Recommend brake pads for Chevy truck

I tow my racecar a few times a year.  I also put around 40k miles per year on my 2015 Chevy Silverado.

I want a set of good front pads that won't fade while towing and work well around town.

Thanks!

Rob R.

Did you have any issues with the OE pads? If not I'd just use them. I used to mess around with aftermarket pads but I liked them less than OE more often than not unless it was on my race car. If it ain't broke don't fix it. 

I use Hawk LTS on our 06 Sierra. Love them. They do dust more than OE but have a better initial bite and hold the heat from towing a brake-less trailer very well. I can't recommend them enough for towing. 

In reply to morello159 :

I didn't like how they felt when towing the racecar.  The truck still stopped, but they faded a bit and the pedal felt a bit squishy.

I tried some severe duty pads from powerstop.  They felt okay at first, but wore quickly and felt "inconsistent".  They definetl y required heat to work well.

bobzilla said:

I use Hawk LTS on our 06 Sierra. Love them. They do dust more than OE but have a better initial bite and hold the heat from towing a brake-less trailer very well. I can't recommend them enough for towing. 

I might try these.  Let's see how they compare coat wise with raybestos severe duty.

In reply to wvumtnbkr :

They're not that bad and we got about 50k miles out of a set. There was still life, but when you're towing I didn't want to take the chance. I think I bought both sets from Tire Rack for about $70 shipped.

bobzilla said:

In reply to wvumtnbkr :

They're not that bad and we got about 50k miles out of a set. There was still life, but when you're towing I didn't want to take the chance. I think I bought both sets from Tire Rack for about $70 shipped.

Well.....  it looks like tire rack doesn't offer them for my truck.  Weird.  I'll check hawks website.

I've had good luck with the Raybestos severe duty pads on 3 different trucks I towed with, 2 were towing 28ft enclosed trailer. Brakes were always consistent with no fading. Haven't tried the Hawks so I don't know how they would compare.

In reply to wvumtnbkr :

If I experienced this, I'd perform a detailed inspection of my trailer brakes. 

Edit: So, "Reply" doesn't automatically quote.  Responding to wvumtnbkr's observations regarding brake feel while towing. 

Not sure if they're available, but I use Hawk HPS (yeah, HPS) on my Sequioa for towing duties and they've been great. 

Sorry read 2015 as 2005 for some reason. Hawk lts if you care about dust, SD if you don't. Raybestos/NAPA if you don't want to spend Hawk money. 

Raybestos super duty if you have a Rock Auto discount code

Napa Fleet if you want like a very slight upgrade from OE

Hawk lts if you're mildly committed

Hawk SD if you want your GMT800 to stop like it has functioning brakes. 

If you're towing with a GMT800 you need all the brake help you can get. If you have 17" wheels the later truck stuff is an easy and worthwhile upgrade

Raybestos Specialty Truck.  After having such great service from the Raybestos ST43 on the race car I thought I would give Raybestos a try for the tow pig Suburban 2500.  They have 8 compounds that fit so I called them, discussed my application and they quickly suggested the specialty truck once I said the truck spends half it's miles with a 6000# enclosed trailer.  They have been great, much better feel and response than what unknown pads were on it before, and it has stopped the whole truck/trailer combo alone when the trailer brakes had an issue.  Not all that much dust either.  They are also like $40 per axle.  Another 2 friends use them on their trucks and both are just as happy.