Brembo vs Mopar

[Matt Franklin]

Afternoon. I've been very pleased with the OEM brakes on my '19 SLT. I bought the truck with 27K miles on the odometer, have never touched the brakes, and have 101K miles on it now. It's POSSIBLE the brakes were replaced before I bought it, but I find that very unlikely since the PO was Enterprise Car Rental... Regardless, whether they have 75K or 101K on them, the OEM brakes owe me nothing.

I ordered some new OEM pads, but now I'm looking at replacing the rotors, and I can buy OEM Mopar rotors from RockAuto for $150 ea, or I can buy Brembo Prime for $70 ea. I've never owned Brembo, but I hear good stuff about them. Are there different quality levels by Brembo? Should I expect them to last as well as the OEM rotors have in this application?

 

[16WhiteQC]

Skip OE, over priced.

Ran Brembo/Hawks combo in the past on a previous car and never had any issues.

I just did Powerstop blank face rotors and the Z36 pads in this thread, very economical and great brake feel.
Throwing it out there as another option for you.

https://www.ramforum.com/threads/time-to-replace-powerstop-z36-kit-alternatives.218531/#post-3020686

 

[CanuckRam1313]

I'd go with the PowerStop Z36 package!

Ensure you look at your brake fluid, and if old, flush & fill with a high quality DOT4 or DOT5.1 when doing your brakes.

 

[Matt Franklin]

Appreciate the input, gentlemen. What kind of service life have you gotten from the Z36 pads and rotors? I've been happy with stopping performance of the OE, and the longevity has been great. The only thing I don't like is the price.

 

[16WhiteQC]

I'd go with the PowerStop Z36 package!

Ensure you look at your brake fluid, and if old, flush & fill with a high quality DOT4 or DOT5.1 when doing your brakes.

Check out the link I posted above to my recent thread, I would not recommend the drilled and slotted rotors that come with the Z36 kit for anyone in the salt belt.

Appreciate the input, gentlemen. What kind of service life have you gotten from the Z36 pads and rotors? I've been happy with stopping performance of the OE, and the longevity has been great. The only thing I don't like is the price.

Please click on my link above and read up on my experience (mine might be a fluke).

I am hoping to get better life out of the Z36 pads on the plain faced rotors.

Keep in mind the Z36 pads are more performance oriented than OE. They also dust alot less so I will take the decreased service life for better brake feel/performance and no dust.

 

[CanuckRam1313]

Check out the link I posted above to my recent thread, I would not recommend the drilled and slotted rotors that come with the Z36 kit for anyone in the salt belt.




Please click on my link above and read up on my experience (mine might be a fluke).

I am hoping to get better life out of the Z36 pads on the plain faced rotors.

Keep in mind the Z36 pads are more performance oriented than OE. They also dust alot less so I will take the decreased service life for better brake feel/performance and no dust.

I had the Z36 package on my 19' with their drilled/slotted rotors and had zero issues with North Eastern Ontario and Quebec winters.

I do appreciate your input though!

 

[hemihustlin]

I had the Z36 package on my 19' with their drilled/slotted rotors and had zero issues with North Eastern Ontario and Quebec winters.

I do appreciate your input though!

I have chinese cast drilled/slotted rotors going on 3 years now (sold in Canada by autoshack.ca) and for real I have nothing bad to say about them. no noise whatsoever and great stopping power (kit came with semi metallic 'performance ' pads)
I too had read all the bad things said on the internet and was interested to see how they held up in real life and so far haven't had so much as a squeal from them. cant even say as much for the OEM brakes lol.
of course from the factory they come with no grease that doesn't help.
i do a full brake service every spring after the salt season this helps enormously with pad/disc life. this year (3rd year) i took all the discs off the truck and used an air die grinder with a wire wheel to clean all the vent holes and sweepers. they were getting fairly rusty but none were completely blocked that i could see. threw on some unknown years old rear pads that I had lying around in my toolbox because they were thicker and more equally used than the rears I had on currently.
again I was like now check this its going to be noisey!
to my surprise not even!
will buy again finally. I did notice the fronts stay cleaner for me, likely because I do almost all daily driving with it so the fronts get worked out regularly and stay clean. the rear brakes you have to be towing or fairly aggressive street driving to get them hot

also to the OP i as well would highly recommend a brake oil flush! it degrades faster than we think especially when you use the brakes as designed! at 60k miles your brake oil is long over due!

 

[Hardracer]

If $$$ is your concern on items I'd say almost any level is cheaper from an auto store(ehhh.... maybe not now that i think about it)and there's million of others(diyers,garages etc.) out there that go this route without hesitation and have no problems.Rockauto is pretty cheap on alot of things though.hard to beat them.
Can't say on the costs due to me not looking into other pricey brands but I'm pretty sure Brembo is a quality name on some very high dollar vehicles.Dunno if they have different levels though.
Let us know your choice and how the outcome of driving feels.

 

[Mike Townsend]

I went with the R1 Concept Geomet rotors and the carbon ceramic pads. The truck stops very fast and the rotors never show the surface rust. And I am not nice to my truck but they have held up for at least five years and no sign of any problem.