[rxter]

When I had my cab baselined after the March 08 buy, the mech said pads are fine. I did not get a quant measurement on "fine" - doh. Anyway I've put maybe 1500 miles on the girl since then. Every time I wash the car (something like every 250 miles), there is a ton of dust that goes down the driveway - more from the fronts naturally. 5X anything I've seen before with either my RX-8 or any of the family cars and trucks that we have had over the years.



After my last romp through the canyons the brake pad warning light came on.



3 general questions and 1 specific one.



1) Does the brake dust sound familiar to you all?

2) About how many miles do you get from a set of pads?

3) Any pads that do less dust?



Keep in mind that I am not a tracker. Just like to drive it hard into the turns in the canyons (hopefully not a late apexer).



1) Assuming that my warning light actually reflects thin pads (a forum search showed several examples of grounding or sensor issues with new pads) about how many miles can I go before I replace?



I am doing the Ortega run this Sat and I don't want to ram anyone when they check up for crossing varmints <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/wink.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />



   



Thanks in advance

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[jpk]

The brake pads are really easy to replace; the only tools required are a pair of big pliers (challel locks) and a big flat blade screwdriver to pry the pads and pistons back a bit. It only takes me about 5 minutes longer to swap the pads when I switch back and forth from my track to street wheels.



Once the warning light comes on, you only have a mm or two of material left, not much at all considering the original thickness is like 18mm



In any case, you must have had some very soft racing pads in there. I was using some from Vertex auto (thier VTX series) which sound like they were very much the same; lots of brake dust, and I burned up a brand new set after five 25 minute sessions of track driving. They were really great for stopping power and my rotors were just like new after three sets though, I just can't afford use $70 in pads every time I go to the track.



If you're mostly just doing street driving with the occasional canyon run, the stock pads (mintex or pagid) should be just fine. I'd bet you could find something suitible in stock at your local parts store (or I'm sure they could get someting for you in a few hours) Just make sure you flush the fluid every year or two.

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