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How many miles did you have when the BRAKE PAD indicator light came on?

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Old 06-08-2007, 01:20 PM
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Default How many miles did you have when the BRAKE PAD indicator light came on?
And what was the culprit?
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Old 06-08-2007, 03:24 PM
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At my 5K I was stunned to learn my pads are half way gone.
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Default i upgraded my front pads at 40k. stock pads still had plenty of material left...
i do canyon runs about once a month and am hardly kind to my brakes during daily driving. surprisingly, i only have about 6mm left on my rear pads!
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not bad!
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Default Re: i upgraded my front pads at 40k. stock pads still had plenty of material left...
Kenny, what pads did you go with? I do Mountain runs and a few track days.<ul><li><a href="http://h2otuning.com/index.php">http://h2otuning.com/index.php</a</li></ul>
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Default i've got akebonos up front. very slight improvement over stock but very little brake dust and quiet
what's everyone running in the back. i gotta change mine out soon.
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hopefully akebono will have rears soon.
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