narsnail
Active Member
Had my rotors replaced under warranty and swapped the pads out on the front. Such an easy job with the brembo's, took me an hour to do both sides, if you were familiar with the setup before-hand it could literally take 10 mins on each side.
After driving for a few days with the stock pads and new rotors, and then now with the new pads there is a pretty huge difference in the way the car brakes.
1. No more whiplash, joking of course but I'm sure you're all familiar with the all-of-the-sudden grabbing the brakes seem to do under medium pressure. There is more grab under light/medium brake pressure and due to this I don't notice the car's front end diving as much when braking. I wouldn't say the braking feels WORLDS better in regards to grab but it does seem to grab harder, earlier.
2. Just as quiet, it is louder under the hardest possibly braking scenario but I rarely brake that hard.
3. Still chirps when cold, but one decently hard brake clears that up. There is snow on the ground here so the chirping is every morning now.
Pretty happy with the result, I may do the rears as well but Hawk doesn't make a rear pad yet. Just wanted to share for those of you who daily drive, just swapping the front pads AFTER your rotors are replaced is good enough.
After driving for a few days with the stock pads and new rotors, and then now with the new pads there is a pretty huge difference in the way the car brakes.
1. No more whiplash, joking of course but I'm sure you're all familiar with the all-of-the-sudden grabbing the brakes seem to do under medium pressure. There is more grab under light/medium brake pressure and due to this I don't notice the car's front end diving as much when braking. I wouldn't say the braking feels WORLDS better in regards to grab but it does seem to grab harder, earlier.
2. Just as quiet, it is louder under the hardest possibly braking scenario but I rarely brake that hard.
3. Still chirps when cold, but one decently hard brake clears that up. There is snow on the ground here so the chirping is every morning now.
Pretty happy with the result, I may do the rears as well but Hawk doesn't make a rear pad yet. Just wanted to share for those of you who daily drive, just swapping the front pads AFTER your rotors are replaced is good enough.
