I already know that the brakes will make a squeaking sound when the pads have worn down to the "replacing" limit. I seem to be getting this squeaking sound, however upon my personal inspection the pads seem to still have quite a bit of padding left on them (I just took off the wheels and looked sideways at them). Also, when I apply the brakes, they feel great.

I believe the sound also only emits after a cold start ... i.e. once I've been driving around and brake, the squeaking is gone. Anyone have any idea what the problem could be? Do I need to do a closer inspection of the brake pads? Thanks.

 

Stock pads shouldn't make noise. Others will, depending on the material. The more agressive the brake pad, the more noise it will make when cold.

If stock pad, are you looking at the pad and not the pad backing? I wore the back pads down to the point that they made noise all the time at the track one time. When I was looking at them I was looking at the backing and not the pad.

Pads are not that expensive compared to damaging the rotors. You might want to take the pads out to make sure you are OK.

 

Could be that the pads are glazed and when it's cold, they vibrate more than normal because of it. Take 'em off and sand 'em down by hand with some rough sandpaper. This should take off any 'cooked' top layer of the pad. Just make sure you put the pads back from the position you pulled up from.

Auto parts stores also sell 'anti-squeak' spray that you spray on the back side of your pads that should stop the noise.