Zrolimit Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Thought I'd launch a poll to see how many SHO-owners are doing their initial brake pad replacement at varying mileage intervals. This is really only informative for myself, but it may help others as well. I'd love to see everyone participate, although I'm not sure how many SHO-owners we have on the board so far. The poll is broke up into SHOs without the Performance Package (PP) installed and with the PP not installed. Please only select the mileage interval for when you had to replace the brake pads or rotors due to failure or TSB. It probably won't help the poll if you changed your brake pads out of preference only. :RpS_tongue: Dealer is saying normal brake pad replacement interval is 25,000 miles on non-PP and 15,000 for PP installed. If that's the case....I need to do some serious upgrades or get something different! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpd1151 Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Would love to participate, but I had my front pads replaced (my cost) when i had the front rotors replaced under the TSB at about 15K, and again around 28K. I'm think'n about picking up a set of aftermarket pads and rotors from EBC this summer. We'll see (and I'm at about 30K now). Sent from my DROID3 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saucemaxx Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 I have been planning to upgrade pads and rotors when the stock ones are done, but 60,000 miles of hard driving, ice racing (1 event) and auto-x (Corvette was down all last summer) and they are still going strong, seems kinda disrespectful to change them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjhpadi Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Like bpd, I had my brake pads replaced under the TSB shortly after taking delivery of the car and have not had any problem with them since. I will probably upgrade as they wear down, but no immediate plans to do so. Like I have stated earlier, after years of driving pick-ups (F-150 with front disc and rear drums, Mark LT with 4 wheel discs) the SHO stops much better then the trucks did, so I have not been disappointed with the braking performance of the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zrolimit Posted February 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 Thanks for the input guys! Hopefully we can get a few more on the poll. Looks like I'm going to be out $300 bucks next week for pad replacement and rotor resurfacing. They wouldn't do the repair for free even though my car falls under the TSB (grinding front brakes) due to my brake pads being completely wore down. Pretty sure that warped rotors will do that to brake pads, but I digress..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalSHO Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 I would seriously go to another dealership. That is wrong. Maybe if they are worn to the warning tabs, I can kinda see why, because they can't tell what is causing the noise. But as long as your brakes are serviceable, you are good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpd1151 Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 I agree, seems to me that that particular dealer is not performing necessary repairs in accordance with specified TSB parameters as outlined by FMC. Sent from my DROID3 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markssho Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 I had the growl/rub/vibration noise and had the TSB performed at around 5k miles. I'm nearing 14k miles now, no problems... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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