Anyone do rear pads themselves? The main issue seems to be compressing the piston.
First side took me 3 hours to do lol. 2nd side took 6 minutes haha. I had a breakthrough on technique.
I ended up using posiquiet ceramics. Ive got centric rotors all around and semi metallic posi quiets in the front. FYI posiquiet is a line from centric.
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Posted : August 13, 2019 11:45 pm
You spin the piston in using a special tool. Not the crappy cube. A lot of the time those pistons are really hard to rotate as calipers age.
Posiquiets are great pads.
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Posted : August 14, 2019 12:59 am
RIA, 2 different types of pads, f&r? Be careful.
Also, sturdy needle nose pliers can be used to screw in the piston. Yes, the square is a nice, simple idea, but the one I used lasted about 1/2 a turn. A real tool, a disk with 2 nubs, is the bestest/easiest tool to use.
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Posted : August 14, 2019 7:16 pm
I run Wilwood BP-1 in the front and Posiquiets on the rear. Been through a dozen autocrosses and a track day just fine! Not saying it's a great idea, but I haven't noticed a problem as long as the front pads are grabbier. You don't want the rear locking up.
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Posted : August 14, 2019 8:38 pm
You don't want the rear locking up.
I thought we had ABS on these cars? I tried to lock mine up once, no dice.
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Posted : August 15, 2019 5:37 am
You can pull the ABS fuses to disable ABS when playing if you want...
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Posted : August 15, 2019 5:48 am
You can also lock the brakes up a bit at lower speeds despite the ABS, the ABS is pretty unintrusive on this car it seems. I've locked all four brakes trying to left foot brake before.
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Posted : August 15, 2019 3:14 pm
The proper tool, makes the job go super easy. I got a brake tool from ... I can't remember where and it makes rotating the calipers a breeze. I think I got it from Harbor Freight or Amazon. Using that makes the process go so much easier than using the $10 cube that never really matches up.
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Posted : August 15, 2019 6:54 pm