Rotors and Pads

[TYGT350]

Hopefully this belongs here since it's more for maintenance than modding. It seems keeping with the stock PP rotors are sufficient for spirited street driving.

I plan to do my own brake work when the time comes but ive never done it before so a few questions come to mind. First when the pads need to be changed do the rotors also need to be replaced? How many miles do you typically get out of the OEM rotors and/or pads? Since these stock pads squeal alot how else do you tell when it's time to change them? I have 16k on my car

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[EFI]

First when the pads need to be changed do the rotors also need to be replaced? How many miles do you typically get out of the OEM rotors and/or pads? Since these stock pads squeal alot how else do you tell when it's time to change them? I have 16k on my car

It really depends on how much life is left on the rotors and what type of pads you get. If you have plenty of life left on the rotors and going with stock pads, you should be ok with just replacing the pads for street driving. For any sort of track driving, or if you're going with a different pad compound then you should be swapping both together.

On the street, you should get a good amount of life out of those pads and rotors. And PP pads squeal just because of the more aggressive compound, so it doesn't mean that they are worn out. You should look at the amount of pad left to determine if they need to be changed. The same for the rotors, there's a minimum thickness they must have, so you can easily measure how much life you have left.

 

[TYGT350]

It really depends on how much life is left on the rotors and what type of pads you get. If you have plenty of life left on the rotors and going with stock pads, you should be ok with just replacing the pads for street driving. For any sort of track driving, or if you're going with a different pad compound then you should be swapping both together.

On the street, you should get a good amount of life out of those pads and rotors. And PP pads squeal just because of the more aggressive compound, so it doesn't mean that they are worn out. You should look at the amount of pad left to determine if they need to be changed. The same for the rotors, there's a minimum thickness they must have, so you can easily measure how much life you have left.

Thank you for the response

Is there a tool to suggest to measure the rotor?

 

[1 old racer]

My suggestion would be to remove the rotors and take them to a parts store that will mech./ resurface the rotors. if they are too thin they will tell you. Resurfacing them will remove any rough areas and flatten out any warping that may be in the rotors

 

[JohnDoe]

Just changed my PP pads today. Got 30k hard city miles out of them. They only started squealing within the past month and it's pretty accurate. Just take your wheel off to check. 12v electric bottle jack & impact gun makes life a lot easier. I only barely broke a sweat when breaking the caliper bolts.

Also make sure you use a spinning piston press for your rear brakes or you'll end up like my dumbass spending 20 minutes trying to figure out why it won't budge only to bend the shit out of my press.

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