Best F150 Brake Pads

Usually there are three brake pad material types used on modern vehicles: organic, semi-metallic, and ceramic. Organic style pads are especially soft, produce a lot of dust, and are all around a less than ideal brake pad for your F150. Semi-metallics, as you can tell by the name, are a hybrid compound preferred by most truck enthusiasts for a number of tasks. They are harsher on rotors, are a bit noisier, but have a superb bite and heat dissipating properties. Ceramic brakes come in a variety of levels, all based on the ceramic hybrid compound. Some may be OE style pads, but others are designed for track only use. The main benefits of ceramic pads are they produce next to no dust and are really quiet. This still leaves the question of what brake pads are best for your F150.

Fun fact: truck towing capacities are based on the truck’s ability to stop with a loaded trailer. Pulling a ridiculous amount of weight is all fine and dandy until you realize your brake pads turn into butter when you try for a regular stop. The biggest enemy of brakes is heat, but of course that’s a by product of friction. Brake pads with intense heat resistance are the best for towing. The last thing you want is to experience brake fade when coming up to a red light. Semi-metallic pads are preferred for towing because of their operating temperature. Like your engine, brake pads need a bit of heat to achieve maximum bite. For semi-metallic pads, the range between reaching proper temps and overheating is huge, making the tolerate of heavy loads.