HigdonTL05

so i recently purchased rotora slotted and hawk ceramic pads (front and rear), i run my car sometimes really hard and sometimes not, mostly highway but sometimes city, how long should I really count on these to last me??? im not a newb just new to aftermarket brake parts!

subinf

Are you talking mileage or length of time?

HigdonTL05

both or either

JS + XES

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confuse me more

HigdonTL05

ok im sorry i really didnt think this was going to be a confusing subject, how long do these brakes last in general period.!!!!!

lumyeinjun

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LOL at this thread. poor OP, sorry i can't help. These azine guys will eat you up with their straightforwardness and sarcasm.

Hi speed

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All brake life is determined by how you use the brakes. If your hard on the brakes you can go thru them in 10k miles. Many people with the brembo front brakes were going thru them in 10-15k while others like myself got 50k+ out of them. Lots of freeway without braking can extend pad life from lack of use. I would expect the ceramic Rotora pads will last a little longer than stock, but slotted discs are harder on pads so who knows.

blkaspec

I have had my racingbrake pads and rotors on for, maybe, um, 30k-50k...and they are in great shape.

I hate cars

The pads make all the difference. Ceramics should last a good while. I would expect at least 50K out of them. Usually the more aggressive the pad the longer they will last.

Hard braking does not wear them out much faster than normal braking. You're stopping harder but for a shorter time. What wears pads out quicker is excessive heat. Once you cross into "hot" territory they're going to wear 2-5x as quick. "Hot" is determined by the type of pads. With just about any pad, if you keep them around 300F or lower they will be just fine. Many of the more aggressive pads will not show extra wear until you're past 700F.

Drilling and slotting does not make much of a difference in pad life until temps get hot too. At normal temps the difference is barely measurable. At very high temps the drilled slotted rotors will wear the pads down a little quicker.

I know this doesn't help much but I don't know which Hawk pads you have. I believe the HPS are as bad as stock. If they're an aggressive ceramic 100K is not out of the question.

subinf

For stock brembo pads I was going about 18 months or so, maybe a little less. For Hawk, Rotex, 500s...I've never had them on the car long enough to gauge pad life.

Opel

everyones got their own opinions and theories and neither one of them are wrong..they can all apply to different drivers and they all can be right...
as far as im concerned, I can literally kill your brakes in a few hrs...where am i going with this? well, as long as you have a reputable brake set up, it really mainly comes down to you!

you can have the best brake set up and wouldnt last as long as a stock setup...

if pads can go for 2 years, and rotors go for 2 pad sets...in my opinion, thats great, and it works for me.

its been 2.5 years since my last brake setup, and pads are about half way, and rotors have almost no wear!

so when anyone asks "how long should certain brakes last and so forth", my question is, what do you wanna do with them? bcs i can almost guarantee that most ppl upgrade their brakes for better performance, and not for longetivity.