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Old Dec 13, 2010 | 09:15 AM
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Default Brake Pads?

About how many miles of average driving can I expect to get out of the factory brake pads?
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Old Dec 13, 2010 | 02:32 PM
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Just replaced mine this last weekend. I picked up the car with 8,000 miles on the odometer. I don't think the prior owner would replace the pads during that time. I added 34K miles since then.

The front pads were definitely on their last leg. Rears, not so much. Just replaced them both anyway.

That's my experience.
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Old Dec 13, 2010 | 03:43 PM
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Switched to Carbotechs at 24,000 miles for HPDEs, and the OEM pads were at roughly 40 to 50% so 40,000 miles or a bit more should be quite doable.
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