I have a 03 acura tl s-type. It has about 64,000 miles on it. The problem I am having is that my brake pads are gone front and back. My question is that should i go to the dealership and get them replaced and put on or should i go elsewhere and get aftermarket parts... If so, what kind of brand should i get? Which one would one be cheaper. which one would be better?

I appreciate the responses..

 

go with aftermarket rotors like brembo, irotor, etc. oem pads, or akebono pads , or ceremic pads will work.

 

thanks for the reply.... but my rotors are still under warranty, but with the brakes pads, is aftermarket actually better, or are the dealership ones better?

 

i use raybesto quiet stop ceramic pads. the are like 40 for the front set and about 22 for the back set. they are cheap and last really long.

 

Akebono ProAct Ceramic, low dust, no squeak, and consistant frictional coeficient across wide temperature range

 

Most aftermarket pads will chew up the softer OEM rotors very fast. Aftermarket pads work best with aftermarket rotors.

 

Akebono ProAct does not have that high of friction coefficient to chew up rotors. It just have better pad material and performs well when the pad is cold as well as when it is hot.

 

I have the rotora slotted and just put on the EBC Greenstuffs.
Love the combo. Even thought the rotors are under warranty, I would get the aftermarket rotors to go with the pads.

 

How do you know if your rotors are still under warranty mine are horrible when I break the car shakes a lot and sometimes my break light comes on I really need mine fixed.

 

hello, couple days ago in the morning whan i was going to work the BRAKE gauge went on, after pressing brake pedal several times it went off, today morning it happened again but it didnt went off

i checked level of brake fluid and it is perfect,

my car is 75k miles,

the car is braking strong with no noise

 

Your pads are probably down to the nibins, the sensors are letting you know that. Time to change out your front pads. BTW...changing out the pads yourself if very easy to do. Beleive it is a 14mm wrench, 17mm wrench, c-clamp (for piston compression). Do it yourself & save yourself a lot of cash, very simple to do.

 

go to meineke, they have raybestos pads I believe.

 

probably yes but the strange thing is it only happens when the car is cold(only in the mornings)

i will change them by myself thats for sure and as far as im reading this thread i think i ll buy greestuff