so i drive an 03 evo 8 and i had replaced the brake pads twice in the past 4 months the first set of pad were auto zones off brand because i was low on money, the breaks made noise whenever i tried slowing down with a little pressure on the break pedal but not during a hard stop. i then bought aset of hawk pads from lancershop and they made no noise for the first 3000 miles and now are doing the same thing that the crappy autozone pads werre doing do i maybe need to bleed my breaks? i also had the rotors cut after the breaks still made noise with the autozone pads and that did not help has anypne e;se had this [rpb;e,? do i have to spend bookoo bux on oem brake pads??

 

1. Its brakes.

2. Did you use the correct shims? Did you put any brake lube or high temp brake caulk (red - autoparts stores have it)?

3. Properly bed the pads?

 

What Smike said. Also, maybe try Ferodo DS2500, those had the least noise problems for me. Also... welcome to owning an Evo. High performance brakes come with a price. Even my Porsche's brembos squealed a little bit in the right conditions, even with the proper shims, bedding, and grease/lube.

 

thanks for the info im just going to ride on them as is they arent toooo horrible ill just have to invest in some better pads some time

 

Mikes got it rt, take yours off, scuff them wiuth some sand paper to knock the glaze off, get some break squeal goop and put it back together..should do the trick.