CSmoney28

Hey, I was just wondering if anyone has used these Brembo brake pad set ... If there where any gains over stock brake pad set ... Any other recommendations welcome for brake pad sets ... Also looking for opinion on rotor sets ... thanks in advanced.



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(Read reviews) Brembo Brake Pad Set - Front
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Part Number: W0133-1611097
Notes: Ceramic
Product Remark: - With Shims
Position: Front
Condition: New

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Brembo Brake Pad Set - Rear
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Part Number: W0133-1613692
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Position: Rear
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Tomtwtwtw

Depends on the pad material and how it jives with the rotors. That seems pretty cheap for a Brembo pad though. Cheapest I could get a front set for my other car is about 125, and that's half off MSRP. (they are 4 piston calipers though, could play a part)


However from what I've seen the stock brakes do a good job of stopping this car quickly. Unless you're doing track duty where you need to make repeated hard stops in a short time, you're not likely to see any significant difference in stopping distance with any of the available brake parts. For the average driver, all it does is look pretty (not that that's a bad thing). On the other hand, replacing the brake lines themselves will likely improve pedal feel and provide better input control when braking.

bluecarbonfiber

stock brakes arent that great.. after a few sprints around my works block they started to feel mushy very fast.. next on my list will be upgrading to the rotors to slotted and drilled with stoptech pads ran the combo for years on other vehicles and love it

justnspace

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pretty good advice!!
especially explaining the brake fade.

tires are more important than pads in stopping situations!!
get better tires and watch your braking distance decrease!!

Tomtwtwtw

Exactly - key words "after a few sprints". The stock brakes will stop the car very fast once or twice, but then fade becomes an issue if you keep doing it without letting the rotors cool down. Indeed, fade is a major problem on almost every non-performance oriented car. OEM brakes are made to be quiet, last a long time and perform well in a panic stop, not for track use. No one should ever experience fade issues in normal driving.

That said, if you're a canyon carver or enjoy the occasional drive around a road course, then an upgrade will go a long way in eliminating fade. Better rotors will absorb more heat, and better pads will perform in hotter temps. Some potential downsides to a performance brake set up though are extra noise, shorter pad and / or rotor life, and sometimes brakes that are either really grabby (one can get used to it) or, on the flip side, don't have much of an initial bite until they're warm (the latter usually for track pads that really shouldn't be on a street vehicle anyway).

bluecarbonfiber

i live in an area with hills and curvy roads so with that said i feel the brakes get soft pretty quick compaired to my tsx which can take the abuse all day

Tomtwtwtw

That makes perfect sense. From what I can see it looks like both cars run practically the same size rotor up front. (actually the info I found has the TSX running a slightly larger rotor). But, the RDX weighs several hundred pounds more. More weight means more kinetic energy, means more heat generated. Just like the IC, the rotors act as a heat sink and need to have time to cool down between hard stops in order to function effectively.

You would probably benefit more than most from a better set of rotors. Or drill out your fog lights and install plastic tubing to route air from the bumper to the wheel wells. Because racecar!

bluecarbonfiber

gonna have to just cut 4 inch holes in front bumper and route the air to the brakes... cause the HID fogs are to damn important =) ... cause of racecar!