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Brake Question: Good idea to change all 4 pads/rotors or only the two bad ones?

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Old 12-18-2006, 01:36 PM
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Brake Question: Good idea to change all 4 pads/rotors or only the two bad ones?
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Default Which 2 are bad?
Ideal situation, change all 4.

This way you know all 4 sets of pads are same-same.
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2 back ones
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Default How much pad material is left on the fronts?
Normally the rear pads last 2-3 times longer than the front pads...
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front pads looks new...that seem kinda weird.
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Default I've burned through 2 sets of rear pads...
and only one set up front. So, who knows. Someone told me the rear pads are softer than the front pads?
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Default cool...u not the only one experiencing this. I thought i was the only 1....
did you changed your rotors too?
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Ha, I thought you meant changing only the inner pads...which I've done if I have some decent used.
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Used to be the case the R lasted 2X longer, no more....biasing is different.
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I think this is a result of traction control(esp)
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