( online)
92 for the front pads
92 for the rear pads

Price at NY dealers ( yes I actually called all the way from the Middle East) and they were all sold
130 fronts
97 rears


Price at my local dealer In Bahrain
500 fronts
230 rears

Still gonna wait and save a few bucks... Why the huge difference I really dont know!!


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#15 ·
Well, now I'm really confused. I just called my dealer and gave them my Vin Number. Both parts department and service department confirmed the following prices:

Front Pads: $130
Rear Pads: $130
Front Rotors: $262
Rear Rotors: $245

Dealer ordered front pads and rotors for me. I'm not revealing my dealer until they are installed. I'm still skeptical. Fingers crossed
 
#18 ·
Your dealer will go to put them on and go wtf? Put a 350mm rotor on a 380mm.

They'll still come back ask you to pay the big price. I went to the dealer they gave me price $130 said ill take them. Get the box definitely not right pads. Then they dug deeper and found SRT pads were backordered and i was 45th in line lol
 
#16 · (Edited)
Back in the early days of the SRT line Chrysler wanted over $400 for the front pads for our 300C SRT8... Not only was I hesitant to spend that much but ended up they were on backorder right as I NEEDED a set...

I hopped on a popular forum and found I was not alone. Long story short, many on that forum had connections and they started tracking back to find the OEM supplier of the pads for Chrysler / Brembo...

This search went all the way back to Germany (and at the time stalled for a few weeks until they found someone who spoke German and could translate some of the documents found).

It ended up that Bendix / Honeywell was the original supplier and the specs were IDENTICAL to their TitaniuMetallic Line.

Myself and MANY others ordered them and found they were indeed identical, all the way down to the markings & numbers etched into the metal backing.

Now, I can not be 100% sure Bendix / Honeywell still makes them for Chrysler... When I pulled the pads off my 2012 JGC SRT it had NO markings on the metal to give it away. But other than the blue bed-in material (something Bendix just started adding a few years ago) they did look exactly the same as the OEM.

The Bendix Part # is MKD1405 and can be bought for $35 for the front with free shipping (continental U.S.) from Amazon...

*** As a side note, Bendix actually has an upgraded version for many of the pads made for the service industry (Taxi / Police)... They don't offer it on the SRT Jeep but just for reference, you just add an FM to the end of the part number where applicable. I know for my R/T Magnum they were a great upgrade even over the "SRT" pads on our 300C.
 
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#17 ·
Just saw this on another thread...

I can vouch on the Bendix info, I talked with Brembo and Bendix engineering back when I had my 06 SRT and they confirmed the link. Just branding and dealer markup.

I've used the Bendix parts on 2 SRTs and there is no difference. Same stopping power and dust.
 
#19 ·
^ Man I hope not. I did my due diligence as much as possible. Two separate people confirmed with my vin number to make sure there isn't a mistake. I will very pissed off if I waste time dropping the Jeep off only to have their quote be wrong!
 
#20 ·
sounds like OEM pads are pretty good stuff, need to give them a shot someday.
I have 2 pairs of ebc ultimax USR7597 and USR7598 for my next few years of replacements. Hard to pass up paying $200 shipped for a complete set of ebc rotors (front and back)
 
#28 ·
Debby Downer Josh was right ;) :(

Called the dealer to triple check before wasting time bringing it in. Price was per wheel. Simple Jack the Parts Dealer must have been confused when I requested a "per axle" price.

No matter, I just ordered Brembo cross drilled front and rear rotors. $868.
 
#35 ·
My 2013 has reached its first brake pad change and the dealer asked if they should go ahead and replace it... but I needed the car back after a water pump issue which was covered by warranty, I asked for the price, wasnt happy to hear that the fronts 461USD and the rears 230USD...

So I pop on to Justforjeeps
and found a lower price but when I googled the part no.
68144427AB fronts and 68144432AA rears the price was way lower...

Now either I am missing something here or I need to buy more stuff to fit my new pads... What other parts need to be replaced with the pad change? not my first brake change but my first Brembo brakes, might be missing something...?? Just askin

I want the OEM pads, I do not want to change to other brands but what I will buy is R1 Rotors, but what other options do we have for rotors?
I have tried HAWK HPS street performance, and Bremboo drilled. Nothing better than factory brake system.
 
#38 · (Edited)
Hands down is the Racing brake two pc rotors for stopping with their Pads that can be made to your driving style. They honestly have been the standard replacement fort GTR since their OEM stuff is silly priced. The rotor compound and pad compound are matched. Not to mention the Rotors are lighter and Balanced something I don't hear a lot of when people talk rotor and pad but definalty importaint.

The Oem works well because they are soft and daily driving is mostly slow and steady with the occasional beat.

The Hawks or Stop tech pads works well but the misconception is they don't work as well as the OEM and this may be correct on a daily driver if you never get them to operating temps which could result in some squeezing or weak stopping power. Now if you drive hard and really heat them up then I think most will find they perform as good or better than OEM stuff.

Porterfield pads are great pads and they are better than most street pads but they really shine and perform well when they are hot. This is typical of a performance pad most found squeal like a pig when cold.
 
#40 · (Edited)
I can not say this 100% but I can say If you do not bed them properly and drive the truck and get them to tempetature frequently they "Could" as mentioned above squeak.

Like mentioned above their is a misconception by a lot that they don't work as well as the OEM but from The stats heated to operating temps they should work well.

So as good as OEM's too many variables to be quite honest with ya I can not tell you the sun is coming up tomorrow and would not make a claim of anything everyone has an opinion,Driving style, Install method an climate.


Hawks and Stoptechs have been the standard replacement for SRT's for the 10 years I've been following SRT so they are not junk by any means.
 
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