Brake Pad Recommendation

Rock Auto has a crap ton of brake pads. This is my daily driver and I off-road a lot. Which one do you recommend? Gonna replace all at the same time. Feel free to drop rotor recommendations. Not looking to get the pretty slotted ones because of all of the mud that can cake on it.

 

Toyota OEM all the way.

 

Did my rear brakes recently and went with Stoptech Cryo Rotors 120.44157CRY and Akebono Performance ASP1304A pads. Rock Auto should have those pads, but they didn't have the rotors last time I checked.

 

Not here to knock anyone's recommendation as I do believe there may be "Better Than OEM" rotors and pads out there. I looked and this subject for years and everyone has something that works great. My issue is when someone states their choice is "WAY" better then someone else's or OEM. If something is better than what makes it (insert your adjective or superlative here). If $100 OEM pads are crap because they stop 2' longer than the $150-$300 pads then I'm not sold. More times than not the aftermarket product creates an extreme amount of brake dust that does become an issue. It also seems that for every forum member that suggests a brand or product there is another saying they're crap. I daily drive my truck and desert off-road some(never as much as we want) and only ever tow a loaded trailer that is less then 5000lbs. The OEM pads and rotors have been perfect when talking about how good anything could be on our 3+ ton behemoth. They do sell TRD oem pads but have also heard they dust like a nightmare for minimal improvement but do oddly cost less than the regular OEM pad. I again say all this will no ill intent to anyone's opinion but like oil there seems to be a million brake pad products and every one of them claim to be the best.

 

Akebono ACT1303 ACT1304
Bosch BC1303 BC1304

For front and rear

 

Akebono is the way

nothing fancy

simple

low dust

 

Frozen Rotors and hawk green pads
https://www.tundras.com/threads/diy-brake-job-advice-cryo-rotors-and-hawk-pads.111247/

 

The power stop z36 were good pads on my 2014 tundra, low dust and good stopping power. To attest to the OEM quality, I'm at 72k in 3 years and still have 50% pad remaining. Rotors are still good condition. I also have towed a lot. I'd say read recommendations here, price compare amd make a purchase.

 

Only been a few months but I went with the cheapest raysbestos pads on rockauto for the 4runner and I'm impressed. Brake rotors are Bosch. My AutoZone duralast setup only last about a year before it started pulsating again. Try the cheapest one and sometimes it will surprise you. Same thing with headlight bulbs. Used to buy those expensive silverstar ones and they kept burning out. My $6 bulbs are still running and it's been at least 5 years.

 

I just ordered some OEM ones today. Check out https://parts.toyota.com and use the code “FREESHIP”. It’s so much cheaper than going to my local dealership.

 

Hawk ceramic factory rotors.

 

I'm a fan of OEM front pads. Ran Hawk Truck/SUV (something or other) pads and pulled them before 50%. Too much dust, didn't like the first cold stop, and never felt any better heat handling than OEM.