Changing brake pads for the first time
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Changing brake pads for the first time
I will be changing my front pads soon. Should I stay with the oem pads? I baby my car, never race, never burn out and have never put it the track. Any recomendations? Thanks all.
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Originally Posted by mudring,Jul 21 2007, 06:35 PM
I will be changing my front pads soon. Should I stay with the oem pads? I baby my car, never race, never burn out and have never put it the track. Any recomendations? Thanks all.
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Originally Posted by thetz99,Jul 21 2007, 07:00 PM
If you never do any high speed braking, what makes you think you need new pads? Biggest wear issue is heat which comes from working the brakes.
heat is a byproduct of fraction, we can't get one without another. In fact all the braking system do is convert forward motion into heat(which is another form of energy)
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while logically what you say is true, in real life, I can burn a set a front pads down to the warning bars in 4 track days (about 600 miles) while on my beater, I have 200K plus, 10years, and have half the pad left on them.
If you ride your brakes you can get high heat, which eats your pads, but normal civilian use contributes little to pad wear.
BTW, Stock pads will do fine for what you use the car for. AP1 pads dust less than AP2's.
If you ride your brakes you can get high heat, which eats your pads, but normal civilian use contributes little to pad wear.
BTW, Stock pads will do fine for what you use the car for. AP1 pads dust less than AP2's.
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Originally Posted by thetz99,Jul 21 2007, 08:00 PM
while logically what you say is true, in real life, I can burn a set a front pads down to the warning bars in 4 track days (about 600 miles) while on my beater, I have 200K plus, 10years, and have half the pad left on them.
If you ride your brakes you can get high heat, which eats your pads, but normal civilian use contributes little to pad wear.
BTW, Stock pads will do fine for what you use the car for. AP1 pads dust less than AP2's.
If you ride your brakes you can get high heat, which eats your pads, but normal civilian use contributes little to pad wear.
BTW, Stock pads will do fine for what you use the car for. AP1 pads dust less than AP2's.
some people ride em' , some people slam on em'
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Originally Posted by thetz99,Jul 21 2007, 10:00 PM
while on my beater, I have 200K plus, 10years, and have half the pad left on them.
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