GM / General Motors: Who makes GM's Brake pads??

"steve" <net> wrote in message
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Steve, GM Brake Pads are made by AC Delco. Their website is at:
http://www.acdelco.com . I noticed that they only show one pad for Grand
Prix's though.

Someone makes them for AC Delco. GM owns Delco. Someone makes them for
Delco. Bendix???????


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"steve" <net> wrote in message
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It could be AC Delco, they have plants around the world making stuff for GM.

It doesn't matter who makes them...the trick is to go to an AC Delco Parts
store, or GM dealer and ask for only OEM brake pads...Nothing else works...
Steve
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"Skeezicks" <ca> wrote in message
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Boy, they've got you brainwashed like a good little sheep.

"s" wrote

 
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Not at all, as far as I'm concerned, he's correct. The OEM
GM pads work great and are quiet as long as you actually
know what you are doing when you perform the brake job.

The cheaper AC Delco pads are garbage....we were using
them for a while in an attempt to compete price wise, but
what's the point of doing a cheaper brake job when you
end up with comebacks all day long because the product
is inferior?

Ian

Steve,

I was also a GM tech in a past life. Now I have a leisurely life as a
tech at a local municipality.

I agree with Shiden_Kai. He is correct, and has been giving good advice
on this group for a long time.

I purchased a '99 GMC Jimmy at 1 years old, and 7k miles on it. The
O.E.M. pads lasted 57k miles, with little to no squeal, and they stopped the
truck on a dime. The new pads cost me $75 wholesale at GM. I still get a
discount because I know the people at the dealership. Your price would be
higher for O.E.M. pads.

8 years ago I had an '87 Pontiac Bonneville. I installed some Wagner
brake pads on it. A week later, coming home from work, I was cut off by
another vehicle on an interstate. I mashed the pedal down and the car kept
rolling. My Bonneville didn't have anti-lock brakes. The brakes didn't even
chirp. If I didn't pull onto the shoulder, I would have rear-ended that guy.

I purchased the O.E.M. pads, and man what a difference. The car stopped
on a dime.

In conclusion, ... brake pad compounds vary by manufacturer.

There are 4 things that I deem very important as far as mechanical
safety. Brakes, suspension, steering, and tires. These are the things that
give you dirrectional control and stopping power. If you want to skimp on
these, you take your life, and your family's, into your hands.

GMdude

When purchasing aftermarket parts, all you have to ask for is O.E.
replacement.

I personally never had any problem with better than O.E. replacement Wagner.

Wagner has "you get what you pay for".

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