HamandEGgs

I would hope you Honda Tech guys would be smarter than this, but I thought I'd pass this along as FYI, even though it relates to my Mazda. You guys are going to love this.

I've been having some recent brake problems with my '91 Miata, particularly the RR caliper. Upon disassembly of the caliper, I figured out what happened.

The previous owner of my car decided to paint the calipers. On the car. With a brush.

It appears the paint somehow got into the upper slider pin area on the caliper, causing it to seize. The result? A prefectly normal pad on the outside, and a completely worn (to the backing plate) pad on the inside.

So please, if you're going to paint your brakes, do yourself a big favor and do it correctly by removing and disassembling them. It'll not only give you a better finish, but it'll save you from goofyness like this in your future.

HiProfile

I always wondered why my testors paint wouldn't look the way it did on my models when I applied it to my brakes...

I only suggest painting the parts that are most visible, and only to do so to hide rust with black paint.

suspendedHatch

Who cares what ricers do? Let them crash and die. There's plenty more where that came from.