Best Brake pads for Subaru Forester

I have a 2017 Forester XT with 131,000 miles - have only done routine maintenance and have had to replace brakes front and rear as well as both control arms and struts, all expected with this many miles on it. I plan to keep it for as long as I can. Love it!

I’ve had good luck with Power Stop brakes

Raybestos Element 3 in the Forester (surprisingly good pads and cheap AF)

I found Raybestos Element 3 pads and rotors were great on my 2011. The pads have a higher friction rating than the OE pads but still low dust and great feel and braking. Terrific value. The rotors are nice as well.

I like my Hawk HP Street 5.0 pads and both were purchased from TireRack and helped increase my stopping power.

I just put this Power Stop CRK6762 set on my 2018 and it’s been great so far

My wife has 2014 XT since new and we are at 93k miles all stock brakes including rotors and pads. The only thing changed was brake fluid as part of regular maintenance interval.

I have Brembos on the front of my 09. Working great for me.

Akebono Ultra-Premium Ceramic Brake Pads, very well known in the racing community to be the best of the best OE Replacement pads that run on your stock calipers. The only better pads than these require a full Brembo caliper conversion. Buy Japanese. More expensive, doesn't mean better. For reference: I drive a 2007 Subaru Forester, Akebono is the Original Manufacturer for the OEM "Subaru" Brake Pads from the factory.

The oem brakes on my 2012 were lackluster and kept seizing pins or calipers so I fixed the problem for good