How long have your stock brakes lasted you?

[Stangman Jonathan]

^ That's crazy! If you do replace them, call up our club Ford Dealer - Downs Ford and they should be able to get you a good price on them. That's where I get all my parts.

mine have 20k on them and seem fine to me and theres times when i get on them hard

[jerseysilverstang07]

umm i think i need to sit this one out still have 98 percent of my pads left and the car is an 07 downside is car only has 11,800 on the clock and the rate of the weather may not be out on the road til may if ever

[GBabeStang05]

My car is at 75k and either they were replaced before my parents owned the car, or I'm still on stock but they need to be replaced at some point I think in the spring.

[05bluestang]

46+K on mine (5 speed), braking is for .........(fill in the blank), who needs brakes if you can downshift?

[Hotshot]

Originally Posted by 05bluestang

46+K on mine (5 speed), braking is for .........(fill in the blank), who needs brakes if you can downshift?

transmissions are more expensive then brake pads


and also, does anyone else feel the brakes fading really bad at high speeds? i know when i'm up around 70-90 that my car just doesn't want to slow down at all. They start to bite under 65 mph.

[Hotshot]

Originally Posted by Smokey07

The stock brakes suuucckk especially when it comes to trying to stop at "highway speeds" hence the upgraded slotted rotors, pads and brake cooling kit sittin in my room waiting to go on my car ... I think I'm going to bite the bullit and do it soon even though my fronts are still ok... 70,500+ stinkin miles and all I can do is warp them.. not kill them lol

I honestly think I warped the stocks with in the 1st week of having my car and I bought it brand new... special ordered it to get it the way I wanted it.

i am interested in hearing what you think of the slotted rotors because i have gotten mixed messages about them. I know cross drilled are good to avoid due to cracking, but slotted i get good and eh things about.

And did you by chance go with the Hawk HPS pads?

[GBabeStang05]

Originally Posted by Smokey07

Your car is an automatic right? They may have been replaced before your parents bought it.. how many miles did it have when they bought it, do you know?

Yeah it's auto. I think it had about 55k when my parents got it. It's the second year we've had the car.

[mrnoodley]

I've gone through a few set of pads and rotors. I get 2-3 track days out of the OE parts which at the price of new take offs is fine. I'm thinking about doing the GT500 conversion, but would need to upgrade to the GT500 wheels as well to clear the Brembos.