Yvuru

I am looking to get new front brake pads for a TL-S. What do you guys think about these 3?

Racingbrake Brake Pads ET500

OEM Acura TL w/ Brembo

Rotora Ceramic Brake Pads

Do the ceramic brake pads provide more stopping power??

Bearcat94

My first pad change on the '07 TL-S, I stayed with OE pads. I did not need new or turned rotors, so I wanted to stick with the same compound.

If/When I do change the rotors, I am leaning strongly toward the Racing Brake ET series pads. I do have the ET500 with RB rotors on my '02 TL-S and like them a lot - Great stopping, no noise, low dust.

01tl4tl

ceramics provide less stopping force- and less dust
Wax your rims with synthetic car wax for cleaner wheels!

the ET500s are good pads used by many here, and other cars like corvettes--
get them from MrHeelToe, an acurazine sponsoring vendor, check his signature for secret discount code~

Tripnbeats

for all hose companies you're gonna need to get the rotors they provide as well if ur gonna use the stock rotors with aftermarket brake pads they wont give u 100% results..... the car had the brakes engineered for it ive tried a brake pads and nothing has worked better than the stock pads...on the stock rotors.

Yvuru

Thanks for the input.

Do you guys think the ET500's will hold up well with stock rotors?

01tl4tl

they will work fine on stock rotors-
they work amazing on RBs rotors since they hold up to the extreme material hardness of those rotors

They will last, and stop your car better than stock for sure
I would clean the rotors before install- and flush the brake fluid before you do anything to the brakes
That prevents backwash of any crud- get all new fluid in it and the bad stuff is removed.

nfnsquared

I replaced my OEM Brembo pads after 64K miles with the RB ET300s. They are fine with the OEM rotors. I didn't even turn my rotors. Great pads, equal or better than OEM in stopping power, no noise, no dust, and they cost only 2/3 of the OEMs. Be sure you put grease on the back of the pads, on the clips, and on the pins. There are several good DIY threads for replacing your pads.

AnthraciteAspec

iTrader: (6)

I got the Rotex Kevlar gold pads after reading good stuff about them in some other threads on here. You can get them from this site for only $40:
http://www.buybrakes.com/store/DA049D
Enter coupon code FP08010 at checkout.

Just throwin these out there if you don't want to spend $160 for the oem dust machine pads.

SouthernBoy

Alright, I am going to ask a stupid question here if you don't mind. It's possible you may have read my postings about these pads since I installed them almost three years ago on my '04 manual TL. My question is this.

Did you get both front sets for this price or is it just for one wheel? Yes, I know it sounds dumb, but that is one heck of a crazy low price! I just went out to my garage to check the part number and it is the same: DA049D. Man, I should just order a set like now to have around when my current set needs replacing.

SouthernBoy

Oops, just went out and checked my front pads and I still have perhaps a year left on them (if not more). Not a good idea to buy new pads and let them sit in a garage for that long before using them. So I'll just keep the info you have supplied for the time when I need to replace my current Rotex pads. And thanks for the link!!

SouthernBoy

I might add for the OP's edification that I did several writeups in '06 about these pads and how to properly bed them in when replacing the stock OEM pads with them. This is critical to eliminate squeal and to promote smooth and effective braking. I also did a writeup as I recall, about the performance and visual aspects of the pads. The performance angle addressed normal use and the visual aspect related to dusting. You might want to do a search on all of this, especially the bedding in. And I did these over a few months so don't just read one.

I had to bed them in three times. The first time, I did what the guy at brakewarehouse.com told me to do and it was not right. The next time (and location) was just not conducive to bedding in a set of new pads. The third time was the charm. Basically, you are going to have to do 8 to 10 hard brakings from 60 MPH down to 10 MPH (do NOT stop) 8 to 10 times in a row. You accelerate rather quickly to 60 then hit the brakes pretty hard (this side of ABS) to take the car down to 10 MPH. Then back up to 60 quickly and back down to 10. After the 5th or 6th braking, you should encounter fade. Don't worry, this is a good thing. Do this 8 times on your first bedding in venture. After the 8th time braking down to 10, drive the car normally for 15 to 20 minutes and do not stop. Use the brakes as little as possible during this cool down period. After this, you should be Ok unless you have to repeat the process.

The purpose of this is three fold. (1) Promotes gassing out of the new pads. (2) Forces the new pads to "marry" themselves to the rotor surface groves. (3) Transfers pad material onto the rotors.

Yvuru

What are the differences between the Racing Brakes ET500 and ET300. Is it just the hardness of the material? I do not want to harm my oem brembo rotors.

SlowRiderr

Get some EBC brakes.


buybrakes.com Get the yellow stuff pads- they will outlast just about anything out there and are superior to the others

AnthraciteAspec

iTrader: (6)

I don't have them yet I should be getting them this week. Once I have these and my SS lines I can go ahead with the conversion. I will definately follow your procedure on the bedding process. Hopefully I can find a nice area where the cops won't harass me lol. Its going to be tough where I live in Los Angeles. Sorry officer I need to hit 60 on this street in order to properly bed my brakes

Bearcat94

According to the EBC website the Yellow is high dust and tending toward track pads.

SouthernBoy

I understand trying to find an area where you can safely do something like this. Where I live is about three miles from the beginning of the Appalachain Mountain chain so there are some really nice roads around this area. I hit a four-lane highway at 6:00am on a Saturday morning for my third bedding in process. On my final run, a semi rounded a corner about a half mile behind me so I had to do the hard braking and acceleration while he was bearing down on the inside lane (I was in the outside lane). He must have thought I was nuts.

In LA, you might have to go east for a bit before you can find any sort of highway where you can do this. Good luck.

Legend2TL

Wow that is a great price for Rotex pads for the Brembo calipers!

spydercatt

If you need to see how to change out the stock OEM brake pads and rotors on an Acura TL with the Brembo set-up, check out this video.

AnthraciteAspec

iTrader: (6)

Wow I posted in this thread like 5 years ago. Anyhow to follow up I am running the ET500 pads now and they are fantastic. More dust and a lot more money then the Rotex pads but they definitely stop better.

Fran TheBoss

This is great info thanx guys