To heck with metallic pads.
Go with ceramic pads for your disk brake needs. They don’t make as much brake dust and they last so much longer.
Another thing to consider is that instead of turning your rotors, just replace them every other time you change the pads. It just doesn’t pay to turn them anymore.
Also. Changing your pads and rotors is super easy and can be done with simple tools, the only “special” tool I used was a large C clamp. It took about 45 minutes to do both sides and I got a good health check of the car while I was under there.
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