Audible Silence
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try bedding them in again. Squealing brakes doesn't necessarily mean something is wrong. race car brakes squeal like a MFer
I put in the "shim2" with new Bosch pads, but after seeing the really uneven pad wear I'm going to take it out. I think its put there to help with pad noise (squeal). It acts a like a "toe in" causing the trailing edge of the pad to contact the rotor first. I also noticed some kind of double sided sticky pad on the outer pads where they meet the caliper piston.At 59,900'ish kms I had my 4th free replacement warranty rotors (all 4) installed by Kia. (pulsation again).
Same day - I installed Centric pads all around. (from Rock Auto)
It has been about 3000 kms so far - and everything is perfectly smooth, and silent, and similar to OEM friction performance for commuting. Pehaps these Centric pads would be bad at a racetrack - but this is my commuting car
Centric 105.10010 - front (generic -with no extra weights)
Centric 105.60410 - rear (vehicle specific - with weights) Does anyone know of a Centric pad part number (generic) that fits the rear?
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Same.Yours fit okay? Mine shift a little and click when I change directions reverse to forward and vise versa
Perfect! That's what I ordered! Weird that EBC doesn't list them as a replacement part for the Brembos!View attachment 71863
Here you go! (Front pads)
At 59,900'ish kms I had my 4th free replacement warranty rotors (all 4) installed by Kia. (pulsation again).
Same day - I installed Centric pads all around. (from Rock Auto)
It has been about 3000 kms so far - and everything is perfectly smooth, and silent, and similar to OEM friction performance for commuting. Pehaps these Centric pads would be bad at a racetrack - but this is my commuting car
Centric 105.10010 - front (generic -with no extra weights)
Centric 105.60410 - rear (vehicle specific - with weights) Does anyone know of a Centric pad part number (generic) that fits the rear?
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Centric / Posi quiet are the same company.
For performance - the friction coefficients (both cold and hot) are usually stamped right on the pads (edge code).
The OEM pads on the stinger are FG (both front and rear)
The Centric pads I installed are FF (both front and rear) - so slightly MORE pedal effort would be required for these aftermarket pads VS oem - when hot.
The first letter of the code represents the normal friction coefficient. This is defined as the average of four test data points measured at 200, 250, 300 and 400 degrees Farenheit.
The second letter is the hot friction coefficient is defined as the average of 10 data points located at 400 and 300F. On the first recovery cycle of the pad; 450, 500, 550, 600 and 650F. On the second fade cycle; and 500, 400, and 300F on the second recovery cycle.
Each code letter are as follows:
C = less than 0.15
D= 0.15 to 0.25
E= 0.25 to 0.35
F= 0.35 to 0.45
G= 0.45 to 0.55
H= over 0.55
Some more deets and pics here
Where are you located?
If in the USA you might be able to get them shipped in from Canada... (don't forget exchange rate if price shopping - 1USD = .78CAD approx)
try Park Auto in K-W.... I got my rear pads in under a week (DBA)