dom

Anyone in Toronto know any places to buy brake pads. Preferable Hawk or Axxis.

Either a physical location or on-line Canadian dealer would be great. Shipping from the US for Axxis or Hawk pads is $20 so I'm hoping I can find a better price.

Thanks.

acura_integra

I bought mine from SPEEDSTAR.CA located in Markham

dom

Do they carry Axxis or Hawk, or Endless only? What did you go with?

TSXDude

Speedstar can get you almost any products you wish... just ask and they'll try to source it for you

How much did you purchase them for? What brand?

dom

Already sent an e-mail.

Any others shops in Toronto?

humperdood

DOM, do NOT, I repeat. Do NOT get AXXIS brake pads. They suck. The stopping power sucks and the brake dust was absolutely unbearable. I had them on my car and I STILL have brake dust on my rims that I can't just wipe off. I will never get AXXIS again!

acura_integra

I bought ENDLESS Pads

dom

Mind saying roughly how much? For fronts?

dom

Hmmm, I've heeard the dust was bad but most rave about how great they are. Thanks for letting me know.

dom

Anyone know anything about Apex brake pads?

Ebay Link

$42.95 CAD, can't imagine their very good though.

TSXDude

Stick with Hawks! JeffTSX has the HP+ and he has only good things to say about them!

fdl

Dom, your brakes are done? How many KM's?

jlukja

Did Acura ever resolve your rotor warping problem? Did it go away?

narci

Isn't speedstar in Scarborough? Sheppard between McCowan and Markham road? Where the Hyundai Dealership use to be?

Anyways, why do people always quick to point out speedstar as the first place to check without telling us the prices they paid? From what I can gather, they are very very expensive.

TSXDude

Speedstar is in Markham, on 14th Avenue east of Birchmount.

And yes, they are somewhat expensive, but they have excellent services, and they can source almost any parts you want.

dom

72,800 They just started squeaking this week.

jlukja, I'm going to change pads and see if the vibration is improved. If not, a machining or rotor replacement is next. Actually I'll probly have these rotors machined regardless. They've been on the car since 50K.

fdl

Dom, do they squeak alot? Mine squeak at low speeds but I am wondering if its just dust or something.

dom

Its not really a squeak actually, its more like a steel on steel noise. Its the type of noise that tells you without a doubt you need new pads and if you don't hurry up new rotors.

I had a squeak as low speeds that was periodic. Havn't heard that one in a few months though. I don't even think you have 50K yet? I wouldn't worry about brakes.

fdl

ya, i am just under 40k. But i have a very heavy foot.

JeffTSX

Sorry not a fan of Speedstar at all. You can try this place or here are 2 emails you should try emailing to. Tell them Jeff with teh PWP TSX refered you.

luckystrikehonda@hotmail.com or call 416-837-1688 and ask for Gary
vtecking@hotmail.com <--- this guy's name is Roger and I got quite a few stuff off him.

Good luck

dom

Great thanks alot Jeff.

I already checked TireTrends and it seems they only carry Hawk for $113 CAD. I can get a better price on-line from the US including shipping.

ianS

NE1 try Akebono Pro Act? I have it on my bimmer and they are excellent, no brake dust at all and it bite as good as oem bimmer pad with no fade, squeak and I already have it for 25000km. Ray from Gilman(Scarborough McCowan & Elleseme) put this on for me and he put that on a lot of Accord too and all have good feedback.

BTW, SpeedStar is on Markham 14th & Woodbine and SpeedStars was on Scarborough but they closed down already. At least the owner is already give it up and already went back to HK.

moda_way

BTW, Just drop the $100 US at TireRack and get the Brembo blanks already. LOL

I can take pics of mine. I think I've got about 9k miles on them.

dom

Gilman lowerd and installed my CAI on my GS-R way back when, nice guy.

dom

Not sure I need rotors yet. And the main reason I havn't ordered from Tirerack, they ship UPS. UPS shipments from the US have always nailed me hard on fees, Usually 15 to 20% on top of what I already paid. So I try to avoid UPS shipping at all costs.

acura_integra

If you don't like Speed Star, try http://www.jrponline.com/ located in Mississauga.

moda_way

Yeah, I don't like UPS for other reasons, so the feeling is mutual. I would say after +70k km, you should be within rotor spec, but probably not for longterm with an agressive pad, but just a guess.

HoRRo

Yeah, FedEx is just as bad, stupid brokerage fees, among other things.

dom

I've had these rotors on since 50,000km's so they're not that old.

Used FedEx once and there were no fees at all.

ianS

They will mail you the bill later! but you can ignore them. at least that what I did

dom

I've had no luck finding brakes in Toronto. Noone return's e-mails

cmf

I paid roughly 250 for all four corners of Endless pads. The Vita Nuova pads to be exact.

cmf

Just in case you want to know, part numbers are VN270 (front) and VN322 (rear).