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Has anyone tried Wearever brake pads

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I was shopping around for brake pads today. The Advance Auto Parts, Parts America, by my house carried Wearever pads as the house brand and they actually have a set available for 996. It's $57.48 for the front Wearever Silver MKD776 and $44.44 for the rear Wearever Silver MKD738.

The description says that they're semi-mettalic OE replacement pads, and they have a limited lifetime warranty, which means if you keep the receipt they're good for one free swap when you wear them out.

Has anyone tried these? The fact that both front and rear is cheaper than most front sets I've seen is giving me pause, but I've always used house brand pads on my other vehicles with no problems.

Anyone have other suggestions?

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I was shopping around for brake pads today. The Advance Auto Parts, Parts America, by my house carried Wearever pads as the house brand and they actually have a set available for 996. It's $57.48 for the front Wearever Silver MKD776 and $44.44 for the rear Wearever Silver MKD738.

The description says that they're semi-mettalic OE replacement pads, and they have a limited lifetime warranty, which means if you keep the receipt they're good for one free swap when you wear them out.

Has anyone tried these? The fact that both front and rear is cheaper than most front sets I've seen is giving me pause, but I've always used house brand pads on my other vehicles with no problems.

Anyone have other suggestions?

They arrived today. Looks like their front brake pads are just taller versions of the rear brake pads. They definitely don't fit. Got to take them back tomorrow. Guess I'll go the ebay mintex route.

(I should also note that although both sets show the brand as Wearever Silver, the rears came in a large Wearever Gold box instead. )

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Brake pads are NOT the place to look for "cheap" nor lifetime warranties. I always buy brake pads that are sure to eat rotor metal for lunch...!!

On the other hand I guess a "lifetime" brake pad warranty isn't so bad if you happen to be 90 years old and fully expect to "go" soon anyway.

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Brake pads are NOT the place to look for "cheap" nor lifetime warranties. I always buy brake pads that are sure to eat rotor metal for lunch...!!

On the other hand I guess a "lifetime" brake pad warranty isn't so bad if you happen to be 90 years old and fully expect to "go" soon anyway.

My 996 is my daily driver, and it never sees the track, so I don't need super ceramic high-performance pads. Anything up to OE standards is good.

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