Honda Car Forum

I wonder if there is an particular reason to go with "Genuine Honda" disk
brake pads vs. high quality Wagner (or some other) pads? Might another
brand be "too hard" and wear the rotors too much or something? I will be
needing to replace front and rear pads on our '97 Ody.
TIA!
KWW

On 7/24/04 10:45 AM, in article DuvMc.177717$XM6.16082@attbi_s53, "KWW"
<kwalker@nospamaircooled.net> wrote:

> I wonder if there is an particular reason to go with "Genuine Honda" disk
> brake pads vs. high quality Wagner (or some other) pads? Might another
> brand be "too hard" and wear the rotors too much or something? I will be
> needing to replace front and rear pads on our '97 Ody.
> TIA!
> KWW
>
>
At least if you get the Honda pads, you are reasonably assured they will
perform the same and last as long as the originals.

My 1991 Honda Civic, 154k miles, is on its third set of brake pads and second
set of non-OEM brake pads. The non-OEM brake pads seem to be fine, though based
on general reading, I recommend buying high end ones. The last pair I bought
were Raybestos for around $43. OEMs cost about the same, but my first pair of
OEMs didn't seem to last long (43k miles, 2 years), so I'm not inclined to go
OEM again.

I have never had any problems with my brakes, apart from a little screeching
which turned out to be dust. They are NOT anti-lock brakes.

Stay tuned as I have read many folks here say they will only buy OEM pads.

"KWW" <kwalker@nospamaircooled.net> wrote
> I wonder if there is an particular reason to go with "Genuine Honda" disk
> brake pads vs. high quality Wagner (or some other) pads? Might another
> brand be "too hard" and wear the rotors too much or something? I will be
> needing to replace front and rear pads on our '97 Ody.
> TIA!
> KWW
>
>

About four weeks ago I put a set of Bendix "Import Quiet" Pads on the front
of our 99 V6 Accord. So far I have not heard any noise at all and the car
seems to stop a little quicker. The OEM pads still had about 5,000 miles
left on them but had started squealing when the car came to a stop.

"KWW" <kwalker@nospamaircooled.net> wrote in message
newsuvMc.177717$XM6.16082@attbi_s53...
> I wonder if there is an particular reason to go with "Genuine Honda" disk
> brake pads vs. high quality Wagner (or some other) pads? Might another
> brand be "too hard" and wear the rotors too much or something? I will be
> needing to replace front and rear pads on our '97 Ody.
> TIA!
> KWW
>
>

my first experience with a civic was that it was easy to get brake fade
on big hills. i thought it was just a civic problem with small disks.
the pads were aftermarket - not sure what brand. then i switched to
oem. fade is much less, pad dust on the wheels is much less and they
come with a full anti-squeal shim and lube kit. unless you're going
with really high quality racing disks & pads, i see absolutely no reason
to not use oem. and it's not like there's a significant price
differential if you buy oem pads online.

KWW wrote:
> I wonder if there is an particular reason to go with "Genuine Honda" disk
> brake pads vs. high quality Wagner (or some other) pads? Might another
> brand be "too hard" and wear the rotors too much or something? I will be
> needing to replace front and rear pads on our '97 Ody.
> TIA!
> KWW
>
>

> Stay tuned as I have read many folks here say they will only buy OEM pads.


nothing wrong with "lifetime" raybestos. save your receipt, youll
eventually need it for the free set of pads. they do last longer, tho.

jim beam wrote:

> my first experience with a civic was that it was easy to get brake fade
> on big hills. i thought it was just a civic problem with small disks.
> the pads were aftermarket - not sure what brand. then i switched to
> oem. fade is much less, pad dust on the wheels is much less and they
> come with a full anti-squeal shim and lube kit. unless you're going
> with really high quality racing disks & pads, i see absolutely no reason
> to not use oem. and it's not like there's a significant price
> differential if you buy oem pads online.

with "lifetime" brake pads bought aftermarket, you get free pads when
the old ones wear out.

"SoCalMike" <mikein562athotmail@hotmail.com> wrote
> > Stay tuned as I have read many folks here say they will only buy OEM pads.
>
>
> nothing wrong with "lifetime" raybestos. save your receipt, youll
> eventually need it for the free set of pads. they do last longer, tho.

Ya know I did save the receipt/invoice and warranty sheet, properly filling all
out. I even posted here way back then in 2002 (under a different name) about how
my new brake pads had a "life-time warranty." I remember the clerk at Carquest
(which IIRC sells Raybestos under its name) telling me about this life-time
warranty. But I thought surely there would be some fine print there that said
something like 'normal wear nullifies this warranty.' There's not.

The warranty isn't quite as explicit about this as you imply, talking about a
lifetime warranty for "noise free" operation. Is Raybestos saying when my brakes
hit the squealer point, I can exchange the old pads for new ones, no charge?

Seems to fail the common sense test, so I'm asking...

SoCalMike wrote:
>
>
> jim beam wrote:
>
>> my first experience with a civic was that it was easy to get brake
>> fade on big hills. i thought it was just a civic problem with small
>> disks. the pads were aftermarket - not sure what brand. then i
>> switched to oem. fade is much less, pad dust on the wheels is much
>> less and they come with a full anti-squeal shim and lube kit. unless
>> you're going with really high quality racing disks & pads, i see
>> absolutely no reason to not use oem. and it's not like there's a
>> significant price differential if you buy oem pads online.
>
>
> with "lifetime" brake pads bought aftermarket, you get free pads when
> the old ones wear out.

what are their fade and dust characteristics?

> The warranty isn't quite as explicit about this as you imply, talking about a
> lifetime warranty for "noise free" operation. Is Raybestos saying when my brakes
> hit the squealer point, I can exchange the old pads for new ones, no charge?

dunno bout that...
>
> Seems to fail the common sense test, so I'm asking...


theyre counting on you forgetting about buying the pads, or not having
the receipt.