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Old Apr 1, 2005 | 09:01 PM
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My 03 has 34,000 on the clock and I think the brakes are making noise. I don't race this car, but I do hot rod around ( it is a Vette after all)

Much of that milage is long highway trips.

When did you guys have to do the brakes the first time?

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Old Apr 1, 2005 | 09:08 PM
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I usally need brakes at 40,000 miles!
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Old Apr 1, 2005 | 09:13 PM
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it really depends "brake use", not miles........... if you baby it, or drive it like the high performance car it is, huge difference in pad life (same with tires, clutches, etc ).

basicly, you wore the pads out in 34K........ if you want the next set to last longer, change you driving style.

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Old Apr 1, 2005 | 09:14 PM
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Bought mine used with 30,000 miles. Turned the rotors and and put brake pads on.
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25,000 miles, I did not need brakes but the rotors were warped. Got new brakes and rotors at the same time.
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Old Apr 1, 2005 | 09:33 PM
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at 23,000 had a bad rotor, put new ones on and and found the old ones were not quite about half down.
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Old Apr 2, 2005 | 12:25 AM
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I first needed brakes the first time I needed to stop.
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