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drum brake pad upgrades-who sells? Recommendations? #1234443
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68 charger..is it worth upgrading the brake pads? what have you had success with? Don't want to go to disks right now.

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Re: drum brake pad upgrades-who sells? Recommendations? [Re: triple_green] #1234444
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I get mine at NAPA or Carquest.
Drums have shoes and disc have pads.

Re: drum brake pad upgrades-who sells? Recommendations? [Re: MoparforLife] #1234445
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really depends on you. you can get some good shoes for drums. only downside i've found is they will want a power assist and don't work real good cold. i have a set of 11" carbon metallics that love heat and will stop as good anything i've owned, including discs. i think to get a real good disc set-up you'll need 12" or larger calipers with a power assist. i use 15" wheels so that puts a limit in size for what i do. i have an a-body disc conversion on my 65 coronet and as far as i'm concerned it isn't worth two dead flies!

Re: drum brake pad upgrades-who sells? Recommendations? [Re: lewtot184] #1234446
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sorry I am asking about alternate material brake shoes. I think the carbon metallics is what I was looking for.

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Re: drum brake pad upgrades-who sells? Recommendations? [Re: triple_green] #1234447
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how bad are the carbon metallics when cold? Are we talking about first driving cold or cold weather cold? Also can you just put CM shoes on the front?

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