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Old Jun 29, 2012 | 01:59 PM
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Hey Guys...
My brakes are making this eek eek soud when driving slow.If i touch the brakes or speed up it disapears...
The car is so quiet from the beginning and now when i am about to pull up somewhere everyone knows im coming by this annoying squeek...

The brakes should be pretty new i was told,only a month or so old...
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Old Jun 29, 2012 | 03:23 PM
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I just had similar problems recently, it was so efffing annoying. I took my car to Platinum VIP and I remove the wheels and used a can of break cleaner each side. I took off the brake pads and sanded them down and clean the shiet out of them. It's all good now
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Old Jun 29, 2012 | 03:31 PM
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Dude this is a well known problem, get a new set of brake shims and replace them. Problem solved!!!!!
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Old Jun 29, 2012 | 03:38 PM
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i dont mind squeeky brakes... i mean especially if they are carbon
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Old Jun 30, 2012 | 02:14 AM
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thanx guys...
I knew that people had a problem with squeeky brakes,when applying brakes.But this was just a little different.
I feel better now having more food for thought.
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Old Jun 30, 2012 | 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by vwynn
i dont mind squeeky brakes... i mean especially if they are carbon
Sooo True!!! I had BBK's on my Integra, and yeah..they were EEK!! haha at first it scared me, like WTF! but as i learned carbon brakes do that a lot! and now i know! .
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Old Jun 30, 2012 | 04:54 PM
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+1 on the shims and a sanding will fix it
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Old Jul 4, 2012 | 04:25 AM
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anyone got a pic of shims??have no clue how they look like ...
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Old Jul 4, 2012 | 05:08 AM
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Originally Posted by dekidex
anyone got a pic of shims??have no clue how they look like ...
You can get the kit from Sewell quite cheap. I replaced mine about 8 months ago and the squeaking has not come back.
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Old Jul 4, 2012 | 08:55 AM
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^^ that is not shims, shims are metal plates that go behind a brake pad. The thing u posted is a fit kit, it is made to hold the pad to the caliper.
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Old Jul 4, 2012 | 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by GS350Lexus
^^ that is not shims, shims are metal plates that go behind a brake pad. The thing u posted is a fit kit, it is made to hold the pad to the caliper.
My Bad...this is what should have been posted.
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 01:58 PM
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Did you wash your car recently? I had my brakes squealing too for the longest time. I discovered it wasn't the brakes itself but the product I was using to clean the rims. Once I changed that, the squealing stopped altogether. I felt silly once I found out, I had Lexus change out the brakes twice because of the noise it was making.
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 03:50 AM
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Originally Posted by sanguine
Did you wash your car recently? I had my brakes squealing too for the longest time. I discovered it wasn't the brakes itself but the product I was using to clean the rims. Once I changed that, the squealing stopped altogether. I felt silly once I found out, I had Lexus change out the brakes twice because of the noise it was making.
possible...
also when i brake hard there us slight vibration felt ...
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