I have 31k on miles and dealer says I need new brakes, both front and back.

Im not sure if its just the calipers or rotors as well.

Anyways anyone know of good aftermarket breaks preferably not more expensive than stock ones.

He wants me to pay 600 dollars to replace the breaks with parts and labor.

Also is it common to replace brakes this early, thanks guys.

 

do we have an aem big brake kit available for car

 

You better ask him what he means by "brakes". You might just need pads..

 

Kind of related...I've got 52k on my 2001 cl and was gonna get a new car but I'm deciding to keep this for another couple years and I'm gonna need new brakes also. Should I let acura do them or would it be ok if I took it to Midas or someone like that and saved some money?

 

I want to get bremos or a aem big break kit, if i get new pads might as well get rotors right??

I think its just the pads not sure, what usually goes at 30k?

 

Co-Cl-s do you know of any good pads?

 

$600.00 seems pretty damn high for a brake job. Just to give you an idea, I just passed 30k, and I got the EBC Greenstuff pads front and rear ($89 front, $69 rear), and pulled the four rotors off and had them turned ($11 each) and put it all back together. The rotors had plenty of life in them and the pads are much better IMO than the stock pads I had on.

The only thing that I can say about getting work done at the dealer is, if you develop any problems you can take it back and TRY and get them to fix it if it hasn’t been too long. A few months after I did my brakes I developed a slight shudder when I braked at high speed. I pulled the pads and found that one was stuck, and causing the brakes to be pulled from one side only. I had the rotors re turned, and cleaned and lubed the area where the brackets where the pads are held in. Now the breaks feel great again. But it would have been nice to be able to go back to the dealer and say FIX THIS. Because I did it myself, I had to fix it myself, but the money I saved, and the satisfaction I get now that my breaks are good made any hassle worth it to me.

By the way, it did take a long time for my new pads to break in, and the brakes were shit before they did. Be very, very careful when you have brake work done, no matter WHO does it!

 

so there is a noticible difference with just changing the pads, do you have a link to the site where you brought it / pics.

 

nobody ?

 

You can buy Brembo OEM blanks from tirerack.com for around 50 bucks.

It is VERY uncommon to have to replace ALL the "brakes" at 31K, especially the rear when 80% of the braking is absorbed by the front. What year is your car? But as you probably know most of us have problems/issues with the front braking components (rotors more specifically). I can see having to replace the front rotors and pads. Have someone else take a look at the car as well.

 

going to do that tommorow, they said the back brakes where worn out more.

 

That sucks, I think i need new rotors as well

 

Have 13K miles and noticed steering vibration when braking from high speeds. Dealer fixed it by resurfacing the rotors and replaced old brake pads with new upgraded pads from Acura. I was told Acura has better pads for our models. Unfortunately, they were not originally put on the car..............anyways here are your choices.......

1. Brembo package for about $2200
2. Wildwood package for about $1700
3. Comptech Route with SS lines, etc.. for about $500

Why are you paying for this. It should be under warranty if you only have 31K miles on your car?

 

I got new brakes under warranty from acura!

 

I did too around that same milage

 

are you sure my dealer said its not under warranty, they are just worn

 

31k is average for brake replacement i think

 

Need to be more specific when you talk about brake. New rotors under 30K no and new brake pads under 30K plausible.

 

im talking about both rotors and pads

 

It's possible to wear out a set of front brake pads in 30K miles, it would take some pretty hard driving. I can see no way you could wear out rotors in that amount of mileage (unless you're racing the car). If on the other hand your front rotors are warped (you feel a pulsing when braking from speed above 50 MPH) then there is a TSB to cover that. I really think you should get some clarification from your dealer, as to exactly what is wrong with your brakes.. YMMV

 

I just had my 30K service done and asked them to check my brakes again (replaced at 13K first time). I get my car back and they again replaced the rotors/pads for the front.

Make them replace it under warranty.... It helps to do a major service if they replace the brakes under warranty..