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Originally Posted by mosesburb
The rotors came from Street Plus Performance. The pads are Bendix MKD149FM available from any Bendix supplier. One thing I will mention is that I noticed the last set of these Fleet/Metlock pads that I bought for another vehicle in my fleet came in a box that no longer says Made In USA on it. Hopefully the quality is still there, but only time will tell. I have had fantastic luck with these pads for decades. I have used them on everything from my mom's cars to my Sub and everything in between..
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I ran the Made In India MKD149FMs when I recently turned my hub-rotor assemblies and reinstalled them. They are a bit different from the MADE In USA ones in that they have a dust slot in the middle of the pad and blue break-in compound on them. So far they seem to be working fine, but if I do have problems with them I have a box of NOS Made In USA pads waiting in the wings. I also kept the barely worn Made In USA pads that I took off. A quick bump on a belt sander and they would be fine to re-use as well.
If I have a warping issue I may see about installing some kind of Wilwood rotor/hat assembly in place of the OE crap. So far though I haven't had any issues, but then again I've only had these on there for a month or so.
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