Honda brake pads?

Peabody wrote:
> My 94 Accord has all of 52,000 miles on it, and it's about time to
> get a front-end brake job.
>
> I can save a few bucks having the job done at a local shop, and
> they've told me they can use genuine Honda pads if I want. I don't
> know what money difference is involved, but wonder what you guys
> think about how important the Honda pads would be performance-wise.
>
> In the past, it seems that the brakes worked fine, but squealed,
> when I tried to save a buck on the pads. But actually, on my 94 the
> brakes have always squealed a bit - well, at least on the first
> application of brakes, but not so much after that.
>
>
use honda oem. i've tried a bunch of others over the years and honda's
oem spec cause less disk wear, less squeal and most important of all,
less fade. and they're not significantly different in cost.

jim beam wrote:
> Peabody wrote:
> > My 94 Accord has all of 52,000 miles on it, and it's about time to
> > get a front-end brake job.
> >
> > I can save a few bucks having the job done at a local shop, and
> > they've told me they can use genuine Honda pads if I want. I don't
> > know what money difference is involved, but wonder what you guys
> > think about how important the Honda pads would be performance-wise.
> >
> > In the past, it seems that the brakes worked fine, but squealed,
> > when I tried to save a buck on the pads. But actually, on my 94 the
> > brakes have always squealed a bit - well, at least on the first
> > application of brakes, but not so much after that.
> >
> >
> use honda oem. i've tried a bunch of others over the years and honda's
> oem spec cause less disk wear, less squeal and most important of all,
> less fade. and they're not significantly different in cost.

First set of replacement pads at 90K were Autozone - they squeaked a
bit on occasion and only lasted 65K or so - third set was OEM - you
also get all the other little goodies in OEM - the metal plates. Have
over 200K on my rear brake shoes now - wonder when if ever they will
have to be replaced?

"butch burton" > wrote in
oups.com:

>
> jim beam wrote:
>> Peabody wrote:
>> > My 94 Accord has all of 52,000 miles on it, and it's about time to
>> > get a front-end brake job.
>> >
>> > I can save a few bucks having the job done at a local shop, and
>> > they've told me they can use genuine Honda pads if I want. I don't
>> > know what money difference is involved, but wonder what you guys
>> > think about how important the Honda pads would be performance-wise.
>> >
>> > In the past, it seems that the brakes worked fine, but squealed,
>> > when I tried to save a buck on the pads. But actually, on my 94 the
>> > brakes have always squealed a bit - well, at least on the first
>> > application of brakes, but not so much after that.
>> >
>> >
>> use honda oem. i've tried a bunch of others over the years and honda's
>> oem spec cause less disk wear, less squeal and most important of all,
>> less fade. and they're not significantly different in cost.
>
> First set of replacement pads at 90K were Autozone - they squeaked a
> bit on occasion and only lasted 65K or so - third set was OEM - you
> also get all the other little goodies in OEM - the metal plates. Have
> over 200K on my rear brake shoes now - wonder when if ever they will
> have to be replaced?
>
>




Not all OEM brake pad sets come with the little goodies. Some are pads
only.

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