Don't use the stock Repco or Supercheep ones, go for the next grade up. We went through a set of 35 buck front pads in 6 months in our regular 900 foot climb from our old place to my work each day. Dust everywhere over the front wheels. My wife doesn't soft pedal the picks, but when we went to the next, more expensive set from our friendly Ford dealer, they were so much better.
I replace the discs themselves with stock used ones from XC Falcons, and the rear discs are a bit of a lottery for Falcons depending on the year. Late 9" inchers from 5.8 XB's and XC's Fairmont GXL's have different set-up to the 4.9 Fairlanes and Fairmont GXL's. Thick origonal disks that havent been machined becauser they don't need to be work well. I re-bled brakes each year with Castrol LM, and although I had discs and drums on my old XE sedan , the brakes with good 235's and 245's around were one of the best parts of the car, wet or dry.
