Great Quality Over Stock Honda Pads, November 27, 2010

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Jeryl Barnum “JB” (Long Beach CA) – See all my reviews

  

I have a 2003 Honda Civic EX Coupe, and these pads fit just fine. Now I just installed the pads together with some Brembo Blank Rotors I purchased on Amazon as well so I can’t say these are 100% great brakes, but so far so good. I will be updating this review as I continue to break in the pads.

Anyway, I’ve gone through 2 sets of Honda Pads (+) and after doing a little research, I found out that the Honda pads are Semi-Metallic pads. I’m thinking those are a little rough on the rotors because I’ve had to machine my stock rotors twice and this third time I decided to change the rotors all together. I was deciding between these Wagner thermos and the Hawk Ceramics but the deciding factor was the price. The Hawks are almost while these Wagner’s are only around . Anyway, the mechanic that installs my parts always says to stay with stock pads because they’re guaranteed to fit, but when he saw these he was blown away by their quality. He said it’s a good design…

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Slight brake squeel, July 28, 2011

I’ve installed plenty of brake pads before, but this one is the first set that specifically says not to apply any sort of anti-squeek compound or disc brake grease on the back of the pads because it’s supposed to have this thermoquiet technology. I followed the instructions and only greased the ears of the pads and installed them (they have built-in shims so just slap them on and you’re good to go). After driving around a couple of hundred miles, I do notice slight brake squeel upon coming to a complete stop. I never had this sort of problem when installing other ceramic pads using standard shims and applying disc brake grease on the back of the pads and the shims. However, given the price I paid () and the price they are today as I write this review (around ), I’d say it can’t be beat and you really can’t go wrong for such a cheap price (hell, I’m thinking about stocking up on another set right now because it’s only right now). Otherwise it seems the pads are still decent…

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Def some good brakes for an 08 civic., August 27, 2011

I highly recommend this to anyone who is looking for a cheap alternative set of brake pads. I’ve used a couple of different brake pads since i first got my civic and these are by far the best. Still prefer the OEM ones but these def come close to it.

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