10banger
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Alright fellas so here’s my dilemma,
I recently purchased front and rear EBC green’s from Stinker for my truck. I re-painted them red with high-temp brake paint so that the green wouldn’t be visible through the caliper, simply because I’m anal about my truck. I taped off the coating on the EBC’s because I know you have to “bed†them in and I figured if paint got on the coating then it would affect the brake pad’s performance.
The reason I purchased the EBC green’s was because I wanted less brake dust and the brake squeal was causing me to have suicidal thoughts… I did not replace the rotors. I took them to my local shop to have them install them. My original thought was to get the rotors turned since the calipers would already be off. There – the shop told me that my rotors had grooves that were too deep to turn on the brake lathe. They asked me if I still wanted them installed and I proceeded to get them installed.
Now, my brakes are squeaking worse than before and I’m having my suicidal thoughts again. Here’s my question – would the rotors be causing this and if so, what is a reasonably priced rotor to go with? I’m looking on eBay now for rotors but I want to make certain that this is what is causing the squeaking.
I “bed’d†them in per the instructions given with the brake pads. If I do go with new rotors, will I be able to re-use the brake pads without affecting the brakes performance?
I’m still getting the same amount of brake dust but I think this is due to the “bedding in†part of the installation. Will the squeaking go away after a little while or is this abnormal?
I’m sorry to bombarding ya’ll with a great amount of questions, but I want to make sure I root cause this so that I can eliminate the squeak. Thanks in advance!
I recently purchased front and rear EBC green’s from Stinker for my truck. I re-painted them red with high-temp brake paint so that the green wouldn’t be visible through the caliper, simply because I’m anal about my truck. I taped off the coating on the EBC’s because I know you have to “bed†them in and I figured if paint got on the coating then it would affect the brake pad’s performance.
The reason I purchased the EBC green’s was because I wanted less brake dust and the brake squeal was causing me to have suicidal thoughts… I did not replace the rotors. I took them to my local shop to have them install them. My original thought was to get the rotors turned since the calipers would already be off. There – the shop told me that my rotors had grooves that were too deep to turn on the brake lathe. They asked me if I still wanted them installed and I proceeded to get them installed.
Now, my brakes are squeaking worse than before and I’m having my suicidal thoughts again. Here’s my question – would the rotors be causing this and if so, what is a reasonably priced rotor to go with? I’m looking on eBay now for rotors but I want to make certain that this is what is causing the squeaking.
I “bed’d†them in per the instructions given with the brake pads. If I do go with new rotors, will I be able to re-use the brake pads without affecting the brakes performance?
I’m still getting the same amount of brake dust but I think this is due to the “bedding in†part of the installation. Will the squeaking go away after a little while or is this abnormal?
I’m sorry to bombarding ya’ll with a great amount of questions, but I want to make sure I root cause this so that I can eliminate the squeak. Thanks in advance!
