How worn are my brake pades? Time to replace?
07-30-2018, 12:00 PM
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How worn are my brake pades? Time to replace?
I know visual inspection is not the best way to judge this but my car as 46k miles on it. I am the second owner. I assume it is still on original pads. How worn are these pads? How long can I go before I need to replace. Is stock the best option for street driving. I recently switched out the brake fluid (using Billman's gravity bleed method). Do I need to do that again if I switch pads... No squeal from brakes yet but they don't feel as strong as I remember (this is my second S2000)
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07-30-2018, 12:13 PM
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They look fine. A 'real' inspection would measure the remaining pad thickness (and possibly rotor thickness if suspecting rotors were excessively worn). But you can do a pretty decent estimation of pad thickness just by eye.
When the time does come, stock ap2 pads are quite decent for street use (ap1 pads are no longer available and are superceded by ap2 part). But there are other arguably better, and perhaps cheaper, alternatives. One such is Stop Tech Sport.
When you do change pads, be sure to loosen bleeder screw when pushing piston back into caliper. You don't want to force fluid to reverse through abs module.
You probably don't need to rebleed if you did it recently and you don't introduce any air from lossening the bleeders. But typically you would, and maybe change the brake fluid at the same time, since its probably due.
When the time does come, stock ap2 pads are quite decent for street use (ap1 pads are no longer available and are superceded by ap2 part). But there are other arguably better, and perhaps cheaper, alternatives. One such is Stop Tech Sport.
When you do change pads, be sure to loosen bleeder screw when pushing piston back into caliper. You don't want to force fluid to reverse through abs module.
You probably don't need to rebleed if you did it recently and you don't introduce any air from lossening the bleeders. But typically you would, and maybe change the brake fluid at the same time, since its probably due.
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07-30-2018, 01:19 PM
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They look fine. A 'real' inspection would measure the remaining pad thickness (and possibly rotor thickness if suspecting rotors were excessively worn). But you can do a pretty decent estimation of pad thickness just by eye.
When the time does come, stock ap2 pads are quite decent for street use (ap1 pads are no longer available and are superceded by ap2 part). But there are other arguably better, and perhaps cheaper, alternatives. One such is Stop Tech Sport.
When you do change pads, be sure to loosen bleeder screw when pushing piston back into caliper. You don't want to force fluid to reverse through abs module.
You probably don't need to rebleed if you did it recently and you don't introduce any air from lossening the bleeders. But typically you would, and maybe change the brake fluid at the same time, since its probably due.
When the time does come, stock ap2 pads are quite decent for street use (ap1 pads are no longer available and are superceded by ap2 part). But there are other arguably better, and perhaps cheaper, alternatives. One such is Stop Tech Sport.
When you do change pads, be sure to loosen bleeder screw when pushing piston back into caliper. You don't want to force fluid to reverse through abs module.
You probably don't need to rebleed if you did it recently and you don't introduce any air from lossening the bleeders. But typically you would, and maybe change the brake fluid at the same time, since its probably due.
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07-30-2018, 01:25 PM
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I put Stop Tech Street pads on my AP1 and I really like them. They do dust the wheels a bit more than I like but it takes just a second to wipe them down. That doesn't really bother me much.
Unless there is a compelling reason to switch, I'd keep using your stock pads until you really need to replace them.
Unless there is a compelling reason to switch, I'd keep using your stock pads until you really need to replace them.
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08-01-2018, 01:03 PM
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Meh, IMO unless your very diligent and experienced you're more likely to introduce air into the system that more than offsets any marginal pedal feel improvement from braided lines. You're more likely to step backwards than forwards here.
But fresh fluid, absolutely. A gravity bleed that involves a full fluid swap with a decent dot 4 would probably address the issues.
But fresh fluid, absolutely. A gravity bleed that involves a full fluid swap with a decent dot 4 would probably address the issues.
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