69tl

so my ride is making alot of noise whenever i brake, so i'm thinking of get the EBC Greenstuff brake pads, so here is my question i believe the noise is coming from the front so i was thinking of just changing out the front brake pad and leave the rear alone....what do you guy think and am i suppose to change out the front & rear and the same time ??


thanx in advance.

deye

Inspect the rear pads and if they are really worn replace them. They most likely will be fine because it is the front brakes that take the brunt of slowing down ur car. And EBC greenstuff is the way to go.

avs007

This is perfectly fine. Unless you have Electronic Brake Force Distribution, the fronts will wear much faster then the rears. On my other car, I've replaced the front pads like 3 times already, and have not done the rears yet. That car has 109,000 miles on it now, and the rears still look fine. I changed the front pads on my wife's TL at 30 some odd thousand miles, and the rears have plenty of meat left...

spl1011

I thought our TL's had electronic bracke force distribution... or some form of it.

shawn744

hellz yeah they do

FTM-1

The 2004TL model does have it not the previous generation 99-03.
Or Iam I wrong about this on the 2004TL? I think what spl1011 is talking about is the VSA that is on the TL Type-S model 02-03years.

deye

Even if the car has any electronic brake force distribution (which I am not sure of), the fact that majority of the weight of car is on the front wheels means that the front brakes do most of the braking and so the front pads will wear quicker than the rears

69tl

thanx for all the reply you guy rock

ride'n96TL

Hey 69TL, just to let you know, I tried the EBC's which definately improved the stop power, but because of the increase in friction and heat, they will definately warp your rotor if it is not properly turned down before the pad install. I learned the hard way by warping the rotors so bad, as so they couldn't be fixed, so a $400 new set of front rotors had to be ordered. Just something you might wanna think about.

medic

$400 for two rotors...man, what the heck sort of rotors did you buy?

ride'n96TL

Honda rotors from the dealership, that includes the labor as well though. Rotors by themselves, probably $200-$250

But if you want new rotors, i suggest checking into Brembro , they just put out a set for our cars. They're also powdercoated so they won't rust on the edges like normal factory rotors .

fsttyms1

or you can get all 4 irotors for like 250 or rotora for like 300- both are crossdrilled and slotted

NYZGREATST

400 bucks, thats crazy. i just got 4 rotora cross drilled rotors and ebc greenstuff pads for about 421. i plan on installing it next wed. i hope

Tunaboy

Go with Axxis. Yeah people here are always bitching about how much dust they produce, but they never take into consideration on how much stopping capability they have. I'd recommend Axxis over EBC. Just my 2 cents

fsttyms1

well from my expierence with them both, the ebc works alot better when hot. ive spent alot of time on the track(auto x) and country roads and the ebc works much better when hot

69tl

what do you mean by that??

fsttyms1

thats not because of the pad. it would have done it with oem pads.
the more you turn your rotor the thinner they get and less they will be able to handle the heat.
i had a set of oem rotors last longer with the green stuff pads than they did with the oem pads