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Old May 21, 2008, 05:39 PM
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lifespan of brake pads?

I have 11,000 miles on my IX and was wondering how much more life i should expect out of the front and rear pads. I dont track the car and do some spirited driving from time to time. thanks
Old May 21, 2008, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by JETBLUE
I have 11,000 miles on my IX and was wondering how much more life i should expect out of the front and rear pads. I dont track the car and do some spirited driving from time to time. thanks
My REAR pads wore out before my fronts. At about 16K I had to replace them. Then at about 18K I had to replace the front pads. That was just MY situation. I to do not track the car...but I do drive hard.
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is it normal for the rears to go before the fronts?
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depends on your car some wear differently than others. my drivers side front and passenger rear wore out first so i replaced all at 30k
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20k here and both front and rear brake pads are very good. 50% of the time I drive aggressively, however I do downshift and engine brake quite often. Clutch is still very good too ... still waiting for both to wear out so I can throw in some Hawk HPS and Heavy Duty clutches!
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I had to replace front and rear pads at 24,500 miles. Passenger rear was the worst.
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MY fronts were almost done at around 13,000 miles. At 13,500 miles i did an overhaul of my brake system (baer 2-piece, ferodo ds2500, stoptech lines, super blue)...

I guess it depends how you drive the car... I have even heard for pads going in less than 5000 miles from people who tracked their car like crazy!!!
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35K here, replaced with autozone pads and never looked back
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^^ 35K for me too. My rotors had to be replaced too since I had a few autoX days as well as a few canyon drives Hawk pads all the way around this time.
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Originally Posted by Steve J
My REAR pads wore out before my fronts. At about 16K I had to replace them. Then at about 18K I had to replace the front pads. That was just MY situation. I to do not track the car...but I do drive hard.
Same here.
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I'm at 16k and my rears are just starting to hit the squealers I have several autocross events and many twisties cruises on my car.
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