lenore Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 Well finished my brake job. Installed the two front rotors (Brembo) and Alkebano ciramics. Went very smooth. Finally received the rears (ceramics) but noted that the anti squeel pads had notch tabs in the wrong place. I know the adheasive is supposed to locate the pads, but I trust the tabs over the edge of the ceramic brakes more so I filed a slot on the edge of the pad to match the squeel plates. Now I feel better about movement of the anti squeel plates. After that the brake jobs was easy. Lubed the pads as indicated, and also took the locating pins and lubed them with moly grease. Movement of the caliper was very free then. My 99RX must have a earlier version of caliper as I had no deficulty in pushing the piston back with a c clamp. The car definetly brakes nice now. Will see after the pads break in. Total cost for parts $250 with shipping from the Tirerack.com. Not bad for two rotors and two sets of pads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TunedRX300 Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 Lenore, good setup. I bought Brembo and Akebono also last year but asked a shop to install them. They did not install the anti squeak plate but my rear pads never squeak. Just use the shims that came with Akebono and stick it on the back of pads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gp1200x Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 Well finished my brake job. Installed the two front rotors (Brembo) and Alkebano ciramics. Went very smooth. Finally received the rears (ceramics) but noted that the anti squeel pads had notch tabs in the wrong place. I know the adheasive is supposed to locate the pads, but I trust the tabs over the edge of the ceramic brakes more so I filed a slot on the edge of the pad to match the squeel plates. Now I feel better about movement of the anti squeel plates. After that the brake jobs was easy. Lubed the pads as indicated, and also took the locating pins and lubed them with moly grease. Movement of the caliper was very free then. My 99RX must have a earlier version of caliper as I had no deficulty in pushing the piston back with a c clamp. The car definetly brakes nice now. Will see after the pads break in. Total cost for parts $250 with shipping from the Tirerack.com. Not bad for two rotors and two sets of pads. Which rotors or selection codes did you buy? I don't see Brembo listed but there are quite a few types listed.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenore Posted November 25, 2006 Author Share Posted November 25, 2006 Well finished my brake job. Installed the two front rotors (Brembo) and Alkebano ciramics. Went very smooth. Finally received the rears (ceramics) but noted that the anti squeel pads had notch tabs in the wrong place. I know the adheasive is supposed to locate the pads, but I trust the tabs over the edge of the ceramic brakes more so I filed a slot on the edge of the pad to match the squeel plates. Now I feel better about movement of the anti squeel plates. After that the brake jobs was easy. Lubed the pads as indicated, and also took the locating pins and lubed them with moly grease. Movement of the caliper was very free then. My 99RX must have a earlier version of caliper as I had no deficulty in pushing the piston back with a c clamp. The car definetly brakes nice now. Will see after the pads break in. Total cost for parts $250 with shipping from the Tirerack.com. Not bad for two rotors and two sets of pads. Which rotors or selection codes did you buy? I don't see Brembo listed but there are quite a few types listed.... Went to tirerack.com and selected the only rotors front (Brembo brand) the rear is particular to whether you have AWD or FWD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gp1200x Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 Okay...I had ROCKAUTO on the mind for some reason...thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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