What type of brakes should be used?

Tiny
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  • 2011 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE
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What type of brakes should be used for the truck listed above?
Thursday, January 21st, 2021 AT 4:00 AM

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Tiny
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I am attaching the process to replace the pads on the front and the part numbers for the pads for the front and rear brakes which if searched you will find many options to buy them.

Also, here are a couple guides that will help with replacing front and rear brakes:

https://youtu.be/X6wsJA9fIiA

and

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-replace-front-brake-pads-and-rotors-fwd

Lastly, here is a guide that will help with flushing the brake fluid if that appears to be needed as well:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-bleed-or-flush-a-car-brake-system

Check out the diagrams (Below). Please let us know if you need anything else to get the problem fixed.
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Thursday, January 21st, 2021 AT 4:27 PM
Tiny
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Should I use ceramic or semi metallic?
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Friday, January 22nd, 2021 AT 3:49 AM
Tiny
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It depends on what you are looking for. Metallic are more durable but more noisy than ceramic. Metallic perform better but produce more brake dust that you have to clean.

Basically if you want the best performing pad, go with Metallic but they may be noisy. If you want a quiet pad that performs well and produces less dust, go with ceramic.

I always choose ceramic because I don't need higher performance.
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Friday, January 22nd, 2021 AT 7:07 PM

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