51K on OEM pads and rotors
 

Hey All,
I just pulled the right front tire off to get started on a front brake job and they really don't need replacing just yet. Looks like 3-4 mil of good pad left on each side. I'm just curious what you guys get out of a set of brakes on a daily driver. I realize it's subjective but, 51k with another 5k + estimated life seems like a lot of life out of stock pads and rotors. The rears were done at 45k b/c the dash light indicator was coming on and at the time Firestone had a $99 per axle special so, I wasn't gonna get dirty and do it myself to save about $40.

I've got 60k on stock pads and I even swapped out the rotors for slotted and they're still fine. They seem to last a long time.

I haven't had a chance to look at my pads,but I have 43,000 kms on my car and the front rotors are bad! I bought the car at 33 km and noticed a slight vibration when they got warm and they got progressively worse. My next two investments are front rotors and an oil cooler.

I've been running Hawk PC on the fronts for about 45K miles. Still lots of life left on them. I've got 65K miles on the original stock rear pads and they're still doing ok as well.

I replaced the front rotors and pads at 20K miles mostly because my wife had some bad braking habits. Very uneven pad deposits caused shaking even under mild braking.

I am looking to replace the rear (and possibly the front) rotors and pads all around sometime in the next year in preparation for ZDayZ 2016.

I just hit 40k miles on my Z and the pads still look like they have around 60% life left in the fronts and rears 80%.

i'm debating if I even want to swap the pads/rotors for zdayz this year. I have pads and fluid ready on the shelf but why fix it if it isn't broken right?

brother FPenvy,

My commute is 30 miles one way and zero traffic here in Silicon Valley, two
years ago changed to the Centric Posi Quite brake pads as they emit very
little brake dust on my Nismo wheels. They have about the same amount
of material left 65% remaining in the front brake pads and 80%
remaining in the rear brake pads. This after 2 years of daily driving :tup:

-Clifford

i'm semi-close to that. DD in the warm months and my total daily commute to and from work is around 40 miles slight traffic. I have the OEM replacement pads on the shelf waiting. I believe they are the same or just a bit different than the pads you went with. i'd have to check when I got home to be positive as to what they are honestly lol

:tiphat:

brother FPenvy,

As I daily drive my 2010 Nismo and currently at 74,000 miles the "Centric
Posi Quite" brake pads reduced the brake dust bye 60% to 70% and
when weekly cleaning my Nismo wheels the brake dust rinses of with
high pressure water.

Wishing you a safe week ahead :tiphat:

-Clifford

yes I agree. light brake dust is always a plus. I don't do too much track driving to want a more track oriented pad....yet lol

have a safe week as well brother :tiphat:

I had a 125,000 miles on mine before I changed them and still had pad left, but my new parts showed up so I swapped them, got slotted rotors and Hawk pads now. I've put on 86,xxx miles and still good.

brother 90ST, coming from a gentleman who really drives your 370Z
you are a true bell weather and can attest to these claims. Where
are you at in miles or kilometers on your Z currently ?

-Clifford :tup:

Currently just over...

211,250 Miles

Awesome "Two Hundred and Eleven Thousand and Two Hundred
and Fifty" miles..............:driving:


Bravo :tiphat:

-Clifford

This is bad news for me, I was going to wait until the stock brakes wore down before I upgraded to Akebono's. Looks like I'll be waiting a long time if I stick to that (5k miles right now) :bowrofl:

I, and I bet most others are on the Sport brakes...the base brakes may wear faster, don't worry you'll get there. LOL

I don't know how to tell whether I need new brake pads yet, can someone teach me?

Here are some pictures I took last week of my front and rear pads uploaded to Microsoft OneDrive.

If I do need new brake pads, do I need new rotors too? Any suggestion on these please?
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resi...hint=folder%2c

Thanks,
Alan

Not a single useful pic there. There will be a small wear indicator on one of the inside pads, see how close it is to the rotor.

This link has some good pics. The first couple of steps show how you can easily check/change the pads without having to remove the Akebono caliper.

Replacing brake pads Infiniti G37 sport brakes | G37 Akebono big brake pad replacement

As for telling whether they are worn or not, that's easy. You want to replace them before the pad materials wear completely away, exposing the metal backing plate. You know, before the brakes start screeching metal on metal.

http://oceanautocare.com/wp-content/...Brake-Pads.png

Thanks for the information both of you!

Can I just trust the brake light wear indicator to inform me that the brake pads are worn to avoid checking the brake pad manually?

you'll hear the squeelers letting you know you are getting low.

Just hit 70K on stock rotors and pads, the pads still had about half life, the rotors looked really good too. Our stock brakes hold up pretty well. I was hearing squealing only when slowly backing up so I decided to replace rotors and pads. It must has been the massive amount of brake dust causing the squealing, swapped front/rear rotors and pads no more squealing. I drive very aggressive, I also downshift when slowing down to conserve brake life.

http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/z...i/IMG_1608.jpg

i'm at 41K and i'm struggling to even want to change my OEM pads since i know they're still good. but i have that slow back squeal if i tap the brakes too. it sucks but i know my pads are still good. i mean just look at yours at 70k lol

Yeah save your money my friend, to be honest if I had known how much life I had left on the pads/rotors before ordering the EBC rotors/pads I would have saved myself some dollars or purchased a breather mod. Just read that someone hit 125k miles with stock pads and rotors before needing replacing. :driving:

Do you have the sports package brakes? With the Akebono's you can check pad wear without even removing the caliper. You just pull them part way out of the back of the caliper and slide them right back in if they've still got life :tup:

I really like this feature, but the pads last so long it's not really necessary lol. I'm looking to replace my stock rear rotors and pads. Mine have been squealing for a while during low speed braking.

It has the sport Akebonos, I too like that feature very easy to check. Never done a brake job ever in my life. I should have done more research before ordering the brakes. :eekdance:

Well the good news is that I should not have to replace brakes for a very long time LoL.:driving:

oh i have a brand new set of pads on the shelf i bought last year and 3 bottles of motul 600 lol

Interesting... So you don't have to remove the calipers to change the pads with the sport brakes?

Nope! Big time saver.

don't you have to push the pistons back in with the new thicker pads? Can that be done without removing the calipers?

Yes and yes. You can use a special tool - I think it's called a piston spreader. Or I just wrap a shop towel or two around this giant flathead screwdriver I have to leverage against the pistons. Make sure the cap is off the brake fluid reservoir to release the pressure in the system.