Hello All,

My Accord 2000 is making screeing noise, when i hit brakes and turn. A mechanic in Tires only, laurel, said that it would cost $ 140.00
Change it.

How much should i pay to have this brake pads changed.

do you recommend any good place to do it. I live in Laurel, colleg park area.

thanks

 

Best bet is DIY. I think front pads cost me about 60-70 bucks. I used Hawk HPS.

 

Get good pads, they're the only thing between you and the car/object in front of you.... besides airbags :-/. DIY is fairly easy and well worth it. Expect to pay $50+ per pair if you get Honda OEM or better + labor... Should only be an hour in labor, or 2 if the mechanic sucks.

 

yeah, 60-70 if you use PREMIUM pads...

You can go to Autozone and get front pads for 30-40... Granted they dust a lot, but if cost is a factor then you'll get over it real quick.

Also, changing disc breaks are one of the easiest things to do on your car, aside from driving it (although with some people on the road there might be an argument against that).

When's the last time you had them changed? Reason I ask is it could be a glazed rotor or pad causing the squelching and doesn't actually need replacement.

 

Just go out and buy the pads and if you DIY and see that they don't need to be changed quite yet, just keep the pads for a rainy day.

 

I've had good experiances with Hawk HPS, Axis Metalmasters (I think they're called premium now), EBC Redstuff (friend's car) and Raysbestos ...... that's all I can think of off hand, but I think it's a good start for a list of good pads.

I don't have experiance with these, but I'd expect them to be good too: Brembo, AEM

 

I've heard the redstuff pads are crap...



http://www.6thgenaccord.com/forums/s...+school&page=4

3/4 of the way down...

 

I've seen reports about people getting squealing from the Redstuff pads, but my best friend has them on his SI and they don't make a peep. The bite is pretty strong too.

I take people's complaints about squeeky brake pads with a grain of salt because I don't think most do the anti-squeal right. When I bought the Accord, I forced the dealership that I bought it from to pay Honda to do their certification check-up on it, negate the extended warrantee through them and buy me one from Honda all because after 3 tries, they couldn't get the pads to stop squealing ..... 3 times = lemon law.

Also, in the past few years, all pads have the anti-squeal shims that never work. I still buy anti-squeal grease and coat the pads before installing them. The rubbery stuff was better than the grease, but it's hard to find.