Back from the dead but with relevance!
I have had small cracks develop from the edges of holes in drilled rotors. They were on the car when purchased so I have no idea the quality or care given to them prior to my ownership Promptly replaced as pads were about 2/3 gone anyway and didnt feel like it would be responsible to be on a track in that condition.
Now the relevant part. I'm looking to replace rotors and pads on all 4 corners of the expedition and have never purchased any for this type of vehicle before. Has anyone ran the Power Stop Z36? Between Jegs price match and free shipping its pretty tempting right now. The Z23 is only slightly less...like $50ish. It's very unlikely I tow or haul much if anything other than a random situation. Don't own a boat, trailer, etc. Off chance I may be enlisted to haul in laws boat on occasion to Tennessee if a whole gang of people are attending but that would be the most. Want to say its around 6k w trailer. We have the HD tow on this truck.
It is primarily my daily driver. I'm tired of having warped rotors, got it that way but they had been changed within the past 6k and had tons of life left so I dealt w it. It's annoying me more now and 15k mi later I can justify tossing them without feeling wasteful.
From what I've seen from various vendors and brands I'm anyehere from about $225 to $400 for those same 4 corners. If the Z36 stop great, have long life and are less prone to warping I'm in as I plan to keep this expy until it reaches its end of life or doesn't make economic sense to maintain. If I can get 85% that performance of that for $100 less however I'm down for that to. I'm fairly gentle on bakes, I dont drive a 3 ton truck like a Ferrari and I drive a pretty typical route daily and know when I'll be stuck at the next light and coast on up though of course I'm in the occasional mood and drive like I'm 12 but it's fairly uncommon.
I'm sitting at about 13k a year in driving, roughly 80% hwy and the "city" is a major road with predictable lights that I usually catch 3 out of the 8 each day and virtually never encounter real traffic due to hours I work.