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Think I found why my front brakes were making a grinding sound
Driving me nuts hearing my brakes grind when I knew I had a lot of pad left. I went ahead and bought some new ProStop Ceramic pads (had them on my 626, great pads) at Pep Boys. Pulled off the old pads and this is what I found on the right front:
It appears whatever metallic material used was causing some very light grooving in the pad itself-you should be able to see it in the top part of the pad. Didn't seen any problems with the rotors.
No idea who made the pads on the car, they have an "AM" stamped on them. Anyway, I bedded in the new brakes and stopping is now grind free.
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2002 Maxima SE, NWP block plate, GAB, K&N panel filter, Vibrant FSTB, grounding kit.
I painted the hub area of all 8 of my rotors (yes, 8: 4 on the car, 4 spares ready to go) with black hi-temp spray paint. Cut out a template from cardboard, degreased and acetone'd the hub areas, and sprayed 'em.
One of my brakes is making that grind. Will check it out!
I just replaced all 4 of my rotors with Brembo blanks about a week ago, as well as replaced OEM pads with Hawk HPS. After only a couple days of rain, my new shiny rotors became bright orange around the hub with rust...WTF? Is there anything I can do to fix this before it gets worse, and to prevent it in the future? I might have to try what AJ~ did...any easier solutions?
__________________ 2002 Maxima GLE
Toyo Proxes 4 Tires on Silver TSW Vortex 18x8 Wheels (Warm Weather) | Bridgestone Blizzak WS-60 Tires on GLE Wheels (Winter) | H&R 15mm Rear Spacers | Brembo Blank Rotors - Painted Black | Hawk HPS Pads | G2 Black Painted Calipers | De-pinstriped | 35% Tint | Stillen Classic Front Lip, Side Skirts & Rear Valance | GReddy EVO2 Exhaust | Injen Black CAI | Tokico Illumina Struts | Tein H-tech Springs – Front | H&R Springs - Rear | Progress RSB | Stillen FSTB & Battery Tie-down | Grounding Kit | Blacked Out Headlights & Cleared Turn Signals | Blacked Out Clear Side Markers w/ Amber & Red 5-LED Bulbs | PIAA Xtreme White Bulbs in Fogs, Dome, Doors & License Plate | Fujita Oil Cap | AE Door Sills | AE Pedals | Momo Raptor Black Leather Shift Knob | Maglite Mount | Pioneer AVH-P4100DVD 7” Touch-screen Head Unit | Rainbow SLC 265 6.5” Component Front Speakers | Alpine Type-R 5.25” Coaxial Rear Speakers | 2 JL 10W3V3 Subs | JL Audio Slash v2 500/1v2 Subwoofer Amp | JL Audio RBC-1 Bass Remote | Alpine PDX-4.100 Speaker Amp | PAC Steering Wheel Control Adapter | Damplifier on Rear Deck | Dynamat Xtreme Trunk Kit
I just replaced all 4 of my rotors with Brembo blanks about a week ago, as well as replaced OEM pads with Hawk HPS. After only a couple days of rain, my new shiny rotors became bright orange around the hub with rust...WTF? Is there anything I can do to fix this before it gets worse, and to prevent it in the future? I might have to try what AJ~ did...any easier solutions?
yeah, i had the exact same issue when i got my brembo rotors.. i was pissed! i think i even posted a thread about it... but short of painting them, there's not much you can do... to prevent that in the future, get a set of zinc plated rotors.. they will not rust
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2003 6 speed TE
Looks: Superwhite LEDs Inside Smoked Side Markers
Performance: Stillen Intake with Custom MAF-TB Pipe, NWP Phenolic Intake Spacers, NWP Block Off Plate, Cattman Gen 3 Headers, Custom 3" Magnaflow Cat-back Exhaust
Suspension: Tokico Illumina Struts, Ebay FSTB, Progress RSB
Yes....drive your car around. When you apply the brakes a few times, the rust from the rain will go away.
I don't mean on the actual part where the pads touch, I mean on the hub part.
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Originally Posted by huffdaddy2008
Those are tokico blues
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Originally Posted by wyche89
thats why they call them tokico blues... cause they're blue.. get it!! ha!
alright, corny joke...
I was asking because I thought he had Illuminas.
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Originally Posted by wyche89
yeah, i had the exact same issue when i got my brembo rotors.. i was pissed! i think i even posted a thread about it... but short of painting them, there's not much you can do... to prevent that in the future, get a set of zinc plated rotors.. they will not rust
Thanks, maybe I'll try painting them black or something...
I just replaced all 4 of my rotors with Brembo blanks about a week ago, as well as replaced OEM pads with Hawk HPS. After only a couple days of rain, my new shiny rotors became bright orange around the hub with rust...WTF? Is there anything I can do to fix this before it gets worse, and to prevent it in the future? I might have to try what AJ~ did...any easier solutions?
thats why i used high temp paint on everything that the pads wouldnt touch
i didn't know OEM replacements were zinc plated! i thought just aftermarket rotors were.. where did you get those... not the stealer right?
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