Brake feels so soft
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Reviews online say brakes are soft. Especially compared to semi-metallic pads like my last German car had.
My car has 1500 miles in 9 days and the brakes are still not bedded in. Try doing some harder stops and do a bed in procedure to get a good layer of pad deposited on the rotor….
My car has 1500 miles in 9 days and the brakes are still not bedded in. Try doing some harder stops and do a bed in procedure to get a good layer of pad deposited on the rotor….
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car now has like 3400 miles on it and there are still machining marks in the rotors front and rear. the brakes seem to be gentle (assuming ceramic pads) and I bet this platform needs to be beat on a bit or just in general needs a good number of miles to properly deposit some pad material on the rotors to get them to bed in properly.
some of the reviews online reported a "soft brake pedal" but the stopping distance figures show the brakes are plenty capable. coming from a 6 piston caliper equipped Q7 with massive semi-metallic pads and rotors up front the brakes are not as grabby, however the brakes are not concerning in the TX as far as I can tell.
anyone have any more experience with the car or anyone else care to elaborate?
some of the reviews online reported a "soft brake pedal" but the stopping distance figures show the brakes are plenty capable. coming from a 6 piston caliper equipped Q7 with massive semi-metallic pads and rotors up front the brakes are not as grabby, however the brakes are not concerning in the TX as far as I can tell.
anyone have any more experience with the car or anyone else care to elaborate?
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I have 18k miles on mine. Lots of local driving. I absolutely hate the brakes. As others mentioned, they do stop fine but definitely do not make me feel confident. I always feel like I'm going very deep into a stop before they grab. I'm actually considering swapping out the front brakes for something with more performance which I have never done on a vehicle before.
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I have 18k miles on mine. Lots of local driving. I absolutely hate the brakes. As others mentioned, they do stop fine but definitely do not make me feel confident. I always feel like I'm going very deep into a stop before they grab. I'm actually considering swapping out the front brakes for something with more performance which I have never done on a vehicle before.
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I'm going to have to do some break checks.
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This is good to hear. how do your rotors look? Concentric grooves or still have machining marks on them?
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these could be an option, they're for the grand highlander which might be the same brakes. though i looked and did not specifically see any semi metallic options. seems like all ceramic. usually that means long life, low dust, low noise, low rotor wear, but poor performance.
https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...brake+pad,1684
brakes are one of those things where you need to decide where the compromise is.
high performance=high wear/high noise/high dusting
low performance=low wear/low noise/low dusting
https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...brake+pad,1684
brakes are one of those things where you need to decide where the compromise is.
high performance=high wear/high noise/high dusting
low performance=low wear/low noise/low dusting
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these could be an option, they're for the grand highlander which might be the same brakes. though i looked and did not specifically see any semi metallic options. seems like all ceramic. usually that means long life, low dust, low noise, low rotor wear, but poor performance.
https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...brake+pad,1684
brakes are one of those things where you need to decide where the compromise is.
high performance=high wear/high noise/high dusting
low performance=low wear/low noise/low dusting
https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...brake+pad,1684
brakes are one of those things where you need to decide where the compromise is.
high performance=high wear/high noise/high dusting
low performance=low wear/low noise/low dusting
exactly. brake pads have not changed in forever. you have three options and you must compromise somewhere. pedal feel/initial bite, low noise, and low dust.
same thing goes for a race pad. it might bite really well and resist heat fade, however it won't work when cold in your driveway and will be the noisiest and dustiest pad you've ever used.
same thing goes for a pad with no dust. it will be quiet and last forever, but it won't have great initial bite.