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Anyone Try Summits Brake Pad Rotor Combo

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Hey

Its time for my 1st Brake job ( frt) on my 4x4 burb. Got 55,000 and want to upgrade to better rotors and pads.

Saw sumit combo kit for $169.00 Pads and Slotted and drilled Rotors. Anyone ever try them ?? Do you have any recomendations ?

 

 

thanks

 

Scott

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Sounds like you got pretty good life out of your OEM brakes. They (GM) did a great job of improving the brakes on the GMT800. My 99 2500 got 150,000 miles on the first front set, so I just used OEM pads.

 

It'd be nice to know who makes these for Summit. I'm always a bit skeptical about using unknow maker parts on my vehicles. Nevertheless, chances are good that they are a good namebrand part and will perform well. Slotting and drilling help get some extra heat shedding capability, but it's small. If you feel you've had situations where the brakes were marginal, the drilling or slotting may help. The no-name pads are the unknown. You may find that those pads don't work well until heated up or some such difference. When in doubt, go OEM.

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