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Old June 11th, 2008, 10:45 AM   #1
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My Brakes SQUEEK

Car has way less than 10k miles. I wouldnt think it would need brakes yet. It does has Eradda Speed rotors on it. They only do it going slow. It drives me crazy crusing through town and the brakes squeel like a stuck pig.
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Old June 11th, 2008, 10:46 AM   #2
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Old June 11th, 2008, 11:24 AM   #3
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The stock brakes on my Gen II squeaked and I went with the EBC Red brake pads which solved the problem.
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Old June 11th, 2008, 11:31 AM   #4
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Car has way less than 10k miles. I wouldnt think it would need brakes yet. It does has Eradda Speed rotors on it. They only do it going slow. It drives me crazy crusing through town and the brakes squeel like a stuck pig.
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Don't drive slow, then they won't SQUEAK.
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Old June 11th, 2008, 11:38 AM   #5
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If you're just looking to stop the squeak, I give another vote for EBC Reds. My GCSRT8 squeaked until I replaced the (front) stock pads. Now the backs have started bitching and need replacing. Anyways, braking seems not to have suffered; however it is not a Viper and so performance is relative.

Edit: I also replaced the rotors. Be sure to bed properly.
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Old June 11th, 2008, 12:08 PM   #6
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Aggressive pads will sqeeeeeeek, sounds like poop but stops fast. I would recommend an amp for the radio and better pads for stopping. If you want to kill all sqeeeeeeeeks, EBC will get a lot of support. You are on the Alley, so pleazze have a fast car with great sqeeeeeeeeeeeeky breaks (yes, I am meen).

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Old June 11th, 2008, 12:15 PM   #7
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Chris, changed mine to HAWK HPS. Works great on the street, but not too great on the track.
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Old June 11th, 2008, 12:30 PM   #8
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I stops great now, and the pads have plenty of life on them. I just cant stand going cruising around and people think you cant afford brakes for it.
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Old June 11th, 2008, 01:02 PM   #9
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What pads do you use?
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Old June 11th, 2008, 02:05 PM   #10
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What pads do you use?
I think they are Stock. I have never removed them to see.
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Old June 11th, 2008, 02:36 PM   #11
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Interesting...I've never had my OEM ones squeel.....

Perhaps they have glazed. Have you tried a couple of hard stops to clean them off recently?
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I got rid of my brakes. Now I keep a rather large stone in the passanger side. It's tied to a rope and the other end is attached to the car. I just toss it out when I need to stop. I forget where I got this idea from but it works great!
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a little grease will help the squeak, but stopping might become a issue, but atleast people won't think your brakes are shot and can't afford to replace them.
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In the Gen 1's and Gen 2's, the stock pads (while great for road coursing) would squeak. Go to you local road course track and try and find the higher performance cars with brakes that don't squeak. The racing pads (normally stock on Vipers) are designed for higher heat applications...so street driving rarely sees the same dynamics that tracking the car would. Most of the time you won't be able to heat the pads up to designed operating temperature to have them stop squeaking.

For street use and around town fun driving, EBC greens will give you better stopping power, less dust and no noise compared to stock. However, if you go to the track, the will not hold up as well as your stock pads.

Like most mods...it all depends on your application and current car setup.

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Old June 11th, 2008, 04:41 PM   #15
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I have done some hard stopping to see if that would cure the problem. It stopped fine, but doesnt help the noise.
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mine did the same thing i swapped them for ebc greens and it didnt help i would even use the e- brake to come to a complete stop at lights so i wasnt embaressed. my car need new rotors i swapped them and it was quiet for a month or 2 but i am rough on the brakes.
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Old June 11th, 2008, 08:03 PM   #17
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I have ebc green also they work very well.
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Old June 11th, 2008, 08:24 PM   #18
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Chris, changed mine to HAWK HPS. Works great on the street, but not too great on the track.
That's because HPS are not a track pad. If you want good performance on the track HP blues work excellent.
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Old June 11th, 2008, 09:09 PM   #19
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Mine squeaked real bad after they had developed cracks from the center hole in the rotor(they were drilled and slotted). Just went with a slotted rotor and it has been much better and less embarrassing.
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I have ebc green also they work very well.
Same here and they cut down on brake dust quite a bit.

They are a little ugly though with the black calipers, so I used some black high heat enamel to dress up the parts that showed.
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