To anyone... Is it difficult to change brake pads? I bought new TRD front brake pads and wondering if it's something I can do myself? Are there DIY guides or anything? I have a scheduled service coming up and may just ask them to throw them on... but If I can do it sooner, I will

thanks,

 

The brake pad swap is pretty simple. Remove the caliper, remove the pads, retract the piston using a clamp or piston retracting tool, install new pads, reinstall caliper.

After installing your new pads, be sure to do a bed-in procedure to remove the old pad material from the rotor and lay down a new layer of pad material with the new compound. It will also help to cook out the resins used in pad manufacturing and stabilize the pad for more consistent performance and longer life.

Heres a link to our technical section with information on brake bed in:

http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp...contents.shtml

 

wth

i called a few toyota dealers and they said there isnt any TRD pads avalible for the TC..

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oo wells i got axxis pads and rotors already

 

Let us know if you notice a diff with the TRD pads

 

The TRD Pads are supposed to be pretty good... I shall let you all know... Also, Do I need to shave my rotors or treat them in any way???

thx

 

No. We dont reccomend ever machining rotors. Just do the bed-in procedure I linked to previously and you will be fine.

 

whats wrong with machining rotors?

 

Whenever you machine rotors you are removing material and therefore reducing heat capacity which is never a good thing.

Most of the time rotors are turned is to fix a "warped rotor" which more often than not isnt the case. In most circumstances, a "warped rotor" is misdiagnosed uneven pad deposition. This happens when a pad has been overheated and an uneven layer of pad material has been layed down on the rotor face. The high spots this leaves on the rotor face can be felt through the pedal as a vibration which is in turn blamed on "warped rotors". More often than not, a bed in procedure can fix the problem and make the vibration go away. More info here: http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp...rakedisk.shtml

 

yeah i got those too
never installed them yet,

so let us know any differnces..