My rear brakes are making a squealing sound!!
Where Can I Buy OEM Brake Pads for cheap?? or should I got with Hawk ?? h

 

dealer

 

oem pads? dealer.

Just get pads from autozone.

 

how much do they cost for the front and rear pads at the dealer??

 

Year/model/submodel would help.

 

From my personal experience...pads are pads...If you go to an auto zone or advanced auto theyre prolly going to cost you 40 for fronts and maybe 60 for rear. Typicly the dealer pads are going to be more expensive. The aftermarket pads are made just like OE pads. between the three civics i'v ownded i dont think ive used a pair of OEM pads.

 

nisin brakepads is a great choice. you can inquire at any honda cars dealers at your location.

 

umm first make sure u have disc brakes in the back and not drums... because if you buy pads for your rear brakes when you take your rear wheels off your gonna be hella dissapointed... lol sorry i had 2 ask because you are a noob... just looking out

 

if you get rear pads that are worth $40 or so might as well go with hawk pads. Though if you want that warranty that autozone offers then basically you get pads free 4 life

 

i have duralast... and my pads never squeeked again and i have had them for over a year

 

is it easy to install rear brake pads??

 

very easy... the only difference is the rear get's twisted in

 

do you have directions I can use?

 

i been using autozone lifetime warranty duralast and they work great. cheap and stops nice. noiseless. very satisfy. i have tried all autozone duralast pads and they all perform great. highly recommended. haha oops sorry i sound like i'm leaving some feedback on ebay or someshit.

anyways, autozone can't go wrong there.


here are the directions to replace the pads. the red mark is where you should remove the bolt and lift up the calipers as shown in the pictures. the teal/green mark are where you should put some grease, the two arrows on top; you should grease behind the metal(the side where it will slide down to touch the pads) make sure you grease up the bolt you remove(red mark bolt)

1. jack up car
2. remove wheel
3. turn steering wheel for easier access
4. remove bottom caliper bolt (red mark)
5. lift up calipers(if calipers slide out its fine, just leave it somewhere where it is not hanging by the rubber hose)
6. take off both pads
7. grease up all areas that needs to be greased(i mark those with teal color in pic)
8. put in new pads
9. use a tool call a "c-clamp" to push in caliper piston(the piston is the hollow circle, use the tool and push it until it cannot be pushed in anymore)
10. slide down calipers, grease up bolt, reinstall bolt.
11. put back wheel, lower car. YOUR DONE.




Modified by lv6l at 2:36 AM 5/19/2007

 

 

those are very nice directions, but he asked for rears.. very similar, but again they turn in, and not clamped in.. and are you sure that you have rear disc brakes or rear drums??

 

If they are rear brakes, which they won't be unless it's an Si, then two flathead screwdrivers are all you need to turn in the rear pistons. You save some money that way, instead of paying for that cube shaped tool

 

Make sure when you c-clamp the piston in make sure to have someone watch your brake fluid, if it gets to the point where it might overflow you will have to take some out. I just replaced my pads/shoes with Duralast semi-metallic from Autozone and I think I only spent about 50 dollars or so.

 

If anybody wants a cheap and easy brake upgrade that will help your car stop faster than any particular brake pads, get the 15/16ths master cylinder from a 1990 Civic EX Wagon/Sedan. It bolts right up and it stops the car about 40% faster.

As for pads, get the cheapest ones you can at Advance Auto. Those are what I run and my car stops better than any of my friends'. I road race and autocross and they do just fine. If they wear down, replace 'em: they're $17 for the fronts and like $24 for the rears