I changed all 4 pads 10000 miles ago and the pads at the front passenger side is almost wore out(10%). My front driver side has at least 50-60% and both rear pads have about 80-85%.

Anyone has any idea why my pads are wearing out so unevenly?

Also, I might need to change my rotors since my mechanic said I only have 1mm more than the minimal requirement on the rotors. Should I stick to OEM or go for aftermarket? Thanks.

 

You can get centric premium blanks cheaper than OEM and they'll do the same job rotorwise

Maybe you've got a sticky caliper on the one pad that's wearing out unusually?

 

what do you mean by sticky caliper?

are these the centric premium blanks that you are talking about? I got this from rockauto.com

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=1279312

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=1280128

 

http://www.ehow.com/how_7764344_diag...-calipers.html


and yeah those look correct on the rotors...note the front left and right are a different part- rears are the same left and right.

 

The original thickness of the rotors is 30mm and the minimum thickness is 27mm. If you have 1mm left, that means you have 33% of the useful life of the rotors remaining. Way too early to replace them.

Out of curiosity, how many miles do you have on the rotors?

 

I am at 106000 miles and I've resurfaced them once.