ron350 Posted April 22, 2017 Report Share Posted April 22, 2017 My 96 Regal needs new front brake pads and rotors. Does any one know if AC Delco made a 171-xxx series ceramic front pad for a 96 Regal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imp558 Posted April 22, 2017 Report Share Posted April 22, 2017 A good semi metallic will stop it nicely. RockAuto has a couple of options for ceramic pads for our cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55trucker Posted April 22, 2017 Report Share Posted April 22, 2017 My personal preference is a ceramic pad, they are on my *other* vehicles, but with the GP's propensity for *poor stopping characteristics* I have kept carbon metallic pads on the 4 corners. Yes the carbons dust up more & they are harder on the rotors but they have a better cold bite ability than the ceramics do, if in a panic stop situation the carbons react better on the initial get-go, and I'd rather have more stopping ability and wash the wheels more often rather than less braking ability & wash the wheels less often and my wheels are white. Keep in mind that the pads themselves are not totally to blame for the cars braking characteristics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schurkey Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 I had NAPA ceramic pads on my K1500 front brakes for far too long. I despised them, and they just would not wear out. Stopping distance was hatefully long. I was so glad to finally replace them with semi-metallic pads. Mind you, this was a long time ago. Ceramic pads may be better now. If you've got a firm brake pedal and poor stopping distance--and you suspect something other than crappy brake pads or the non-vacuum ABS system (Powermaster IV???) --you've almost certainly got a partially-failed vacuum power booster. Replacing the boosters on my two Luminas made a tremendous difference in the stopping power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White93z34 Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 96' was a totally different booster, won't apply to him Powermaster III was gone after 91' digitaloutsider 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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