alright it's that time of the year where i gots to get my brake pads replaced. suggestions on brand and type?

 

ask about ceramic brake pads. no brake dust

 

I have used Hawk HPS street pads on my TL and Pathfinder. Great pads...No problems. I'll post a comment tomorrow on where I got them, because Iv'e already shopped the hell out of them. Got great service and price from someone online. Check tomorrow....

 

how about aem brake pads or endless?

 

how about raybestos or axxis metal masters. i have raybestos on both front and rear. changed them over 4 years ago and i STILL have 50% - 60% left on them...when i heard that, i was hella surprised. i have at least 20K miles left on them.

 

I just replaced my front brake pads (after 60K miles) with a set of AXXIS pads. They are really great. I haven't noticed a super improvement in stopping or anything, but they really do perform well. But they seem to dust a lot more than my stock pads. Maybe this is just because they're new, but I've had them on for about 4K miles and they still dust like crazy. Well, no big deal. I wash my car every week anyway...twice during the winter.

 

hey unx...

I used some cheap crap that I picked up from my local AutoZone and man was it noisy.
I ended up replacing it with stock Honda/Acura pads. It wasn't too expensive, I think I paid about $45 for the front pads.

I didn't have dust problems or wasn't too much of an issue for me.

I would stick with Original Honda/Acura pads unless you're going to track your car.

Anyone here Track their TL or have done an AutoCross in their TL?
Wondering how it handles and what mod's were done on the car before tracking it.

Mola

 

i have had my car for a year now, and i have replaced my front brakes, no joke three times, my rear brakes twice.

what i have learned!!!!!!

NO MORE GOING TO PEP BOYS

dont buy cheap brakes. next time i change them im either getting high performance or acura brakes.

 

did you have pep boys change your brakes or did you just buy the parts and do it yourself?

 

unx,

I know you know this but... for those who have not replaced pads on their Acura TL's rears.

The calipers don't get PUSHED in ... it's Turned Clockwise like a screw to get it pushed back for the new pads to fit.
I used a needle nose pliers by opening it up and using the noise end to fit into the + looking slot.

 

.. the only place I've seen ceramic brake pads is at pep boys.. are they actually good?

 

and does anyone besides pep boys make them?

 

ok me being the cheap lazy a$$ that i am, i'm just gonna get the AEM or axxis pads from this site and put them on myself. woo hoo weekend project.

 

jerry, i saw some cheap ones at www.groupbuycenter.com so...

 

Pep Boys put the pads on for me, i dont trust myself to put them on. LOL

 

Thanks for the info... I'll be doing mine soon (first time for me on a TL). :wow:

 

yeah, brakes are the one thing that you dont need failing on you while driving. however, since i helped my dad change the brakes on the Vigor, the TL has the same setup so it was easy for me.

 

I Have A 98 3.2 Tl And I Need To Replace The Front And Rear Brake Pads. Can Anybody, In Detail, Tell Me How To Do This? I Used To Have A 92 Integra Are The Brakes Anything Alike?

 

for brake pads get akebono

best out for these jap. cars

 

geez people keep bringing up really old threads

 

From what I get out of this thread it should be similar for the fronts. Most honda/acuras are similar for the most part when changing brake pads. I changed my brakes like 2 years ago when I got the car. When I had the pads changed last month I just had my mechanic do it because it's been raining so much here and I wanted to go to the meet with my friends . But it should be the 2 calipers bolts, swing it back around and remove the pads. Clean the new ones, change the shims. Compress the calipers with a clamp and go in reverse. Put some anti-seize on the bolts torque em back to spec. Get into the car and press the brakes so the calipers close. The rears should be similar with the exception of how to compress the calipers, it's mentioned about but instead of using a clamp you take a big screw driver and twist it back in then press on the brakes for it to lock back up.

But hopefully other members can input cus that's just the top of my head and most of that is from recently working on an integra.