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Re: Brake Pads
mrg wrote:> I will be replacing my brake pads soon on my 03 Civic EX, and I want t > replace them with high quality pads. Of the various brake pa > technologie > out there, what is the best and can anyone recommend any brands > Thank > Glen I have Raybestos QuiteStops on my '03 Accord right now front and rea and am very happy with them about 1 year into use. I believe that the are a ceramic type formulation. Considering that the factory rear pad wore out so rapidly and that the factory front disks warped at a youn age I saw no reason to buy Honda replacement parts Joh John on my 95 civic Lx with- 223.000kms the rear brake drums on my car were still good all thats needed to keep them working properly is rear brake adjustments every 25-30,000kms secondly as far as the front brakes are concerned i take off the front wheells every year to inspect & grease the sliders with synthetic grease put the wheells back making sure to Torque each bolt on the wheell to exactly 80 foot pounds. so i dont worpe roters & get a shaky wheell ;) :cool -- johnin ----------------------------------------------------------------------- View this thread: http://www.carstalk.net/viewtopic-413564.htm Send from http://www.carstalk.ne |
Re: Brake Pads
johnin wrote:
> mrg wrote:> I will be replacing my brake pads soon on my 03 Civic EX, and I want to > >>replace them with high quality pads. Of the various brake pad >>technologies >>out there, what is the best and can anyone recommend any brands? >> >>Thanks >>Glenn >> > > I have Raybestos QuiteStops on my '03 Accord right now front and rear > and am very happy with them about 1 year into use. I believe that they > are a ceramic type formulation. Considering that the factory rear pads > wore out so rapidly and that the factory front disks warped at a young > age I saw no reason to buy Honda replacement parts. > > John > John on my 95 civic Lx with- 223.000kms the rear brake drums on my car were still good all thats needed to keep them working properly is rear brake adjustments every 25-30,000kms secondly as far as the front brakes are concerned i take off the front wheells every year to inspect & grease the sliders with synthetic grease put the wheells back making sure to Torque each bolt on the wheell to exactly 80 foot pounds. so i dont worpe roters & get a shaky wheell ;) :cool: > > I manually rotate and torque the tires on my Honda with a torque wrench myself. In the case of my Accord this did not help with the warping front rotors. John |
Re: Brake Pads
johnin wrote:
> mrg wrote:> I will be replacing my brake pads soon on my 03 Civic EX, and I want to > >>replace them with high quality pads. Of the various brake pad >>technologies >>out there, what is the best and can anyone recommend any brands? >> >>Thanks >>Glenn >> > > I have Raybestos QuiteStops on my '03 Accord right now front and rear > and am very happy with them about 1 year into use. I believe that they > are a ceramic type formulation. Considering that the factory rear pads > wore out so rapidly and that the factory front disks warped at a young > age I saw no reason to buy Honda replacement parts. > > John > John on my 95 civic Lx with- 223.000kms the rear brake drums on my car were still good all thats needed to keep them working properly is rear brake adjustments every 25-30,000kms secondly as far as the front brakes are concerned i take off the front wheells every year to inspect & grease the sliders with synthetic grease put the wheells back making sure to Torque each bolt on the wheell to exactly 80 foot pounds. so i dont worpe roters & get a shaky wheell ;) :cool: > > I manually rotate and torque the tires on my Honda with a torque wrench myself. In the case of my Accord this did not help with the warping front rotors. John |
Re: Brake Pads
johnin wrote:
> mrg wrote:> I will be replacing my brake pads soon on my 03 Civic EX, and I want to > >>replace them with high quality pads. Of the various brake pad >>technologies >>out there, what is the best and can anyone recommend any brands? >> >>Thanks >>Glenn >> > > I have Raybestos QuiteStops on my '03 Accord right now front and rear > and am very happy with them about 1 year into use. I believe that they > are a ceramic type formulation. Considering that the factory rear pads > wore out so rapidly and that the factory front disks warped at a young > age I saw no reason to buy Honda replacement parts. > > John > John on my 95 civic Lx with- 223.000kms the rear brake drums on my car were still good all thats needed to keep them working properly is rear brake adjustments every 25-30,000kms secondly as far as the front brakes are concerned i take off the front wheells every year to inspect & grease the sliders with synthetic grease put the wheells back making sure to Torque each bolt on the wheell to exactly 80 foot pounds. so i dont worpe roters & get a shaky wheell ;) :cool: > > I manually rotate and torque the tires on my Honda with a torque wrench myself. In the case of my Accord this did not help with the warping front rotors. John |
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