So getting a little pissed off... Anyone else with MS3 having a problem with your brakes squeeking.. Only when I come to a gradual stop at a light or bumper to bumper traffic. No problems with hard braking.

 

hey man
i noticed that too. especially in the morning when i just start and run the car. and i've only had it for one week. i am waiting for these to go bad and putting some ceramic pads and drilled rotors. anybody with any idea about some good rotors/ pads combination. i want to get some brembo but i cannot seem to find any for my car. mazda 3 s grand touring. thanks
jmecherul

 

http://www.brembo.com/CatalogoHPGT/T...=NoModifyGuest

there ya go...
went on the Brembo website and found direct replacement rotors for pretty much any car...
i dont think it says the pricing tho...

 

It sounds like what you guys are talking aboutARE ceramic pads. Have you ever actually experienced real cermic pads in person? They take a while to warm up to work really well, much like the old metallic racing pads did, and are noisy (squealy) all the time.
'Don't know if this is true or not, but someone on one ofthe forums said that the stock front pads on a 3 are a ceramic/organic compound. It could explain why I get almost no dust fromthe fronts, anda comparative ton of dust on the rears.
Perhaps on the MS3 they went to an evenhigher ceramic content.

 

Yes mine squeal at times. They did it alot in the cold. The dealer said the performance brakes on the speed3 are much harder and anything including a bit or rust will cause them to make noise. Since it's gotten warmer this has gone away. Knock on wood. As for the compound in the Speed3's brake system, well if yall are right there's no ceramic up there lol. My fronts may as well have a freakin cloud of dust hover of them. The rears are so bad.

 

If ceramic pads yield less dust, teh MS3's are NOT ceramic. I get lots of dust on the fronts without much braking in a week. Mine squeak a little at times, but it is not annoying.

 

Mine also skweeks!!! Its because usually because the breaks are cold. I also notice on rare occations with a light tap on the breaks they skweek. Its nothing bad, just enbarising because it always some how happens when people are around.

 

Theres already a thread on this. Just replace the break pads.

 

Well, as I'd said before, I haven't been able to confirm the rumor as true, just that as a std 3 owner, my fronts are nearly dust free while the rears, as someone else on hereput it (paraphrasing,) live in a cloud ofblack brake dust.
So, it was just a thought...