Rotors: Power Stop vs Carquest, Raybestos, etc

I have the PowerStop on my F250 and they are perfectly good. But for a savings of $30, I would have no issue purchasing from Advance. Btw, when I worked auto parts, it was not uncommon to find brake rotors from different manufacturers cross boxed/ reboxed/retagged...daily driver--get the best price and drive it without worry.

I use PS slotted (not drilled() rotors on all my cars. Great rotor and the drilled ones are for "looks". imo, not good for long use. I track my car (2002 GT) and use it on the street as well and rotors are fine. Won't rust as they are coated hats. It depends on what you want to do and how you drive. Most of the time, stock rotors are fine with a street pad. If you want better brakes, get good rotors and good pads. You'd be surprised how good your brakes are with good pads alone.

I use Carbotech pads and they are NOT dust free. I want and use a good pad mainly for track but use it on the street as well. I run a different compound XP10/XP8 - F/R for my liking. I wouldn't recommend these to you for daily driving as they need heat to really make them work. They do make a good street use compound 1521 if you want to try them.

As for PS, I'd look here and make a choice https://www.powerstop.com/products/#y=2002&mk=FORD&mo=MUSTANG&ss=Base & GT I think you'd be in the lower category for just street use of the Z17 for a better than stock pad without a lot of dust issues.

If you have fairly new pads and the rotors are not scored (leaving a mark or blemish on the pad) you could probably get by with just rotors and bed the pad in a bit and be o.k. I can't say for sure this will be trouble free, so it's your choice. When I change my pads, I use the same pad and just need to bed the pad a bit without having to do a full bed in pad/rotor combination. When new rotors go on, new pads go on as well, that's just how I am. Also, Carbotech pads are not cheap, so you may opt for the PS ones and I'm sure you'll be fine if you're mostly a daily driver.

Hope this helps.