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Mar 15, 2008 | 01:44 PM

#11

mikegarrison

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From: Covington WA, USA

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Originally Posted by BrandonS2K,Mar 15 2008, 10:48 AM

thanks for your help i went ahead and bought the brake pads myself and paid someone to help me all in all i spent 190 but now i see how easy it is. it sucks because i dont have a jack, so it would have been really hard using the stock jack considering i cant even get it to work right half the time

Buy a floor jack. The trunk jack is not really very safe or convenient. You can save enough money to pay for it with a few brake jobs and oil changes.

(That is assuming you have a garage. If you are living out of an apartment, best bet is to make friends with somebody who doesn't mind you using his garage and tools.)

Mar 15, 2008 | 01:56 PM

#12

camuman

Joined: Oct 2002

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From: South Florida

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Originally Posted by mikegarrison,Mar 15 2008, 04:44 PM

do not use the oem jack!!!! i used mine to change a tire, and i watched the jack fail and slowly fold!!!! the car thankfully just lowered slowly until the jack squished itself, but imagine if it gave and dropped!!! it was crazy!

Mar 15, 2008 | 02:36 PM

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thesilverbullet

Joined: Apr 2006

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From: DeepSouth

it's a 15min job to do the front pads - not counting the jack & wheel removal/replacement.

rears don't do much so they are more than likely good. they can go 80k miles easy depending on your driving. if you are not having any vibration when braking you don't need to turn the rotors. it's only two bolts on the caliper. you will need something to compress the caliper so it fits over the new thicker pads. i use large channel lock pliers. it takes me longer to jack the car and remove/replace the wheels than it takes to replace the pads.