I have 04 Forester-X AT with 113k miles. Bought it 6 months ago.
Recently I had some vibration in the brake pedal when moderately braking at 40mph to as stop. (I have rotors in the front only).
I thought the brake pads need to be replaced and bought a new set of Subaru (Tokico) pads and 2 bottles of valvoline fluid.
After removing the wheels/pads it appears that driver side rotor has a few protruding bands while the other one is smooth. The pads look like they have 50-60% left. Also the passenger side pads look thicker than driver side.
Anyway, I sprayed the old pads and rotors with brake cleaner, tried to clean the rust off piston contact points and put everything back together.
The brakes feel a little better now and there's almost no vibration in the pedal now.
The cheapest price to have the rotors resurfaced here is $27 each.
Should I just drive it until the old brake pads wear down, and then get new Duralast rotors at autozone ($30 each) ?
Recently I had some vibration in the brake pedal when moderately braking at 40mph to as stop. (I have rotors in the front only).
I thought the brake pads need to be replaced and bought a new set of Subaru (Tokico) pads and 2 bottles of valvoline fluid.
After removing the wheels/pads it appears that driver side rotor has a few protruding bands while the other one is smooth. The pads look like they have 50-60% left. Also the passenger side pads look thicker than driver side.
Anyway, I sprayed the old pads and rotors with brake cleaner, tried to clean the rust off piston contact points and put everything back together.
The brakes feel a little better now and there's almost no vibration in the pedal now.
The cheapest price to have the rotors resurfaced here is $27 each.
Should I just drive it until the old brake pads wear down, and then get new Duralast rotors at autozone ($30 each) ?



