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Hey All, So I know I have the 350mm front rotors what I am after is does anyone know the mopar part number for them? And if anyone has had any good experience with after market I have replaced front twice with aftermarket and feel like the OEM were the beter than the two sets of aftermarket. I am not interested in any that are cross drilled ect, just looking for Heavy Duty / Towing ect.. Thanks Hank
 
Centric Premium and Raybestoa Element3 are my go-tos for good quality aftermarket rotors with a decent rust coating.

What pads are you using? Pads make all the difference on brake feel, rotors have little impact in comparison. I'm on the PowerStop Z36 HD pads. They have performed fine, but I still find the Durango to have crap brake feel.
 

Made in the USA. I’ve run them on sports cars and diesels with zero issues.
 
Centric Premium and Raybestoa Element3 are my go-tos for good quality aftermarket rotors with a decent rust coating.

What pads are you using? Pads make all the difference on brake feel, rotors have little impact in comparison. I'm on the PowerStop Z36 HD pads. They have performed fine, but I still find the Durango to have crap brake feel.
Been considering those Z36 pads & rotors myself. Are they an improvement over the OE brakes or not worth the $$. Noisy or overly dusty ?
 
Hey All, So I know I have the 350mm front rotors what I am after is does anyone know the mopar part number for them? And if anyone has had any good experience with after market I have replaced front twice with aftermarket and feel like the OEM were the beter than the two sets of aftermarket. I am not interested in any that are cross drilled ect, just looking for Heavy Duty / Towing ect.. Thanks Hank
I 2nd @viper74656 on the Raybestos Element3 rotors. I ran those for years on my 2011 DD and had great experience with them.

I also ran the Raybestos Element3 EHT hybrid pads. had very good experience with those.
 
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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.
 
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Thanks for all the comments ect... Just looking for something heavy duty for towing, and a pad that gives less brake dust would be sweet the ones on now are brembo and they are dust makers!!
 
From everything I've read & experienced, no brakes 'bite' like the Brembo's but the penalty for that performance is the dust issue.
My Hellcat's brakes will snap your neck, but the dust is a killer & even gets on the front fenders & doors !
 
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