Brake Pads

[richard wysong]

You lose stopping power that way, I have put cheap pads in a small car and found they didn't generate enough friction to stop the car safely. You will get longer life out of a premium pad, Why do you think it's necessary to surface rotors every pad change? If you don't overheat the brakes driving like a nut and are using premium rotors, lug nuts properly torqued you probably can do 2 pad changes before they need attention. Just my opinion.

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On 4/23/2025 at 9:40 AM, richard wysong said:

You lose stopping power that way, I have put cheap pads in a small car and found they didn't generate enough friction to stop the car safely. You will get longer life out of a premium pad, Why do you think it's necessary to surface rotors every pad change? If you don't overheat the brakes driving like a nut and are using premium rotors, lug nuts properly torqued you probably can do 2 pad changes before they need attention. Just my opinion.

Imo, you should still check the rotors though.  It may have a slight variation you can't detect with foot-o-meter.  It only takes a couple minutes to turn rotors anyways.