So after the used car dealership installed the regular tl rotors and pads on my car I switched it out to the stock brembo rotors and pads. Quick question, is there suppose to be so much lag on the brake? For new pads i really feel like I have to push the pedal pretty far in to actually stop. Is this normal?

 

How many miles are on the car? Try bleeding the lines.

 

Replacing pads/rotors really shouldn't have changed pedal pressure/travel. I agree with PB to try a bleed and see what happens.

Maybe even consider a full flush just so you know what you're starting with. Be sure you read up on the DIY for proper procedures and bleed order (clockwise starting with front driver's side, and outside to inside on the front Brembo calipers, which have 2 bleeders).

 

Ok, thanks guys I will maybe try that. I had Acura dealership install them so just figured they would have bled it when they installed them but I'll try. Thanks and I'm just shy of 50,000 miles.

 

Oh, well if the dealer did it, take it back and tell them.

 

Yeah I'll see how it feels tomorrow and if it feels the same I'll try that then trying myself. Probably definitely the smarter idea.

 

Yes, the Brembo brakes on the manual TL's do feel different than those of the automatic. They have a more progressive feel to them and take a little more pressure as this progressive travel increases compared to those on the automatic. As a point of reference for my saying this, I am referring to my '04 manual and my '05 automatic TL's when the pads on my '04 were the original factory units.

 

so how were you able to install brembo rotor and pads to a regular tl? that is if by regular you mean non type-s/ a spec tls. perhaps i misread your first post

 

I have a type-s and the used car dealership i bought the car from changed the brakes before i bought it and installed non type-s rotors on it

 

Really? Wow, that is crazy.

 

You installed the rotors and pads yourself? Did you follow the procedure after installing the new pads and rotors correctly? You need to drive it around quite a bit to brake the pads and rotors in. Try that and let us know. If you did just pads and rotors, there should be no difference in pedal travel. With new pads and rotors, you will feel like the vehicle does not want to stop as quickly or grab as hard as you want them to, and that is because they aren't broken in.

 

oh so its non type s rotors on type s calipers and pads....
dont think the rotors matter on these, perhaps air was introduced inside the lines.
this might be a dumb question, but it happend to me before, a do it yourselfer decided to install new pads on his brembo equipt car and ended up disa ssembling the calipers in order to install the pads. this wasnt the case here, was it?

 

No the dealer installed the new pads and rotors (needed a legit receipt to try and get reimbursed). It was the used car dealer before me that didn't realize the type-s took different rotors. The different rotors did matter though because the pads where sitting above the rotors so it created a ledge to the pads.