My car is stock at 23,000 miles. My right rear brake makes a horrible grinding noise as I come to a stop and continues for a second as I drive away.

I checked my rotors and the right rear (where the grinding is coming from) rotor is rougher than the other three.

I am assuming my car needs a brake job. I have never done this before. I don't want to spend big bucks on super dooper brakes. I want my car to remain stock.

1. Will I need to buy new rotors? If so, where and how much?
2. Where can I find pads that will fit my Brembos and that are affordable?
3. Do I need to do all 4 brakes?
4. Should I attempt this job myself, take it to a brake place, or take it to the dealer?
5. ANything else I should know of before starting?

 

1) take them to a good local shop and have them inspect the brake system. It's odd that the rear would go before the front, you may have a siezed caliper or a pad that disbonded from the backing material. If the rotors need work get them turned if possible.
2) many of the vendors on this site have some good "compromise" pads that will serve you well on a daily driver (porterfield, ferodo, etc...)
3) if one is starting to go then they're all probably close.
4) a competent home mechanic can do it, if you don't feel comfortable take it to a good local shop.
5) decent skills and an evo service manual will enable you to do this change without much difficulty at all.

good luck and as always YMMV,

Greg

 

My rears went first also, I think that the fronts are so huge that the rears will wear out first .


Hawk HPS are made for street driving, do not get pads made for the track! They will eat a set of rotors in a couple of days.

If you look at the How To/Installations forum, you get thorough instructions on how to do this yourself as well as the tools and supplies needed.

There is a group buy on the HPS on this forum for $135 all around, great deal!

Unless the rotors are scored badly, then there is no need to turn them.

Make sure that you bed the pads as soon a you get done!

 

Mine Did the exact same

 

just make sure before you take it anywhere if you do it yourself that your brakes are working correctly. don't wanna try to do it yourself to save a few bucks and end up running into a tree at the end of the driveway because you didn't do something right. it's not really hard to do, just be careful when you do it as no brakes is not a good thing

 

Normally i would personally say to go to somewhere like Pep Boys and have them ( what they call ) "Mike check " your rotors to see if they are within standards. They also sell hawk pads at Pep Boys if you need them pronto but if the say that your rotor is out of spec i would change it , please don't just put new pads on them because they will just band-aid the problem.

 

1. 23,000 miles is about right for pads. My rears actually wore faster than the fronts, and it was the inside pad at all four corner that wore more quickly. If you hear grinding, then you most likely have metal on metal, and the rotor will need to be replaced. The stock pads have a "squeal" tab or whatever it's called, that wil make a pitch squeal intermittently or constant, depending on how worn the pad is. It's a little metal tab that is designed to hit the rotor prior to the full pad being expended. Don't worry, the tab wears and doesn't groove the rotor. But the metal backing plate that the pad is glued to will definitely score the rotor.
2. Here's a link where I bought Ferodo pads from. http://www.raceshopper.com/ferodo_brake_pads.shtml
Others may be able to cut their prices, I don't know. Ferodo makes the stock pad for Brembo that are on your car.
3. Personally, I would always do all four brakes at a time.
4. The install is relatively easy and straight forward. It's up to you. If you have rotor damage (assuming so since you hear a grinding noise), you'll need to either have the rotors turned or a spare set handy or your car wil be down for a day while the rotors are turned.
5. The stock anti-squeal shims are a ***** to get off the stock pads, and you will most likely bend them getting them off such that you won't be able to re-use them. Make sure your new pads come complete with anti-squeal shims. DO NOT run without anti-squeal shims. The noise (especially at low speed breaking) will drive you nuts.

 

Can most regular brake shops service our Brembos? Or is there anything that I need to be aware of before taking my car in?

 

Yeah there isno problem servicing brembo brakes at any normal shop. I have seen some of the mechanics where i work compress four and six piston caliper set while on the wrack. Then after that, it was pretty much straight foward.