Recently I tried to change my brake pads and found out that my rear calipers are seized up. Does anyone from the boston, ma area got a hook up for oem parts? Please PM me. Great thanks.

First brake pad change at approx. 73k miles, lol.

 

dude, your rotors are likely shot too

brakes on a 350 usually only last 30K kilometers, how you could go that long without noticing anything is beyond me...

what gave it away, the fire? =)

good luck

 

Not sure where you got that notion but I know of very few 2IS owners who had to replace brakes at 18,000 miles (that's about 30k).... If you're replacing em that often there's either something wrong with the car, or the way you drive it.

 

newb question but how often should you replace the brake pads given semi-regular driving conditions (no racing, nothing abrupt unless necessary and no snow/sand)?

 

OMG OMG OMG I'm at 20k and I've only put on 1,500 miles since I bought it 8 months ago!!!! And the dealer let me leave the lot with the original brakes!!!

Oh okay. (whew!)

*chills out*

Thanks Kurtz

 

Lol at the flaming hair

 

ok my bad, hasn't happened to me (I've only put about 11K on mine since Apr10) but the last time I was at the dealer I commented on the front wheel brake dust and the tech gave me the whole spiel about it being a heavy car, a performance car, etc etc, and the pads would only last 30K kms... glad to know I'm not 1/3 of the way through them...

also pretty sure they change the pads for you if you are buying a CPO M... though with 1600 posts to your credit, I think you already knew that and were just looking for a reason to run around with flaming hair... lol

 

No, I'm just a girl that knows nothing about these cars. Mine is not CPO, it was too new and it was cheaper to just get the extended coverage since doing so knocked the price down a few ks.

But was your car one of those affected by the brake dust pad replacement issue? I think it was indeed I do.

 

The answer is- when they're worn out.

Min. spec is 1mm.

This could be after 30k miles. It could be after 50k miles. It could be after 70k miles. Etc.

It'll depend on how you drive (city vs. highway, short trips vs. long, if you brake at the last minute, if you coast to stops, etc), where you drive, the traffic in your area, and a myriad of other factors.


I do suggest folks replace their brake fluid every 2 years though....3 tops. That gets water in it over time regardless of mileage and usage (though some usages can accelerate it)...and you won't find out yours is way past due until you need it and find your fluid boiling because you didn't do it.

 

In the US there was a TSIB to replace those pads, for free, with low-dust ones.

I've heard pretty mixed reports about the success of folks in the Great White North getting this done under warranty though. (but whenever the time comes I'd still recommend using the low dust pads as replacements... you'll go from needing to clean the wheels every couple of days to every couple of months)

 

I saw that tsb but also read that the low dust pads were not as easy to modulate. I like the feel of my brakes and use wheel glaze and collinite 845 to seal my wheels so the dust doesn't stick. Regular wash soap and water and it comes right off.

Did any of you get the low dust pads? How do you like them? Are you giving up any performance for durability? Not sure I want to sacrifice the grabbiness of my current setup.

Maybe I'll bring it up at 60k though...

 

i still have like 3 mm left... lol. i run a lot of high. my other car had brakes done at 90k miles, lol. i dont know how they last so long but they do. sadly... this is my 3rd set of tires.

my rotors are actually fine. they arent worn down as bad as i thought, lol. still can last for awhile.

dealer quote for calipers.... $745 USD.... painful to see but it OEM did last me 5 yrs without any issues, lol.

 

the only thing that really gave it away was that im close to slamming onto the ground to stop, lol. car still runs fine and brakes are ok but need to get it done asap since ill be starting to work pretty far with loads of traffic, lol.

plus the way i drive, i try to brake as much now to save them. trying to cruise a lot. one time i was driving to ny and i got 34 mpg with minimal braking and cruising around 70 mph. when accelerating, i try not to go pass 2,500 rpm. gas is getting too $$$$$$$ haha.

 

I hear you on the gas front. Used to drive on S but now it's D all the time. Gas was $1.32 per litre today! Stupid middle east...if it wasn't Libya it would be someplace else...

 

They're actually significantly easier to modulate since they're less grabby. You don't just have the choice of "no braking" or "SLAMMED brakes"

But "performance" on the street is exactly the same, since brake pads have nothing to do with your stopping distance.

Slam the brake pedal with either and the car stops in exactly the same distance.

The only difference is at lighter levels of pedal application you have a wider range of control on braking force with the low-dust pads.


Can't speak to durability as I haven't worn mine out yet, but I see no reason you wouldn't get as much life or more out of the low dust pads as the original ones.