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What do you guys recomend I do for rear brake pads?

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Old 09-23-2002, 04:50 PM
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Default What do you guys recomend I do for rear brake pads?

My rear brake pads are almost gone, so I need to figure out where I shoudl go from here. I am not quite ready for a big brake upgrade yet, so should I just replace the rear pads with OEM?

If not, which pads are recomended? I don't track the car, just good pads for spirited street driving. Less dust would be good too, got to keep the REs shiny!

I know there is a lot of info on this in the archives, in fact I have been reading through them for like 30 minutes. But I couldn't really find an answer.
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Default Just throw a set of Mintex Red Box pads on there, you'll be fine.

Replace the rotors while you're at it.

Typically with a big brake upgrade, you won't need to touch the rear calipers. If you do find yourself at the track, you'll probably want to run a different set of pads front and back, however, for street use, the Red Box pads are quite sufficient.

Buy them at www.awe-tuning.com
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Cool thanks, can I get any real gains with aftermarket rotors? Or just go OEM?
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Default I've got x-drilled and frankly they're no better than OEM's

and more expensive.
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Good article on aftermarket brakes in last mo's Car and Driver
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