Anyone try the Powerstop Z36 Brake Pads?

Seems like my Tundra is just about due at 50k. I’ll inspect first but I get a slight front wheel vibration when applying and they almost seem to be dragging a slight bit. I have the Powerstops on my Hellcat and they are great. I’ll r&r both axles.
I’ve got to find the min rotor thickness, and plan to have them cut before putting it all back together. Thanks for any input.

 

If you're going the powerstop route, I'd honestly buy the kit w/pads and rotors. I had them on my '08 when towing a lot, and it reduced rotor warp quite a bit... either way, make sure you bed them per the instructions!

Regarding having your rotors turned... absolutely nothing wrong w/doing that, but these OE rotors warp a bit easier than they should and removing any thickness will cause them to heat a bit quicker which leads to warping sooner; just my .02...

 

Im running Z17s

 

I would agree with @Tripleconpanna . Lots of aftermarket pads that tout better braking performance are more abrasive on rotors and eat through them more quickly than stock pads which are optimized for a good blend of performance, low noise, low dust, and decent pedal feel. Having your stock rotors turned down diminishes their thermal capacity, then adding a more aggressive pad will heat them up quickly and eat away the material faster, leading to bad rotors quickly - both in brake application and over time. At least, that has been my experience with them.

I would also recommend replacing the rotors along with the pads. I say that having done a quick pad swap on one of my trucks using the Powerstop Z36 pads on top of used rotors with 80k miles on them.

While not a fair comparison to fresh rotors, the Z36 pads seem have a little less cold bite than OE pads, with a little more warm bite making them a little less predictable than OE pads. Overall, when warm, they did provide good braking, but not markedly better than factory pads, IMO - at least not without new rotors. Having more bite means more heat going in to the rotors, which is further reason to freshen them up. I did bed the pads to the used rotors, but I understand that fresh rotors would yield better results. I just needed to swap pads before I swap the entire braking system on that truck with a BBK, which is less ideal, but much more ideal than the brake backing pads that were about a hairs-breath from becoming the friction surface between the calipers and rotors...