Brembo 09.B494.11 rotors

I have had my front driver side brakes make noise lately and when I was doing my oil change yesterday, I noticed the rotors are worn a lot on the inside but I never noticed them worn on the outside.

I do have to change my brake fluid for sure.

When I bought the car the previous owner har recently changed the pads/rotors.

So it has been like 6 years since then.

I just got a good deal on these front rotors so I pulled the trigger and ordered them last night.

I plan on pairing these with Duralast Elite pads with a lifetime warranty from Autozone.

Will be getting the same combo for the rear too.

These front rotors will be delivered next week on the 15th.

 

Just got one of the front rotors in today.

The rest should be in this week.

So all around Brembo rotors with Duralast Elite pads.

 

All parts are in now and should be installing them next weekend.

Front Brembo 09.B494.11

Rear Brembo 08.A534.31

Front pads Duralast Elite

Rear pads Duralast Elite

 

Did the front brakes today and was planning on doing all four corners but ran out of time.

Did not have a breaker bar and a bolt to push the rotors off the hub.

As long as you have all tools needed this is a 1 hour job for the front.

I watched the video from @NutzAboutBolts
Everything went smooth and tomorrow I will do the same for the rear.

I still kept the rotors as they can be turned.
Anyone want buy them just let me know.

The pads had like 1-3mm left on them.
So annoying the screeeching.

All should be good now and this should help stop any overcharging on regen.

 

Just some extra geek stats on everything.

Previous owner replaced all pads/rotors with unknown brand and paid $319.90 for parts and $501.09 total with labor on 11/8/17 and front pads lasted 70,706 miles no warranty on parts on his receipt.

I obviously got better parts and my pads have a lifetime warranty.

I paid a total of $311.57 after saving with promo codes, gift cards from doing surveys and rewards points from my Prime credit card and savvy shopping.

I will also still make 5% cashback on the rotors, so I saved $73.99 total before 5% cashback.

Doing the job myself so I am saving labor costs too.

Test drive went smooth but weather is bad so will do the rear later when the weather is better.

 

This has been an issue that is known by some that when having bad brakes that need to be changed will cause overcharging over time.

Once the pads/rotors are replaced back to stock specs, the ICE will not have to assist with braking as much as it did with the bad brakes.

 

Chapman you left out the rest I said "known by some" NOT "this is a known thing".

Forget I said anything about brakes and regen...

 

Did the rear pads and rotors today.

The old pads still had some life left.
The rotors also looked good still.

Since I did the front brakes first, I can tell the difference in braking with the rear replaced now and I do NOT care what anyone says, having fresh pads does reduce regen from charging the HV battery.

Took it for a test drive on a known road where I know how the system will react and boom!!!!

No charging the HV battery to one bar below full, just good old fashioned braking.


Next step with the brake system is brake fluid flush and replacement.

 

Because I got pads with lifetime warranty.

I can just take them off when needed and walk into any Autozone and get new ones for free.

No lifetime warranty with Brembo and no location near me and I would have to come out of pocket to get new ones.