New brakes

[scattershot]

I'm getting ready ro replace the front rotors and brake pads on my 2000 F250 Super Duty. Anyone ever use slotted rotors and ceramic pads? Any recommendations or advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

[Artemus Gordon]

R1Concepts has great information. Used them on my last F450 and noticed big difference especially in heat reduction. The Super Duty forums also have good info on the subject. I will put them on my current F450 after extended Warranty runs out. My plan covers rotors and pads.

[Art-n-Marge]

How many miles do you have? Is this your first brake service? I had about 100,000 miles on my 2006 truck before changing just the brake pads. The rotors were turned (not replaced)and high-quality pads were installed (may have had ceramic but I forget). I still had a lot of pad left, but since I'd never owned a truck and most cars I owned the brakes needed service about 40,000 to 60.000 miles so I couldn't believe I could go 100,000 and still have that much pad left over. I changed them anyway just for grins.

What I found out and from comments in this forum, is that the truck being rated for 22,500 combined gross weight and since at the time I wasn't towing much, the brakes just weren't wearing all that much and many members and others commented their trucks went far beyond 100.000 miles before needing brakes. But it was too late, I had already had the brakes serviced.

Now that I am full-timing, I am sure I will be getting more frequent brake services but not all that much different, since I am not towing far and most miles on the truck are when the truck isn't loaded with too much.

If this is your first service, then I'm impressed? So do you need rotors, or are you just wanting to change them out (I understand slotted rotors work cooler, hence helping your brakes last longer)? I hope you don't mind me being so curious.

[scattershot]

Hi... My truck has 140,000 miles on it, and this will be the third set of brakes coming up. I still have plenty of pad left, amd wouldn't change them at all, but I warped a rotor, and thought as long as I was in there I'd go ahead and replace the rotors rather than refacing them. I have plenty of pad material left and could re-use the existing pads, but wanted to try the ceramics. I plan to do the work myself, so really it's about the same either way.

Lots of mountain driving hereabouts.

If the rotor wasn't warped, I wouldn't need to change anything at all.

Thanks for the references.