In fact, Subaru does warranty pads during the 3/36 OEM warranty period. In writing even.
(Same for wiper blades) That doesn't help you since you're beyond the 36K miles, however.
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I'd love to hear how they work for you. I'm on the Rev C pads and I'm not all that happy with them, but I'm not going back to the dealer, either. Unless something changes, the next pads that go on the car will be from the aftermarket.
Yeah; it seems that many believe poor rotors are to blame rather than the pads themselves. I don't know if this really is true and Subaru's trying to adjust the pad formulation and shape to work better with the rotors, thinking that would be the best solution...or if the rotors are fine, are just like any other rotor out there, and it's that the pad formulation and/or shape was faulty from the beginning. In any event, I don't have any confidence that Revision D will be any better than Revision C, or B, or A in the long term. It's kind of comical to be on the fourth version of a front brake pad not fully through the third model year of the car! It doesn't make me like the car or brand less...but come on...it really is funny by now.
My new front brakes arrived! Aren’t they pretty?
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I’m NOT installing them in 95° heat and I’m going out of town this weekend so with any luck they’ll go on next weekend.
I’m NOT installing them in 95° heat and I’m going out of town this weekend so with any luck they’ll go on next weekend.
The parts sat a little longer than I had planned but I finally installed the R1 front rotors and pads.
My first impression is they look nice! I went with the mid-fanciness cross drilled flavor. Of course the zinc coating will wear off the braking surface soon. I put a whole 3 miles on them before this pic:
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After buttoning everything up I took it for a test drive to wear-in the new parts. Even from the start they were quieter than my oem (rev B) pads and oem rotors which had only about 14k mi on them. After wearing them in they were even quieter. R1’s site says they may continue to get quieter over the first 500 mi. We’ll see…
On the pads subject, I believe we’re up to rev D? I’m not aware of anyone who’s put a significant number of miles on rev D pads but after both rev A and B caused rough braking I just didn’t want to deal with oem anymore. Here’s a pic of the pads I took off compared to the new pads:
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I haven’t driven it since Tuesday and it rained so the surface rust on the rotor is expected. The lines across the pad wear surface intrigued me though. I haven’t seen anything like that before, but I’m willing to bet it has something to do with the grinding noise. All 4 front pads were similar. Thoughts?
My first impression is they look nice! I went with the mid-fanciness cross drilled flavor. Of course the zinc coating will wear off the braking surface soon. I put a whole 3 miles on them before this pic:
After buttoning everything up I took it for a test drive to wear-in the new parts. Even from the start they were quieter than my oem (rev B) pads and oem rotors which had only about 14k mi on them. After wearing them in they were even quieter. R1’s site says they may continue to get quieter over the first 500 mi. We’ll see…
On the pads subject, I believe we’re up to rev D? I’m not aware of anyone who’s put a significant number of miles on rev D pads but after both rev A and B caused rough braking I just didn’t want to deal with oem anymore. Here’s a pic of the pads I took off compared to the new pads:
I haven’t driven it since Tuesday and it rained so the surface rust on the rotor is expected. The lines across the pad wear surface intrigued me though. I haven’t seen anything like that before, but I’m willing to bet it has something to do with the grinding noise. All 4 front pads were similar. Thoughts?
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