David C. Moller

True that... I know my case would be the exception to the rule hehehe.
You're right, my daily commute to work is ~70 miles round trip, and
almost all of it is Interstate. Although I do get stuck in rush hour
traffic quite often LOL. And I do have the manual tranny and
downshift.

While we're on the topic though, what would be the 'typical' life span
for brakes? And as John mentioned in the start of this thread, what
are recommended replacement brands? I'm thinking of just biting the
bullet and going with OEM from the dealer since the original set has
lasted me this long. Although I've replaced brakes before on vehicles
I've purchased used, I've never had the vehicle long enough after that
to do a second replacement. And the Jeep is my first new vehicle that
I've kept for the entire term of the loan (woo hoo, about 3 payments
left!).

Dave

On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 09:42:09 -0500, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

>You must be an artist with using engine braking or do all highway
>driving!....
>
>That is a 'lot' of miles on one set of pads.
>
>Mike
>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
>"David C. Moller" wrote:
>>
>> Holy smokes, new brakes needed after two years? I'm still on my
>> originals on my '99 with 84K miles. Anyway, I'm about due, so I'll be
>> following this thread, too. :)
>>
>> Dave
>> http://mysite.verizon.net/res0p2es/david/index.htm
>>
>> On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 19:42:19 GMT, "John Stio" <jstio@optonline.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >I need to replace the front pads on my 02 wranger sport. It is all stock
>> >with stock 30 9.5 15 Goodyear Wranglers. Any recommendation on Brands and
>> >models.
>> >
>> >I was going to go with Bendix D477CT
>> >

David C. Moller

True that... I know my case would be the exception to the rule hehehe.
You're right, my daily commute to work is ~70 miles round trip, and
almost all of it is Interstate. Although I do get stuck in rush hour
traffic quite often LOL. And I do have the manual tranny and
downshift.

While we're on the topic though, what would be the 'typical' life span
for brakes? And as John mentioned in the start of this thread, what
are recommended replacement brands? I'm thinking of just biting the
bullet and going with OEM from the dealer since the original set has
lasted me this long. Although I've replaced brakes before on vehicles
I've purchased used, I've never had the vehicle long enough after that
to do a second replacement. And the Jeep is my first new vehicle that
I've kept for the entire term of the loan (woo hoo, about 3 payments
left!).

Dave

On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 09:42:09 -0500, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

>You must be an artist with using engine braking or do all highway
>driving!....
>
>That is a 'lot' of miles on one set of pads.
>
>Mike
>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
>"David C. Moller" wrote:
>>
>> Holy smokes, new brakes needed after two years? I'm still on my
>> originals on my '99 with 84K miles. Anyway, I'm about due, so I'll be
>> following this thread, too. :)
>>
>> Dave
>> http://mysite.verizon.net/res0p2es/david/index.htm
>>
>> On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 19:42:19 GMT, "John Stio" <jstio@optonline.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >I need to replace the front pads on my 02 wranger sport. It is all stock
>> >with stock 30 9.5 15 Goodyear Wranglers. Any recommendation on Brands and
>> >models.
>> >
>> >I was going to go with Bendix D477CT
>> >

mabar

Dave, you sure don't want to pay the dealer prices for the front pads. I
checked and they are about $140 for the "A" line of Mopar pads. They have an
"A" line of Mopar pads, and a "B" line of Mopar pads which cost much less.
The "A" line are ceramic pads that came as original equipment on '02 TJ's.
You can get Bendix, Bosch, or Raybestos ceramic pads at your local auto
parts store for MUCH less than the dealer.

Tom

"David C. Moller" <dmoller@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:lhlq10tla7luvfuo897kal8ub0022q2799@4ax.com...
>
> While we're on the topic though, what would be the 'typical' life span
> for brakes? And as John mentioned in the start of this thread, what
> are recommended replacement brands? I'm thinking of just biting the
> bullet and going with OEM from the dealer since the original set has
> lasted me this long. Although I've replaced brakes before on vehicles
> I've purchased used, I've never had the vehicle long enough after that
> to do a second replacement. And the Jeep is my first new vehicle that
> I've kept for the entire term of the loan (woo hoo, about 3 payments
> left!).
>
> Dave

mabar

Dave, you sure don't want to pay the dealer prices for the front pads. I
checked and they are about $140 for the "A" line of Mopar pads. They have an
"A" line of Mopar pads, and a "B" line of Mopar pads which cost much less.
The "A" line are ceramic pads that came as original equipment on '02 TJ's.
You can get Bendix, Bosch, or Raybestos ceramic pads at your local auto
parts store for MUCH less than the dealer.

Tom

"David C. Moller" <dmoller@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:lhlq10tla7luvfuo897kal8ub0022q2799@4ax.com...
>
> While we're on the topic though, what would be the 'typical' life span
> for brakes? And as John mentioned in the start of this thread, what
> are recommended replacement brands? I'm thinking of just biting the
> bullet and going with OEM from the dealer since the original set has
> lasted me this long. Although I've replaced brakes before on vehicles
> I've purchased used, I've never had the vehicle long enough after that
> to do a second replacement. And the Jeep is my first new vehicle that
> I've kept for the entire term of the loan (woo hoo, about 3 payments
> left!).
>
> Dave

mabar

Dave, you sure don't want to pay the dealer prices for the front pads. I
checked and they are about $140 for the "A" line of Mopar pads. They have an
"A" line of Mopar pads, and a "B" line of Mopar pads which cost much less.
The "A" line are ceramic pads that came as original equipment on '02 TJ's.
You can get Bendix, Bosch, or Raybestos ceramic pads at your local auto
parts store for MUCH less than the dealer.

Tom

"David C. Moller" <dmoller@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:lhlq10tla7luvfuo897kal8ub0022q2799@4ax.com...
>
> While we're on the topic though, what would be the 'typical' life span
> for brakes? And as John mentioned in the start of this thread, what
> are recommended replacement brands? I'm thinking of just biting the
> bullet and going with OEM from the dealer since the original set has
> lasted me this long. Although I've replaced brakes before on vehicles
> I've purchased used, I've never had the vehicle long enough after that
> to do a second replacement. And the Jeep is my first new vehicle that
> I've kept for the entire term of the loan (woo hoo, about 3 payments
> left!).
>
> Dave

John

Hey, thanks for the help guys,

The Bendix ceriamics are around $60,

I checked othe the Performance Friction, $34. Based on the multiple comments
about the performanc friction i am leaning towards them.


"mabar" <mabar@NOSPAMgbronline.com> wrote in message
news:0eqdnS8V1aeZwIDd4p2dnA@gbronline.com...
> Dave, you sure don't want to pay the dealer prices for the front pads. I
> checked and they are about $140 for the "A" line of Mopar pads. They have
an
> "A" line of Mopar pads, and a "B" line of Mopar pads which cost much less.
> The "A" line are ceramic pads that came as original equipment on '02 TJ's.
> You can get Bendix, Bosch, or Raybestos ceramic pads at your local auto
> parts store for MUCH less than the dealer.
>
> Tom
>
> "David C. Moller" <dmoller@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:lhlq10tla7luvfuo897kal8ub0022q2799@4ax.com...
> >
> > While we're on the topic though, what would be the 'typical' life span
> > for brakes? And as John mentioned in the start of this thread, what
> > are recommended replacement brands? I'm thinking of just biting the
> > bullet and going with OEM from the dealer since the original set has
> > lasted me this long. Although I've replaced brakes before on vehicles
> > I've purchased used, I've never had the vehicle long enough after that
> > to do a second replacement. And the Jeep is my first new vehicle that
> > I've kept for the entire term of the loan (woo hoo, about 3 payments
> > left!).
> >
> > Dave
>
>

John

Hey, thanks for the help guys,

The Bendix ceriamics are around $60,

I checked othe the Performance Friction, $34. Based on the multiple comments
about the performanc friction i am leaning towards them.


"mabar" <mabar@NOSPAMgbronline.com> wrote in message
news:0eqdnS8V1aeZwIDd4p2dnA@gbronline.com...
> Dave, you sure don't want to pay the dealer prices for the front pads. I
> checked and they are about $140 for the "A" line of Mopar pads. They have
an
> "A" line of Mopar pads, and a "B" line of Mopar pads which cost much less.
> The "A" line are ceramic pads that came as original equipment on '02 TJ's.
> You can get Bendix, Bosch, or Raybestos ceramic pads at your local auto
> parts store for MUCH less than the dealer.
>
> Tom
>
> "David C. Moller" <dmoller@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:lhlq10tla7luvfuo897kal8ub0022q2799@4ax.com...
> >
> > While we're on the topic though, what would be the 'typical' life span
> > for brakes? And as John mentioned in the start of this thread, what
> > are recommended replacement brands? I'm thinking of just biting the
> > bullet and going with OEM from the dealer since the original set has
> > lasted me this long. Although I've replaced brakes before on vehicles
> > I've purchased used, I've never had the vehicle long enough after that
> > to do a second replacement. And the Jeep is my first new vehicle that
> > I've kept for the entire term of the loan (woo hoo, about 3 payments
> > left!).
> >
> > Dave
>
>

John

Hey, thanks for the help guys,

The Bendix ceriamics are around $60,

I checked othe the Performance Friction, $34. Based on the multiple comments
about the performanc friction i am leaning towards them.


"mabar" <mabar@NOSPAMgbronline.com> wrote in message
news:0eqdnS8V1aeZwIDd4p2dnA@gbronline.com...
> Dave, you sure don't want to pay the dealer prices for the front pads. I
> checked and they are about $140 for the "A" line of Mopar pads. They have
an
> "A" line of Mopar pads, and a "B" line of Mopar pads which cost much less.
> The "A" line are ceramic pads that came as original equipment on '02 TJ's.
> You can get Bendix, Bosch, or Raybestos ceramic pads at your local auto
> parts store for MUCH less than the dealer.
>
> Tom
>
> "David C. Moller" <dmoller@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:lhlq10tla7luvfuo897kal8ub0022q2799@4ax.com...
> >
> > While we're on the topic though, what would be the 'typical' life span
> > for brakes? And as John mentioned in the start of this thread, what
> > are recommended replacement brands? I'm thinking of just biting the
> > bullet and going with OEM from the dealer since the original set has
> > lasted me this long. Although I've replaced brakes before on vehicles
> > I've purchased used, I've never had the vehicle long enough after that
> > to do a second replacement. And the Jeep is my first new vehicle that
> > I've kept for the entire term of the loan (woo hoo, about 3 payments
> > left!).
> >
> > Dave
>
>