Originally Posted by NTP66

I can't speak to replacing the rotors on a TL-S, as I've never had to do that myself (yet), but for about $200 in parts, you could do the entire job yourself in a few hours with basic tools.

I just replaced the Brembo pads on my 07 TL-S with StopTechs yesterday, and spent more time taking off the damn wheels than I did swapping pads - and this was with using air tools to get the lugs off/on. It's ridiculous how easy it is to swap front pads on the TL-S. Here's a video of a guy swapping the pads on his STi, which also has Brembos (same exact install, minus the cotter pin): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6oGAftGpno.

Originally Posted by Bearcat94

Nice vid.

One thing I really didn't like was using a screw driver directly on the piston to compress them. If you damage a piston boot, you're going to have problems.
While the old pad is in place, you can use it to fully compress the pistons. Basically exactly what they did with the old pad, but keep going until the piston is completely compressed.

The other thing they did not do (or didn't mention) was greasing the pads/shims to minimize noise. Brembo provides a particular grease for this if you buy OE pads.


There are additional DIY's for the brakes (Front & Rear; Brembo & base) as well as rotors on this page of DIY/FAQ threads: https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/3g-tl-garage-faq-3g-tl-newbies-553554/