Installed dba rotors and Akebono Pads!!! - Page 2

grnTitan04 · 10-17-2007, 11:16 AM

I got all the parts from TireRack. Make sure you click through the link on TT so that the forum gets the credit (increased sales is a sure path to getting what we ask for in the future).

Yeah, that rust is from 2 winters up North. Sad really. I spray the underside down every other month or so, as long as it seems like the water won't freeze, but this is still what happens up here.

SarkaZm · 11-10-2007, 02:52 PM

How are these wearing so far? I need to make the change too and am interested in the same setup.

Thanks

grnTitan04 · 11-11-2007, 04:02 PM

From what can be seen through the wheels, they still look like new. I am probably not going to take things apart again until spring, when I rotate the tires and check on the rear pads. I will post a real review then. For now, they are still stopping very well, feel the same as the day I put them on.

I will offer this complaint though: dusty.
They are not quite as bad as the factory pads, but there is definitely a returning residue to wash off every couple weeks.

lowlypawn · 11-11-2007, 04:39 PM

Nice Pictures (I like big clear ones)

Where do you live?!?!?

There a ton of rust on the upper A-arm and caliper, Also that rancho shock has a nice ring of rust around it. I live in Vegas and My O4 looks nothing like that rust wise.

MuskyHunter · 11-12-2007, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by grnTitan04

I got all the parts from TireRack. Make sure you click through the link on TT so that the forum gets the credit (increased sales is a sure path to getting what we ask for in the future).

Yeah, that rust is from 2 winters up North. Sad really. I spray the underside down every other month or so, as long as it seems like the water won't freeze, but this is still what happens up here.

Yeah, isn't road salt fun? Off topic here but do you have a heated garage? If so, you will be better off storing the truck outside. The warm salt is more corrosive.

BHMTitan · 05-22-2008, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by grnTitan04

From what can be seen through the wheels, they still look like new. I am probably not going to take things apart again until spring, when I rotate the tires and check on the rear pads. I will post a real review then. For now, they are still stopping very well, feel the same as the day I put them on.

I will offer this complaint though: dusty.
They are not quite as bad as the factory pads, but there is definitely a returning residue to wash off every couple weeks.

Any update on your pads / rotors? I'll soon be in the market for some new brakes, but this post didn't give to good a review of the ACTs. Your thoughts???

Thanks.

grnTitan04 · 05-23-2008, 05:36 AM

Ya know, I haven't done the spring rotation yet on the account of the crappy weather here, but maybe this weekend.
They still feel good to me, but now it has been so long that I don't remember what the stock setup felt like.

grnTitan04 · 06-03-2008, 05:28 AM

So I did rotate the tires finally, and had a look at pad wear. They are measuring 0.340" with my calipers, which is about 0.035" off original thickness. There are 6500 miles on the brakes, so that means they are wearing a bit better than the factory brakes.

I took pics, but forgot them, and now I am at work.

In ref to the frozen rotors link, I mostly agree with that statement. I have had more than one occasion where it felt like the judder was returning, but if you just hose everything down with brake cleaner and then go through a burnishing procedure, the deposit gets removed and all is well.

BHMTitan · 06-04-2008, 08:06 AM

Thanks for the update! Glad to hear your pads are wearing better than stock.