Very Bad squeak from braking
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Originally Posted by E46CT
It's not a "spiel," it's the truth. Your seasoned BMW M driver knows this all too well (I'm one of them). Even fresh off the lot (0 miles).
And.. My buddies with upgraded race pads on their BMWs--you don't even want to know how loud those squeal.
And.. My buddies with upgraded race pads on their BMWs--you don't even want to know how loud those squeal.
Hey, I get it. We have noisy brakes. I have no problem with that. But, what I experienced on my IS was way beyond normal squeaking. I'll also point out again that I have the non f-sport IS so I'm not sure how different the pads are between to two types.
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From: Alberta
Is your car an F sport? If so, F sport brake pads tend to make more noise due to being a total semi-metallic pad. You trade noise for stopping power. Otherwise, 20k miles on pads seems like they are towards the end of their usable life anyways but that depends on how you drive. Did the dealer tell you how much pad was left?
I dont stop very hard, maybe I can try this to see if it improves, like someone mentioned, the first winter, it was mild, then in the summer all went away other than the odd raining cold days. but this winter is especially bad, and weather is still cold -16 today. so im not sure how the warmer weather will do,
the fact that it goes away after 5-10 min of driving, it is always the cold start.
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it's F-sport, and if I remember correctly, I just had my car serviced last month and the pads were 75% rear and 50% front. But I'll have to dig up the service records to confirm this
I dont stop very hard, maybe I can try this to see if it improves, like someone mentioned, the first winter, it was mild, then in the summer all went away other than the odd raining cold days. but this winter is especially bad, and weather is still cold -16 today. so im not sure how the warmer weather will do,
the fact that it goes away after 5-10 min of driving, it is always the cold start.
I dont stop very hard, maybe I can try this to see if it improves, like someone mentioned, the first winter, it was mild, then in the summer all went away other than the odd raining cold days. but this winter is especially bad, and weather is still cold -16 today. so im not sure how the warmer weather will do,
the fact that it goes away after 5-10 min of driving, it is always the cold start.
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I had good luck switching to Akebono brake pads after the OEM ones needed replacing on my IS 350 F sport. They squeal very loud when i first back out of the garage on cold days, but once they warm up just a little, they are quiet. The other bonus is that there is nearly zero brake dust compared to the OEM pads, which were terrible for dust.
All that said, the OEM pads had better stopping power, but the Akebono replacements are nearly as good and bite more smoothly.
Good luck!
All that said, the OEM pads had better stopping power, but the Akebono replacements are nearly as good and bite more smoothly.
Good luck!
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