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I'm in the market for new brake pads since the OEM ones wear out way too fast for our light use (never towed). I also recently watched a video from the channel Engineering Explained that talked about mechanical attachments between the friction material and the backing plate itself. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oIJixuvRoQ. Although the video is sponsored by NRS, the guy is still pretty trustworthy in my opinion, you should check out his video if you have time. At 12:38 in the video, it shows an image of vehicles that the OEM specified the need for mechanical attachments in their brake pads, which included the 2nd and 3rd Gen Expeditions. Since the 4th gen isn't that much lighter, I suspected that they also need mech attachments, but the image seemed outdated with cars only up to around 2016-ish. Can't find any info elsewhere if the 4th Gens requires mech attachments on the brake pads.
PowerStops and Hawks I've seen are recommended the most on our forum, but how about the other ones? Does anyone have experience on any other pads that they can share? I'm particularly curious about the Brembo pads, that currently sell at my local Canadian Tire for about $120 USD for full set. Brembo used to be known for good quality, right? And lastly, do any of these pads, other than NRS pads (mentioned in the video) for $300 US (full set) have mechanical attachments? Hope to hear from some Expy experts about mechanical attachments, because I am really curious about it and I don't see it mentioned enough!
Any opinion is really appreciated! Thank you all!
EDIT: Forgot to mention Pro-Series as well, seems like they have a lot of products as well.
PowerStops and Hawks I've seen are recommended the most on our forum, but how about the other ones? Does anyone have experience on any other pads that they can share? I'm particularly curious about the Brembo pads, that currently sell at my local Canadian Tire for about $120 USD for full set. Brembo used to be known for good quality, right? And lastly, do any of these pads, other than NRS pads (mentioned in the video) for $300 US (full set) have mechanical attachments? Hope to hear from some Expy experts about mechanical attachments, because I am really curious about it and I don't see it mentioned enough!
Any opinion is really appreciated! Thank you all!
EDIT: Forgot to mention Pro-Series as well, seems like they have a lot of products as well.
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