highline

I have 57xx miles on the GT/CS...I want ebc slotted & dimpled rotors...do i have to change pads? Any ebc comments, good or bad? Thanks in advance...

bakerjd

I went with Hawk Performance pads and DBA cross-drilled/slotted rotors. GREAT combo! Highly recommend the setup if you're willing to spend that amount! As for ebc...don't know much other than their ads in 5.0 and MM&FF's.

highline

yea, i heard hawks are great, but don't want to change the pads if I don't have to...as I have never changed pads, but I'm worried a little about the ?bead-in? period of the rotor...

05StangZz

You dont have to change the pads but you may as well since you will have the calipers off to change the rotors.
I have the EBC Green Stuff pads, they work nice once warmed up, but are dusty as hell. If you dont mind cleaning off your rims every couple days or so they are ok.

highline

i hate brake dust, but with the miles I put on this vehicle I'm not concerned...From EBC's email response, "Always replace brake pads when replacing rotors, it is false economy to use worn or old pads on new rotors as these can cause hot spots and promote brake fade and more than double bed in time. This is both dangerous and bad economics."...guess I have to learn how to replace pads...

Derf00

Not only that but new pads have special coatings on them (at least the Hawks, EBC's Akebonos, etc) that allow for proper bedding of the pad. Less likely to have issues down the road with them.

I prefer ceramic pads, way less dust and grab just as well as semi-metallics after warming up. My fronts are ceramics and my rears are semi-metallic. My fronts wheels stay way cleaner than my rears.

pinn

The hardest part of changing pads is the rears, they need spun in to open the calipers. Don't try to just compress them like normal calipers. I rented the proper toolkit from AutoZone after trying the crappy/cheap "cube" product that doesn't work for crap on the mustang. I modified the "cube" with my dremel as it won't fit the mustang grooves out of the box and ended up giving up on it and renting the autozone kit which worked flawlessly.

Search youtube for 2006 mustang brakes for a good primer video.

adidasUNT8

+1... changed the rears a little while back and the pads.... those cube things are definitely crappy to work with... we managed to get it, but i would have rather gotten the tool at autozone....