Thread: Brembo brake pads?

I did a couple searches and came up empty handed. I'm in the market for new pads and these are on xloseout at tirerack. I've ran a couple different brands in the past and was wondering on a matching rotor+pad set.

I think it's the sport pads. Anyone try them out?

i guess ill give them a try. what do i have to lose. i need pads anyway

got them today will have pics up soon. they loo like standard pads but w/e.

question though. i know that i should get the old pad film off the rotors for the new set as its a different manufacturer. should i just grab some 200 grit sand paper and water and remove the residue, or get them turned via o'reilly? rotors are not warped, and they look almost new minus the surface rust on the hats and vents.

input please

just sand the rotor in a circle motion for a few mins then wipe clean with a damp rag.

install pads and your good to go.

personally, I either turn my rotors or get new rotors when I get new pads..

brembo blanks are pretty new . id say maybe not even 2 years old yet. my pads are put on hold as i took everything apart and all my brake hardware are rusted into the brackets...blasted wisconsin winters and salt covered roads!

new parts from gregv should fix my problem

Only 2 years old? great, you don't need to replace them, you only need to have them turned to get the best braking out of your new pads..

you see, the little groves put into your rotor from the old pads (they matched) will just cause the new pads to not clamp down 100% on your slightly used rotors..

check this drawing
on the left is the grooved old rotor (even tiny grooves are still grooves)
on the right is the brand new flat surface of the new brake pad
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now check out this drawing, no grooves = nice smooth surface for the new pads to clamp down onto...and 100% of the pad makes contact instead of 50% or less with a grooved rotor..

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oh you think the pad will quickly conform to the old rotor grooves?? if they do then they are made of a material that won't last more than a couple of thousand miles... seriously, the best thing to do for great stopping power (and safe on road driving) is to either turn your rotors (if they've never been turned before, like in your case) or replace the rotors when you replace the pads if they are to thin to be turned because of being turned 1 or 2 times already.



EDIT: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=why+turn+my+grooved+rotors+when+replacing+pads%3F&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

yea i popped them off and scuffed them up with water and 220 grit sand paper. it seemed like that and brake clean seemed to do a pretty good job.

i had to replace both front calipers to get the brackets. calipers were good, but brackets were rusted and diddnt allow them to float. car seems the same with the brembo pads. i just bed them in and the car is sitting in the garage at the moment in neutral being held in place with old rotors so i diddnt glaze the pads after beeding them in per brembo's instructions.

so far the pedal feels a lot firmer, and its a lot easier to lock up my brakes imo. idk if its the tires or not, as i did switch to my winter tires and wheels as well as its getting pretty cold here (25F this morning). so far they seem pretty quiet.