Misha1641

HEllo, every one. i own a 2007 TL type S manual with all season tires.
car is aroud 24k and begginig to show signs of pads wear. i am trying to decided which perfomance PAds i should put on and cant make up my mind.
any help would be GREATLY appricaited
thank you in advance
Misha

ssmtl2nv

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get some posi quiets... pm excelerate and he will give you an awesome price.

Bearcat94

I'm a big fan of the Racing Brake ET Series (ET300 and ET500).

I've got the ET500 with Slotted rotors on the '02 TL-S and have run them on the '07 TL-S as well. Very pleased in both cases.

BUT when I did my first pad change on the '07, I stayed with stock rotors and did not turn them, so I stayed with OE pads to keep the Rotor-to-Pad material the same. It's worked out fine, but whether it was really necessary or not - .

MobTownTL

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whats life expectancy on aftermarket pads compared to oem?

blue rocket

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same question here, but i want something with much less brake dust... i dont need super performing pads, just something as good as stock with less dust.

Misha1641

Hawk Performance Ceramic Pads (Material: Ceramic) vs Hawk HPS Street brake pads (Material: Composite) found this two on tirerack.com

Brakemotive

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Posi Quiets are not really a Performance pad, they are more of a higher end OEM equivalent replacement. Sure they perform a bit better but Honda\Acura has never been known for using the best brake pads from the factory.

Life Expectancy can have a drastic range on aftermarket parts and is strongly driver oriented, I have seen two drivers with the same pads and one get 10k miles and the other get 30k it all depends how you drive and how you brake.

I recommend PowerStop Evolution line of brake pads, they are a Performance Ceramic, we have had nothing but good to say about them and because of this they are our primary brake pad line. They are a little more aggressive than the factory and I have not had any noise or dust issues with them.

PowerStop Evolutions have a better Coefficient of Friction than the Hawk HPS (based on independant testing). And typicaly last about 10% longer. And they are a bit less expencive on average too!

Misha1641

thanks for the post i went on to PowerStop Evolution line of brake pad website and ACura is not one of the cars listed for pads http://www.powerstop.com/RenderScrip...@@2007&mode=MK
do u know where i can look for them?

Maddizm

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should you or do you have to buy new rotors when getting new pads? i've already had my pads changed once (oem) but didnt get the rotors resurfaced. so for my next set do i gotta go rotors and pads?

BLACKURA_NY

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^ you dont have to ... its good to keep pad / rotor material consistent

FYI, posiquiets are a GREAT price, VERY LOW dust...but.... i chewed those fckers up faster than my OEM brembo pads

OEM pads - 19k
PosiQuiet - 12k

similar driving conditions.....

i am going to go either RacingBrake or Rotora for my next set

MobTownTL

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^^^ hmm consistent? so you should try to replace the rotor with the same brand pad?

JsL138

I have Racing Brake ET500 on my 07 TL-S and I feel they stop better than stock, lasts longer and I don't have to clean my wheels after every drive!

Ahmad310

I just replaced mine on my Type S last week with the Rotora pads from excelerate, i couldn't be happier, they stop great, very quiet and not much dust, ive only had to wipe my rims 2 times in the past week before i had to everyday there was so much dust!