SilverJ

Just wondering. And if so, I would imagine they have the same insane dusting issues as the 3G's

Schu

dusting really isn't the calipers doing... it's the rotor and pad material undoing.

FYI, get that shyte off your paint before it begins to oxidize.

justnspace

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no, 4g's do not come equipped with brembos

csmeance

Nope, 4G TL comes with standard acura brakes. I'd recommend you get yourself a better set of rotors and pads for the future if you care about performance. I'd vote with 2 piece Racing Brake rotors with some Carbotech pads!

SilverJ

Sounds slick but this is a going to be a daily commuter with some occasional speeding down on ramps and whipping around curves. Im not ever taking the car to the track or street racing or anything like that.

aIRpeACE

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it doesn't. if you dont drive like crazy, the stock brake should do the work fairly well.

ggesq

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I never understood why Acura decided to do away with Brembo, especially on the top sport model like the 6MT SHAWD.

TacoBello

Monies.

Edward'TLS

Brembo brakes tend to make noise due to the priority on high braking performance, and most owners will not tolerate brake noise just like suspension noises and body rattles.

SilverJ

I have the brembos on my TLS. They work great and all but are overkill for a non "fast and the furious" driver like me. To me they just annoy me that my rims are black 2 days after I clean them.

KJ TL-S

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I couldn't stand all the brake dust from the OEM set up on my type s either. When I needed new brakes I went with non OEM for a few reasons, and now brake dust is extremely minimal.

SilverJ

Same here. You can get some duralast Ceramic breakpads for half the price, they get the job done.

TheMuffinMan

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Has anyone swapped the Brembo's onto the 4G?

ucf_bronco

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A few have updated to a BBK, but I think Stoptech's are more popular on the 4G.

TheMuffinMan

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Ah good point, I think I have seen more StopTechs. There's a White one floating around in the Gallery section with em

csmeance

^ agree The brembos make the maintenance on a TL cost around the same as a European car! This causes a bunch of sticker shock to those replacing the brakes on the brembo equipped cars.

IMO acura needs to get off their high-horse and simply put slightly larger brakes with vented rear rotors to get rid of the constant braking problems such as warped rotors, etc.

SilverJ

Interesting, I've had the Brembo brakes on 2 TL's now, noise was never my complaint. They worked great but the insane amount of dusting was my pet peeve. I know the whole TL setup for Brembo is more than just the pads, but the pads themselves I would never buy for any car ever for that reason.

Hogan9166

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My OEM pads and rotors made it to about 100k miles without issue. That being said, I bought it with 22K on it and the dealer could have replaced the pads for CPO purposes. I don't know for sure.

Regardless, 78K on a set of pads and rotors is not bad if they had replaced them. Just a quick turn of the rotors and new pads and it runs and stops like new.

IMO, going with Brembo or any of the other high performance brakes are a waste of money unless you are going to track the car, or you just want the aesthetics of a slotted or drilled rotor.

justnspace

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right, one would have to know the difference in compounds to understand what kind of effects it will have in terms of dusting, initial bite, noise.

there will always be a trade off or compromise.
one cannot have it all.

I've found that a ceramic pad compromises quite well!
it provides ample bite, while remaining pretty quiet and the dusting is a lot less than a carbon based pad.

Schu

I am not sure I agree completely... being a "waste of money" is purely a subjective issue as the addition of a forged caliper and larger rotor is really quite nice and exciting.

Can it be used daily... probably not unless you are in a panaic situation on a daily basis or if your commute happens to be up and down a mountain road. Still, I would not hesitate to install a stoptech kit myself.

Edward'TLS

Take a visit in the 3G TL forum and search for keywords such as "Brembo", "noise", "squeaky", "uneven wear", etc.; and you will see a long list of threads related to noisy OEM Brembo brakes on the TL-S.

paperboy42190

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the noise is only during really cold days, which is like never here in socal. And even on those cold days, after a couple miles after they are warmed up theres no noise