you better use a ton of disc quiet stuff and all every time ive seen aftermarket pads from parts stores put on cars they make horrible noise

I would return them.

So what do you suggest, I take these back and buy stock pads?

Get some EBC yellowstuff or TRD brake pads. They will dust like a mofo but are much better and mine have been silent (so far).

i have always ran these in my trucks and never once had a problem or noise problem. i have never used the EBC or trd pads. but these have never failed me yet. i do not like a lot of brake dust on my wheels looks trashy. IMO. i did some very spirited driving with these on my xr on some very dangerous roads. where a slit slip or over correct would take me off a a few steep hills. but its all your choice. plus they have a lif time warranty at lest they did when i bought them.

I worked at Autozone for 9 months and sold these... I've had a few people that used their cars spiritedly... probably even seen track time (WRX, Civic SI, MazdaSpeed3 but also sold them to many other people with no complaints) and came back a week or so later with the pads cracking and falling apart. The guy with the SI said they caught fire for a short time. These are not performance pads, But they will be great if you just use your truck for regular driving.

The only real difference between the C-Max's and the Duralast gold is that the C-max's come with a little packet of lubricant and the "brake hardware" (on some cars)... They still have the life time warranty, Just like all Duralast parts. If these fail or even regularly wear out. Just bring them back using the same phone number you bought them with (that you registered your warranty to).

With that said, I intend on using EBC yellow or green stuff brake pads when my truck needs new pads... Used EBC on my Integra and BMW and had no complaints.

Well I'm just going to give these a shot, if they suck I'll return them and get something else.

They should be fine. 2 weeks ago i put those exact pads on the front of my truck and they have been fine. No noise or anything. Feel better than the stock replacements due to them being old(89k miles).

A lot of hear-say always get thrown around on brake pads. While I am in the EBC fanboi group, you will be fine with these. People should always use some Brake quiet on the back of any disc pad regardless of brand name. The squeak is normally from a vibration of the pad, and not the pad compound itself. I just installed some Wagner Thermo-quiet pads on my wife's SUV and they are great, actually better than the EBC's that came off. No dust, no noise and smooth bite.

the only autozone pads that suck are the valueraft and duralast (regular red box)

the cmax and gold are really good pads... i use to work there (3 years) always sold them and never had one complaint

PLUS!!! as long as you do not grind the pad to the rotor when they are worn out you can return them and get a new set AT NO COST!!

if you do a brake job right you do not need any thing to remove squeak... i have never used that stuff... only use brake lube and pad glue (pink junk holds them to the caliper)

STONER-X said:

the only autozone pads that suck are the valueraft and duralast (regular red box)

the cmax and gold are really good pads... i use to work there (3 years) always sold them and never had one complaint

PLUS!!! as long as you do not grind the pad to the rotor when they are worn out you can return them and get a new set AT NO COST!!

if you do a brake job right you do not need any thing to remove squeak... i have never used that stuff... only use brake lube and pad glue (pink junk holds them to the caliper)

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Right on man, we'll see in about a week or so if they're going to start squeaking, so far so good. How can you just return them after so long and get a brand new set? That's awesome though! It was really easy to do the install, I just forgot to put the blue grease stuff on the back side of the pads on the first one I did. Remembered to put it on the second set though... hope that doesn't come back to bite me!

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Right on man, we'll see in about a week or so if they're going to start squeaking, so far so good. How can you just return them after so long and get a brand new set? That's awesome though! It was really easy to do the install, I just forgot to put the blue grease stuff on the back side of the pads on the first one I did. Remembered to put it on the second set though... hope that doesn't come back to bite me!

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its part of there lifetime warranty.. that was always my big sell point for people to upgrade to the nicer set..

its easy to swap them out...

keep the box and put them back in and give them the number you put the warranty under and they will do a even swap

OR

buy the same pads change them and bring then old ones back and get a refund!

i believe they use the old backing to make the cheaper pads (valuecraft)