Hey guys just a quick question, Whats the best place to buy breaks for my jeep. Are there any Parts Directs sites that offer better prices then the dealer. Thanks in advance.
Dealers have 2 grades of replacement brake pads: Value Line and OEM as installed in factory. Value Line is a lower grade, but you have to ask or the parts dept. may be silent about this minor fact.
Value line are ~ $75 per axle and the OEM factory style are about $175 per axle. Both prices seem ridiculous to me.
I'll look at another suitable replacement, e.g., Wagner Thermoquiet. They are about $65 per axle at Advance Auto and have a lifetime limited warranty.
Value Lines are $50 a set, that dealer was trying to rape you. VLs aren't necessarily lower quality, they just aren't approved/signed off on by the Mopar Engineering group. And they come with a lifetime warranty.
I got warever rotors and wagner thermo quites for the front for $100 at advanced auto. Try promo code "VISA" on the advanced.com website...it was 30% off when I bought them about a week ago.
I will as soon as I can afford the complete package. I'm about to call a Mercedes dealer to see how much it would cost to turn the rotors if need be but I hear of people putting mile and miles on the rotors without warping.
Just go to advance. Wagner thermo quiets are around $65...ceramics. Stopping power is great and their quiet and clean. I'm on my 3rd set on 2 different cars. Great mileage too. Just buy rotors...$35 a piece.
on the thermoquiet note if you order them online you get 20% off with code P20. Just ordered a set last night, total came to $102 shipped for front and rears.
lol sorry, figured advance was the only place that carrier the thermoquiets. Advance website. Ontop of the 20% off shipping was free. Took 2 days to get to my door.
I've had good luck with NAPA Ultra Premium line. Slightly more expensive than "OEM" quality but my experience says it's much better than the original brakes that came with the Jeep. The rotor's non-brake surfaces are also coated which leaves a neat painted (not rusted) part behind the wheels.
The brakes aren't the problem for me. I hate how the rotors keep warping and I'm not heavy on the brakes. So I'm hoping Stillen Cross-Drilled rotors will do the trick. I've read posts from WK owners that have put a lot of miles on the Stillen rotors and haven't warped them.
carwashes are the #1 warper of rotors... not sure if thats your issue or not, but I've know alot of people who keep warping rotors and it generally ends up being carwashes as the culprit.
well b/c 90% of the time people drive to the carwash under stop and go driving conditions and instead of waiting a few minutes for their brakes to cool back down they immediately start the carwash, meaning your hot brakes are instantly hit by cold water... on a long highway drive you don't really use your brakes and the air flow keeps them cool.