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so my front brakes are absolutely pooched... i get a nice little grind when i come to a stop. so today i figured hell i mite aswell replace them cause if i order aftermarket stuff its going to take a week so i call up CT to see what they got to get me thru another month... turns out they have nothing for the 05-07 focus front brakes, no rotors, no pads... WTF?? im likely going to end up biting the bullet and going with power slot rotors and hawk hps pads, i can order em from steeda and likely have em in a week... kinda blows mind you. any thoughts on this??
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Check with ZTWsquared. He may have some used rotors and pads for 05-07 kicking around. You can used them while you wait for your aftermarket rotors and pads.
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was there difference btw 00~04 and 05+ pads??
i thought front were same but rear..
correct me if i m wrong..
i got no positive things to say about hawk hps pads..
i have brembo oe rotors and with hawk, i cannot stand this squeal noise..
i liked brembo oe pads..
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konafocuswrc,Sep 12 2009, 08:35 PM Wrote:was there difference btw 00~04 and 05+ pads??
i thought front were same but rear..
correct me if i m wrong..
rear is same, fronts are bigger on the 05+
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GFXjamie,Sep 12 2009, 12:43 PM Wrote:so my front brakes are absolutely pooched... i get a nice little grind when i come to a stop. so today i figured hell i mite aswell replace them cause if i order aftermarket stuff its going to take a week so i call up CT to see what they got to get me thru another month... turns out they have nothing for the 05-07 focus front brakes, no rotors, no pads... WTF?? im likely going to end up biting the bullet and going with power slot rotors and hawk hps pads, i can order em from steeda and likely have em in a week... kinda blows mind you. any thoughts on this??
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Power slots worked great for me , I have them on for over 2 years now , used them on the track also and I only have good things to say about them . I bought them from Overdrive here in Barrie for about $250 fronts and took them about 36 hours to get in my hands .Great braking , no warp . I don't know about Steeda.ca though , last year I ordered a strut tower bar , they said one week but it turned into about 16 days . As for pads I have on the second set of ceramic hybrids from Napa , called Adaptive One . Good for daily drive , great on track ,no fade when hot , actually the hotter the better , very low on dust . Their downside is pretty high price , $90 US when bought them in Chicago and $180 when got them here in Bradford . In cold weather don't bite like OEM's at first brake .
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so far i have had pretty good service from steeda, plus they have a great price, its going to be about 300$ for pads and rotors... not to bad IMO. and ya kona, the fronts are bigger and also the rear drums i believe are slightly bigger aswell. but who cares about the rear, im gunna do SVT swap this winter i hope. Steeda now has Ford Racing SVT rear brakes on their site for 700$ :) not to shabby. not sure what kens price is right now tho, he wouldnt be far off.
these brakes are a PITA, i think ill just not drive it til their done, the brakes seem to not be releasing like they shud because after stopping i get a noise for every revolutuion of the wheel... rather annoying. i can still stop alright, just the noise and pedal feel is out of this world gay
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dBlast,Sep 12 2009, 01:30 PM Wrote:Check with ZTWsquared. He may have some used rotors and pads for 05-07 kicking around. You can used them while you wait for your aftermarket rotors and pads.
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Yeah ... I have a set of rotors and pads from my '07 wagon - they have about 20k on them and probably by now have a thin coating of rust ... if you just want something to get you by, you can have them.
If you're coming out tomorrow let me know and I'll bring them.
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just finished replacing the rotors and pads with kens stuff, and one quick question...
Why the heck would i have only 1 completely worn down pad and all the rest have about 15% left on them? it was drivers side inside pad...??? it was worn flat down to what look like rivets on the pad and there is absolutely no material left, had one hell of a time removing the rotor because the pad stuck to it LOL
either way, cars got 68xxx km and they were factory brakes... not bad IMO for how i drive... (i drive my car really hard as most us likely do)
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stage 2 plus @ 13psi: 278whp/229wtq
Stage 2 plus @15psi: 296whp/240wtq
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GFXjamie,Sep 19 2009, 03:00 PM Wrote:just finished replacing the rotors and pads with kens stuff, and one quick question...
Why the heck would i have only 1 completely worn down pad and all the rest have about 15% left on them? it was drivers side inside pad...??? it was worn flat down to what look like rivets on the pad and there is absolutely no material left, had one hell of a time removing the rotor because the pad stuck to it LOL
either way, cars got 68xxx km and they were factory brakes... not bad IMO for how i drive... (i drive my car really hard as most us likely do)
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Make sure the calipers are not seized on the slider pins. This is probably the most common cause of uneven pad wear.
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