Been considering those Z36 pads & rotors myself. Are they an improvement over the OE brakes or not worth the $$. Noisy or overly dusty ?
So, when I bought my Durango it had nearly 100K on it and God knows what brakes. The feel was horrible, and I was going to be towing a travel trailer so I tried new pads (Wagner semi-metallic) without success before doing a full pad and rotor swap with new fluid. Went with the Z36 pads (advertised as good for towing) and Raybestos Element3 rotors. They are a lot better than whatever garbage was on there before, but honestly I wouldn't call them amazing. I've towed multiple times through mountain roads with no issues, so the stopping power/fade resistance is there, but the initial bite still just isn't where I
want it to be. I suspect this is just a Durango brakes thing (excluding Brembos, which people say are fantastic).
The dust on the Z36 is actually very low. Pretty dusty when towing obviously, but in regular day to day my wheels stay quite clean. Haven't had any issues with noise following the standard PowerStop bed in procedures.