Raybestos Element 3 failures
TLDR - Rotors and pads are both element 3 and around 3.5 years old in the rust belt. Looking for other recommendations not dealer OE parts for the rust belt.
I went to check on what could have been the cause of a clunk noise from the suspension in the front the other week that I only heard one other time a few months back and noticed this. I've been loaning out the car far more than I've been driving it so it's probably been making the noise often not that the person driving said anything. I've had good experience in the past with element3 and installed on multiple people's cars and usually they've lasted 5+ years and don't look like this but the last few times rotors have been very rough by the 5 year mark. I switched to power stop in the rear and they seem decent at the sub 3 year mark. I also tried centric on another vehicle and also so far okay at 2yr mark. Does anyone have a brand that holds up better than the others because as someone who doesn't drive daily the rust does my rotors in before the pads get close to wearing out.