Replace the front/rear pads after 14k miles?

[therealdarkknight]

Wow that’s crazy. I just checked mine after 26k and they look almost new. I should’ve took some pictures to post. That’s just odd that they would wear that fast

My 2012 Si was like that, I probably replaced the tears 5-6 times over 100k miles and the fronts like 3 times. There’s just not a lot of meat there. I just replaced the rears on my Type R with track time and had a little over double what this had.

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[RacingManiac]

Kinda preemptively swapped out the rear pads. 17k miles, only one track day and 6 autoX total probably, rest of it are just DD. Still decent amount of meat left but majority of my autoX season is about to ramp up and I just don't want to think about it...

 

[PwrOfDreams]

Kinda preemptively swapped out the rear pads. 17k miles, only one track day and 6 autoX total probably, rest of it are just DD. Still decent amount of meat left but majority of my autoX season is about to ramp up and I just don't want to think about it...

That looks about 20-25% material left before it hit the wear indicators.

 

[spyder57]

Kinda preemptively swapped out the rear pads. 17k miles, only one track day and 6 autoX total probably, rest of it are just DD. Still decent amount of meat left but majority of my autoX season is about to ramp up and I just don't want to think about it...

That's pretty good for the R. You probably made the right call too, it'll be nice not to think about replacing them later on.

 

[RacingManiac]

I think the car does a lot of the rear brakes yaw control thing to help the car turn-in and it probably taxes on the rear brakes a lot more than normal.

 

[EnjoyDriving]

good call on getting an ezcar lift. It is an amazing lift and i have no regret at all. The owner is a very good guy and very helpful. i also used it during winter storage so i can roll the tires once in awhile to keep them from getting flat spot. Strongly recommend it over the other lifts if you have a two car or bigger garage.

it has saved me a lot of back pain for sure

Sorry to hear that man and hope it clears up soon. Thank you for sharing. I hate brake squeaking.
I had a rock stuck in one of my brakes and it was the absolute worst grinding noise I’ve ever heard. It was horrible and totally embarrassing driving the car in that condition. I’m considering picking up an ez carlift to be able to work on brakes etc without damaging the car.

 

[baker67]

Which pads did you end up going with?

I got carbon fiber and ceramic pads from rockauto.com and I am very pleased with them, not only braking is faster but I don’t ear them at all and I get a lot less brake dust on my rims

 

[mvela]

I came to the dealer to have a few things fixed (nothing mechanical) and they're saying I need to replace the front/rear brake pads. How is that even possible? The car has 14k miles on it and I've never taken it on a track.

Is this a scam 'cause it sounds like it.

Edit: They said the front two were at a "4-5 / 12" and the rear were "3/12". For what that's worth.

Alright I just replaced my back rim that I curbed and took pictures of my brake pads. The front I know look the same but had this opportunity to take pictures of my rear brakes. I have 27k on my car and brakes still look fine. I’m posted two pics. I had to take two so you can see the inside and outside brake pads

 

[nxt3]

I ended up getting these rotors and Hawk's HPS 5.0 (HB900B.572 rear; HB453B.585 front) for the pads.

It all seems great so far. I get some wheel squeak when in motion at low speeds (less than 10mph) but I think that has more to do with the wheels.

Otherwise, great brakes and I hope they last longer lol

 

[.grimace]

Alright I just replaced my back rim that I curbed and took pictures of my brake pads. The front I know look the same but had this opportunity to take pictures of my rear brakes. I have 27k on my car and brakes still look fine. I’m posted two pics. I had to take two so you can see the inside and outside brake pads

We are talking about the type r not a base model, why do people constantly do this.

 

[RosevilleSi]

Wanted to chime in. Replaced front pads and rotors at 8k too. Dealer covered all costs. Rear pads at 15k. At 22k currently and have been warned that front pads are due likely next service interval.

 

[PwrOfDreams]

Wanted to chime in. Replaced front pads and rotors at 8k too. Dealer covered all costs. Rear pads at 15k. At 22k currently and have been warned that front pads are due likely next service interval.

I’m going to change my front rotors and pads soon too. Good thing I don’t race or track the car or I’ll be joining the 8k-15k brake pad and rotor club.

 

[mvela]

We are talking about the type r not a base model, why do people constantly do this.

Well the original post did not specify a type R. And I would hope that the type R has better brakes than then my LX and EX models do lol

 

[spyder57]

Well the original post did not specify a type R. And I would hope that the type R has better brakes than then my LX and EX models do lol

This is the type R forum though, it's a given that all posts are type R related...

 

[mvela]

This is the type R forum though, it's a given that all posts are type R related...

I didn’t realize that. I was just trying to help out. But good luck with those bad brakes though

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