Hey all,
I finally got around to changing the front pads, rotors, and hardware on my 2008 Subaru Forester X that has about 135,000 miles. The old pads have about 50,000 miles on them. I bought everything from RockAuto and went with Advics rotors, Advics pads, and Carlson QuietGlide hardware. Everything fit perfectly, is quiet, and has excellent braking performance. I forgot to grab pics of the Carlson hardware, but it is a nice complete kit that even included new rubber boots and pieces for slide pins. For lube I used the included moly grease for the pad shims and everything else I used AGS Sil-Glyde. The following is the specific part and model info:
Rotors - Advics F6F128U (Made in China)
Pads - Advics AD0929A (Made in Japan)
Hardware - Carlson 13417Q (Made in USA)
Here's a shot of the old pads/rotor. They are original OE rotors (resurfaced once or possibly twice.. I can't remember) and Akebono pads last installed by a dealer service department. The inners were wearing faster on both sides. The slide pins were definitely in need of cleaning and relubing too. You might notice some excess grease in the pic. That's because I had recently cleaned and lubed shims and abutment clip areas to get rid of some noise.
Old vs new rotor
Old Akebono (bottom) vs new Advics (top) pads
It all came together great.
I finally got around to changing the front pads, rotors, and hardware on my 2008 Subaru Forester X that has about 135,000 miles. The old pads have about 50,000 miles on them. I bought everything from RockAuto and went with Advics rotors, Advics pads, and Carlson QuietGlide hardware. Everything fit perfectly, is quiet, and has excellent braking performance. I forgot to grab pics of the Carlson hardware, but it is a nice complete kit that even included new rubber boots and pieces for slide pins. For lube I used the included moly grease for the pad shims and everything else I used AGS Sil-Glyde. The following is the specific part and model info:
Rotors - Advics F6F128U (Made in China)
Pads - Advics AD0929A (Made in Japan)
Hardware - Carlson 13417Q (Made in USA)
Here's a shot of the old pads/rotor. They are original OE rotors (resurfaced once or possibly twice.. I can't remember) and Akebono pads last installed by a dealer service department. The inners were wearing faster on both sides. The slide pins were definitely in need of cleaning and relubing too. You might notice some excess grease in the pic. That's because I had recently cleaned and lubed shims and abutment clip areas to get rid of some noise.
Old vs new rotor
Old Akebono (bottom) vs new Advics (top) pads
It all came together great.
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