Brake job complete. Went smooth as butter, and I'm now about 100 miles on the new pads and rotors, still doing the light braking duties till I hit 500 miles. I'm really liking having the safety of fresh pads back on the car. I think I can notice a difference already, but that could just be caused by having something new on there, regardless of the pad upgrade. I have only had two moments where emergency braking was necesarry, and unfortunately, I noticed mad fade in those two moments. Hopefully I didn't glaze the rotors or pads, and the break in can continue under the best of circumstances.
Well, the 1lugloose handle will stick around, though all 20 nuts are securely attached to the car. Hooray, I'm track-day legal now!
Anyone know why the inside pad of my driver's side caliper wore so much faster? Is the caliper maybe starting to get a little slow or sticky? Or was it from the bad alignment I used to have?
Here are the pics of the brake job:
Old Brakes
Inside of driver's rotor
Inside pad from driver's side
Outer pad from driver's side
Both old brake parts and new parts
Driver's side completed
Pics of the properly installed CC plates:
Driver's side (cracks welded and painted over)
Passenger Side
Engine bay
(sorry bout all the mess, but it's about business in here, not looking good)
Sh!tty 3/4 shot