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Soft compounds etc in colder climates bite better...

Perhaps they don't do multiple compounds.

On cold mornings here (2c etc) the Toyotas definitely had poor brake feel and needed a much harder push to pull up.

Get them wet and they took some energy.

I've never had this on the Euros...

Bite on a Euro is far better with a nicer feel to it..


I'm guessing it's the price we pay...

Brembo feel even nicer and wear inversely!

Thanks for replies,

I have noticed my D4 doesn't seem to stop any quicker than the loaded Jap work van i drive all day, in the dry.

Wet is a different story as one has the electronic aids,the other doesn't,although the new models do.

Feel,i recon they are very similar,the van bites maybe very slightly better.

The van will do 250 to 300k without needing any work on the brakes.

Then again it is not an auto,or a 4wd....

Actually i have just taken one out of service,to be replaced, and has done 280K,brakes never been touched.

A mate has a European van,does same sort of work as we do,needs brake overhaul every 120K.

It is much nicer to drive,but running costs are way more.

Just my observations,and 2cents worth

Thanks. Agree... and it seems very different with different operators also.

My rear rotors and pads are untouched at 101k and will go a bit longer, fronts were changed just because I had slotted and Akebonos sitting here at 30k...

I run at close to GVM all the time and tow frequently..

Others who don't tow and it's just the D4 are having brakes at 20-40k intervals - I've never had to do this through necessity on any vehicles excluding my track car!

Country cars brakes will last much longer for obvious reasons

Originally Posted by discorevy

Country cars brakes will last much longer for obvious reasons

I live in a regional City... spoon drains and roundabouts galore, always on the brakes...

I also tow heavy loads regularly through winding passes etc...

Agree that highway miles don't chew consumables but I lived in a major city and never suffered excessive brake wear either...

Mum was worse - brakes smoothly and early, we had to swap her brake pads and have the discs machines yearly as she would glaze them over on her Toyotas...
Eventually we just had me drive it "Italian style" once a month!

Likewise , I'll usually get over 100 000k out of brakes , if I was only getting 20 - 40 000 out of a set I'd be having a good look at my driving style, exceptions to this would be those that live and drive a lot on wet pindan tracks, when in Broome we used to look after the cape leveque Postie's troopie , when it was wet he'd get through a set of rear pads every couple of weeks , and he wasn't known for using brakes . that stuff is very abrasive
Might be worth a thread to see how many k's people are getting , but there are a lot of variables

I am using cooper Zeon Ltz 275/45R29, just two damaged on side. I don't know if it is bad luck or quality issues. Seriously consider to put cooper Ltz 285/50R20, does it on Gordon 's calculation table?

Originally Posted by DIS4

I am using cooper Zeon Ltz 275/45R29, just two damaged on side. I don't know if it is bad luck or quality issues. Seriously consider to put cooper Ltz 285/50R20, does it on Gordon 's calculation table?

275/46R20