Brakes

[StealthAlero]

Well my brakes are not squelling, but when i press on the brakes, it feels like the brakes are slipping. Normally its obvious when i need new brake pads but like i said i don't hear anything during daily driving. Anyone know how i can check this problem. Should i just put new pads on. P.S. i just put new ones on last year. But drove around 12,000 miles since then.

[Redog]

Does your steering wheel shake when braking hard? If you didn't break in the pads corectly, they will wear quickly

[Naich]

what kind of pads did you put on? What kind of rotors do you have?

[StealthAlero]

No shake of the steering wheel. And i had the GM dealership install the new pads last year. I don't know which brand though, i'm guessing whatever the stock ones are.

[StealthAlero]

and i have stock rotors. How quick do pads go out?

[Naich]

well, chances are if you have stock rotors, and have more than 20k on them, they are warped. This can wear down pads really quickly. Rotors and pads aren't that expensive or difficult to install... I suggest brembo rotors from tirerack for normal driving, powerslots from tirerack or PYFC.... and those sites both offer pads. Get ceramics so they throw less dust. Also if you've never had your rotors turned, or if you have some mileage, you probably wore out your rotors anyway.

[sound_xtreme]

my set of rotors before my calipers stuck had 90,000 miles on them without any warpage. you people just must be riding the brakes like a grandma or autocrossing.

[StealthAlero]

yeah well in auto class i get to use the brake lathe in a couple months so i was going to wait until that is available, but i would like some new brembo or a baer big brake conversion, in case i do get serious about racing with this car.

[Jetfix]

If your on stock rotors, GM used cheapie composite crap and they warp easily and are'nt very good under hard braking if you have a little cash to spare I recommend replacing with aftermarket rotors, stock pads should be okay though

[StealthAlero]

Yeah i was looking into Brembo, but i can only find rear rotors on tire rack, the only front ones they have are Powerslot and EBC i think. I would love to do a Baer Big Brake Upgrade but i don't have $1200.

[Naich]

Originally posted by sound_xtreme@Feb 18 2004, 11:18 PM
my set of rotors before my calipers stuck had 90,000 miles on them without any warpage. you people just must be riding the brakes like a grandma or autocrossing.
or live in a state where traffic FREAKIN SUCKS. You can fly around out there by your house and not have to break too hard (unless you see a deer or something). Around here, you can't drive 10 feet without someone cutting you off.

[mfuller]

Originally posted by StealthAlero@Feb 19 2004, 11:53 AM
......I would love to do a Baer Big Brake Upgrade but i don't have $1200.
You can get a big brake kit direct from Baer for about $700......if you don't wan't all the extra crap that PFYC bundles into their kit.

[Aleromaster]

Don't know if this helps but my brack are the same ones that rolled off the factory floor(never changed) along with therotors and the have 51k on them. I swear they where never changed. I also used to commute to boston each day for work so there was horrible traffic. I guess it just depends on the driver.

[sound_xtreme]

yea i commute to Dayton bout everyday and that includes driving on I70 and I75, not exactly the best traffic in the world.

[StealthAlero]

Yeah i was trying to email Baer to see how much their kits were and what all was included in it, but they're redoing their site or something and it might take a while.

Matt what all did you get in your kit?

[Redog]

I have powersolt but use stock pads. Works pretty good.

I just had my pads replaced on Tuesday