Stage3

iTrader: (3)

I've been noticing as of late that my brakes are making some really odd noises. Almost like the wear indicators have been activated. What makes the squealing odd is that it doesn't come from the same pad every time I hit the brakes, nor does it happen at the same tonal pitch. Sometimes it's a low squeal (like wet brakes) and other times it's the high squeal of wear indicators. Right now, it seems like it's coming from every corner at different times. I have tried rotating the rotors (swapped sides) and turning the pads around to no avail. Both the pads and the rotors have good life left to them and are within spec, so I'm not sure what's causing this. It's getting quite annoying and somewhat embarrassing as the really loud squeals usually happen when I'm coming up on a crowd.

The pads still have their shim pads, so I can't say for certain that this is the cause, but it may be. Anyone have any insight?

GS4_Fiend

iTrader: (22)

Remove the shims. Make sure your splash guard is not grinding against the rotors. Also do a search because there are multiple reasons why it makes noise. There are some threads on the noise. GL.

GS300ToM

iTrader: (32)

take your pads & shims off and clean them really good, applie some lube on the shims.... gradually when ur pads were installed, shims sometimes wear and squeal... problem solved lol in most cases, well GL