hello experts

i am planning to diy my front and rear brakes

i did a search on it but couldn't narrow it down

i do mostly freeway drive on a heavy traffic area

please help me to find a decent rotor/pads set that is dust and squeal noise free. i've heard solid rotors are better than drilled or slotted but whatever works for me

will i need a new calipers? i have 05 tl with 160k miles. i took over the car when it had 32k on it. never changed rear pads and calipers for front and back

please recommend for a newbie!! thank you

oh do front and rear share same pads/rotors/calipers?

 

D/S rotors are aesthetic same as the Big Brake Kits. At least in our application they are.
I used evolution Z pads and they have lasted me 30k miles so far. They are getting down to about 4 mm.
I never heard of the brand and I took a chance on them.
I have had zero issues with brake dust, noise, and stopping power has been good. I'm going OEM next round. I see no point in playing with pads for daily driving.

oemacuraparts has a maintenance tab where you can order the correct oem pads for front and back, that's what I would recommend.

 

thank you for your input

 

Mr.heeltoe brake package OR Racing Brake Slotted Front Rotors in my opinion. I own the latter and do mostly highway, front rotors have withstood about 120K without need to be resurfaced with 2 sets of Acura A-Spec Pads. The rears needed to be resurfaced after 80K, 3 sets of rear pads. I wouldn't recommend the slotted rears as they do nothing.

Don't go with cheap pads/rotors, most folks regret them after 50-60K miles and that's when they have to spend the money twice including labor. You can spend under twice with labor once and get brakes that last a lot longer.

 

thank you for your detail

 

I would recommend a package from here. This is what I got, and have heard nothing but good things about it.

http://hoa.excelerateperformance.com...s/g-73363.aspx

 

$500+ Packages and slots and drills are nice for looks, but pretty much a waste of money. You can easily drop a couple hundred off that price if you go with Centric High-Carbon rotors instead. Centric is the company that makes Stoptech and their High-carbon rotors are the same blanks they use to make the stoptech & powerslot high performance rotors. Many of them even include directional internal vanes (TL front non-brembo rotors are directional I believe). They cost about half the price of the slotted version, but still offer the high performance long-wear alloy, fully machined hats, electrostatic black coating and enhanced cooling possibly with directional vanes.

http://www.centricparts.com/products/hcr

For Centric pads I use two options...
- High Performance driving: Stoptech 309 compound (high bite, high temp, abrassive to rotors, noisy & dusty)


- Normal driving: Posi Quiet Extended Wear 106 compound (normal bite, normal temp, easy on rotors, quiet & low dust)


They also make lots of other options at all different price points: http://www.centricparts.com/products/brake-friction

I used to buy at AmazingSavingsAutoParts.com but their shipping prices seem to have skyrocketed lately.

 

thank you for the info!

 

No problem.

Currently I'm using High-Carbon Rotors and stoptech pads on the front of my 05 Brembo TL. They feel the same as the expensive OEM Acura/brembo pads, yet dust AND cost about half as much. They do make about the same amount of minimal noise as the brembo pads, but only when I 1st start driving (cold).

The silly thing is that my conservative driving style don't really need such a high temp performance pad. I feel I could have definitely eliminated most or all the noise and dust if I had opted for the still-cheaper Extended Wear pads. Unfortunately being a car-guy I was unable to be that logical & honest with myself. Still I have no regrets going with the stop-tech pads. A little dust & squeals doesn't hurt my ego.

 

OP if performance isn't your concern then I would go Centric blank with Duralast C-Max pads, if you like abit sporty then go with Stop Tech slotted rotor with Stop Tech low dust pads.