So I'm going to order up some new brakes today(driftking has offered to help with the install ) So Nopi seems to have the most reasonable prices I can find. I'm thinking of getting 4 Brembo Blanks(I don't need cross drilled or slotted), and AEM rear and front pads. With out shipping, it will run me just about $260 for the rotors, and pads. You guys think that is a good deal, or do any of you know where I can get a better deal? I only use credit card cause I'm sketched out by pay pal.

 

that sounds like a decent deal. i had cross drilled front and slotted rears with aem pads on my prelude and it stopped on a dime but i had to change the pads every year because the rotors chewed them up. i would also suggest some stainless steel braided brake lines.

 

I've heard from some people that the stainless steel lines aren't necessary if I'm just using my car for a daily driver and it could be wasted money(over kill). The pads are the only thing I'm still up in the air about right now. I want a pad with decent stopping power, but I want it to have the same if not better wear as OEM pads. I was checking out tirerack, what do you guys think about these pads? http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/resu...rack&x=102&y=12

 

i don't know about you guys, but my stock brake pads lasted me 115k miles. i kid you not. so to me, i don't think anything could outlast stock pads.

 

thats not safe.

 

it's all about driving habits, my pads lasted me quite a while, they were half eaten when I bought the car and I went 45k on them, estimate around 80-90k miles on those stock pads. i brake lightly and early when I drive. they stopped just as well before i replaced them as when I first got the car, just that they were thinner.

 

Wow, that's crazy. My stock pads lasted 55K, half of that stopping 18" wheels and tires.

I'd say the stock pads are a decent balance between bite and wear. I would guess those "lifetime" pads you can get at local auto parts stores would have a little less bite and longer wear, just cause of the harder compounds in there so they last forever.

 

well, i've done all my major services at the dealership and everytime i asked them to inspect the brakes, they said i had plenty of room to go.

when i did my 120k early @ 115k (because of winter break), i insisted that my pads be changed and the rotors serviced. the guy said i was still okay on the front pad thickness but will change them due to turning the rotors. the mechanic didn't believe me when i told him it's my original set. i kept those brake pads for souvenir.

 

i think the brembo blanks and aem is a good combo, but i'm not sure if you need your rears done. i would slap some new pads on the rear and call it day. the rear rotors/pads don't take much abuse. i'm still on my stock rear rotors at 116k and changed the rear pads at 75k.

 

I know the front definately need to be done. I think driftking, and I will play it by ear to see if we should replace the rear rotors. Are the rear disc tougher to do than the front?