I have a few questions to ask. Currently, my ride is Accord '98 4 cycl. I need to change the break pads. I don't know wat kind of brake pads are good. AEM??? Also, can someone gimme a website for good brake pads. Is brake pads hard to change??? IF not, anyone know any websites that teaches how to change brake pads?

 

oem work the best for regular driving.

 

so that means, i should bring it to the dealership and change t.

 

precisely!

 

get aem pads, better in all aspects than oem. http://www.optauto.com but lots of other places.

 

No.

 

this aint clubsi son

 

AEM brake anythin sux anus, and thier pads are fabricated after OEM pads

 

Brakes are not something you want to do if you have no experience doing anything to your car. I helped swap a motor into my friends accord and I still dont think I am ready to do brakes.

 

That's hilarious. I can do brakes in my sleep under water. I haven't swapped a motor yet.

 

By the way, to answer the original question, I think from the language I can tell this person is not into any kid of performance at all. OE pads are great (lowest noise and dust you can get) and can grab hard enough for any emergency, but they're a bit pricey at $40 to $60 a set. Even some $20 pads you can get at stores like Pep Boys or Autozone are really good.

 

forreal, thats right up there with changing the oil, if you take your car to the dealer to have pads/rotors changed,....

 

Aren't the AEM pads made by Nissin, the same as OEM??

Why waste your money??

 

if you are not racing
and just enjoy relative spirited driving ( afew times per month)
OEM pads are FINE

if you are track racing, and like your backroads and spirited driving, i would go for some hawk/kvr/carbon metallic pads

 

Are EBC Green Stuffs any good, or are they a waste of money? Any experience with these out there? Thanks.

 

GBC Green's aren't bad. They're not particularly good either.

 

Yeah, same company, but Nissin probably uses a more aggressive pad material than it does for the factory pad. Add AEM's mark-up, and the price gets pretty high. I've heard good things about AEM pads, but they're in limbo, better than stock, but not good enough for competition. Stock pads as good for most autocrosses. If you need serious braking power (more brakes than you could ever use on the street) skip the AEMs and get Carbotech Panther+s or Hawk HP+s.

 

Thanks

 

At 45 for the fronts and 35 for the rears, aem is very good replacement. Made by nissin with more aggressive coumpound for more initial bite, kevlar composites for less break dust, less fade, and better durability. They have less dust, better performance and last longer than oem nissin pads. People at clubsi smarter then, since aem is made in japan by japanese for japanese cars.

 

???

 

So what the honda brake pads are made for american cars??????? As fo the not doing my brakes I have never done anything like it and I wouldnt want to **** it up and then be going down the highway and lose my brakes. I guess I should look over it and see how hard it is to actually do and then maybe do it myself from now on heh

 

Maybe set of PB&J sammiches would offer a better friction co-efficient than AEM?

 

Jelly is too slipery. Peanut butter fo sho tho.

 

Just goto your local AutoZone, Pep Boys, NAPA, etc and tell them you need brake pads for your car. Front and Rears shouldn't cost more than $30. The rear pads for my car are only $10 a set at the local Autozone.

The ONLY time you would want to use differ than OEM/OEM replacement pads is if you do any kind of racing. Why spend more money on the pads AND cause more damage to your rotors for daily driving?

Since I do HPDEs and AutoX i have a set of Hawk HPS+ for the fronts for when i race, and switch to an OEM replacement pad for daily driving, i don't bother w/ the rear pads.

 

I will refrain from posting about some of the blatently ******* retarded replies about brakes..........
I will take 94Accord's comment one step further though, unless you race or do HPDE's you really don't have no clue what is good or not good as far as brake pads and even braking in general really are
there are a few exepections to the rule and you know who you are, but I only trust a few on this board with serious brake questions, one of whom builds me my track pads
please don't post anything about brakes if you really are just blowing ricer smoke out your ***, or I will be forced to put you in my caliper and see how long you will last braking a 3200 lbs car from 110 mph to 45 mph in less than 100 feet for 35 minutes