How tight are you putting your lug nuts on? If you overtighten them, it can cause rotor warpage. I replaced my pads and rotors a couple months ago and recall that the torque rating for the wheels were not that high. It's in the owners manual though.

 

I think it might be around 70-75 ft/lbs.

 

80 ft/lbs

 

eh, I was in the ballpark.

 

nice, i didn't know if you tightened your lug nuts too tight it could cause warpage. thats good to know thanks :thumbup:

 

You mean you never knew this dude? :screwy:

Tightening over the spec could also cause the wheel studs to stretch, therefore causing the studs to break the next time you go to take the lug nuts off.

 

what can really cause your brakes to damaged is uneven tightening of the lugs, This will make the wheel slightly crooked so when you hit the brakes it wears your rotors unevenly.

 

Okay, we've had discussions about slotted and/or drilled rotors many times here, and almost every time the conclusion has been that unless you're doing it purely for looks, drilled rotors are a BAD IDEA because of how much weaker they are than slotted/blank rotors . So for his (and everyone else's) sake, please do not recommend them. Slotted rotors are okay, because they weaken the rotors by a very negligible amount, and they help prevent the rotors from scoring by catching dirt/pad material/etc in the slots.

A little more on-topic, as others have suggested, check the operation of your calipers before spending the big(ger) bucks on better rotors/pads.

I'm not sure how valid this is, but my friend said that he was having that problem with the shaking only under braking, and he got an alignment and it was fixed...still trying to figure how exactly that works.

I beg to differ...a bit...I don't have experience with drilled rotors, but I've had brembo slotted fronts for a little over a year/13k miles now, and my pads still have a ton of life left in them...like, if it goes at this rate, I prolly won't have to change them until maybe next summer, maybe as late as next winter (not this coming winter). and I'm not exactly a boring driver...