Hi everyone,

I'm looking for some advice.

I'm attaching some pictures of RB Rotors / Pads on my 08' TL-S. I've had these installed for 3,000~ miles or so now and have noticed some noise on use (squealing like from low pads) about 500 miles ago; but seeing as I know the pads are new I was just living with it. I took a look the other day and noticed what I think is a good deal of pad material having transferred to the rotor surface. Interestingly the right front rotor is still almost clean; while the right rear has very heavy lines on the edges of the rotor.

I've read this means I over-heated the pads during some aggressive stops; and need to have the rotors pulled off and turned on a brake lathe to fix. These are apparently pretty high street performance pads; so I'm surprised at that - but so it goes I guess. Does this sound right?

 

Those rotors are looking pretty scummy. That is not pad transfer. Looks like a little surface rust from water getting on there. That could definitely cause a little noise until you rebed and clear it off.

Note that the pad material layer getting too thick or uneven is more often characterized by shaking in the steering (commonly mis-diagnosed as warped rotors).