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I supported Toymods
Location:
Perth, Western Australia
Registered:
December 2002
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Re: What brake pads should i get for my Rav4?
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Mon, 05 April 2004 13:25
 
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It's a Rav4, not a F1 car, and given it's duties and capabilities, standard pads will be fine for your application, anything more I feel will be a waste of money. Unfortunately, of late, the forums seem to have been filled with alot of keyboard warriors who can tell you anything they read, but have very little real world experience, and for this reason, any one who tells you upgraded brake pads in a Rav4 will improve your car, I feel is making more assumption than factual statement. If standard pads were not up to the job for everyday driving (including towing), they would not be sold, given the litigous and capricious world we live in today.
Having said all that, if you tow a tonne down a hill in fifth gear using your brakes to slow down, yes, you'll cook the standard pads, as you also will the upgraded jobbies, but this says nothing of the correct way to drive a laiden car anyway.
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