I took my 'R in for it's 15K checkup last Friday at the Acura dealer I bought it from... After I had picked it up I saw the mechanic had made a notation that my front brake pads were <u>"Not OEM"</u>!? I have never had any brake work done on my car, so I want to go back and bitch about this today... Does anyone know how to identify OEM pads - do they say Acura on them or something? Is there anyway I can force them to replace those pads for free with OEM ones?
tia!...

 

If your brakes have never been touched, and you only have 15k miles on your car, maybe the Acura tech needs glasses. How would non "OEM" pads make it's way on your car?

 

did u buy it used?

 

No, it was bought new from the dealer!... The front pads are wearing faster (80% left, as opposed to 90% for the rears), but I assume that's normal!?... If they are not OEM, what type of pads would the factory have put on?
Do I have any legal recourse to demand they install new OEM pads?

 

Fronts ALWAYS wear out faster. Think about it. They do all the work.

 

Good advice... I just did that, and he said the mechanic that checked my brakes had not worked on Type R's before. When he supposedly saw red markings on the pads, he assumed they were not OEM and wrote it down. So I guess the Type R OEM pads are not the same as on the other Integras, is that correct?

 

I think they're the same as a 5gen Prelude.

 

it's real simple to tell oem pads. the part number stamped on them.... i'll have pics tonite

 

thats because your car is a itr, and they "know you race it" and try to bust your *** for everything....

 

The type R breaking system is very similar to the Honda CRV. I'm not sure though if the CRV uses the semi metallic pads.

 

No they don't *always* wear out faster -- yes, they do more work, but if the rears are a lot smaller, they could still wear out first. Your logic would only apply if the front and rear parts were identical. I've had my rear pads replaced on the ITR, but not my front pads. My previous car wore out the rears first also.

I also have tons of miles on the car, so I must not be hard enough on the brakes...

 

If that tech, never worked on Type Rs before, tell the dealer you don't want HIM working on your R...

 

HELL YEA!!!!

 

are you using a different compound front and rear. If the compound is the same it almost always wears out the front first unless you use the hand brake alot...

 

they are the same pads, and dealer sucks

 

gsr and typeR do not use the same pads, if that is what you were saying.

 

I was talking about the original pads -- so unless Acura chose different compounds, then no, I'm not. And I'm not driving around like Tommi Makinen either...