Originally Posted by InhalingBullets
I purchased this 2015 Accord sport used with 45k miles on the clock and it now has 53k miles. I use this as a DD but recently when braking the steering wheel has started shaking. I know that in many cases if not most, this is due to either bad rotors or uneven pad wear. The pads appear to have lots of material left but I don't know the history of the brake maintenance or lack thereof. Either way I am planning on replacing the front pads and rotors this weekend after replacing the rear upper control arms on my wife's Prius. I have considered the powerstop drilled and slotted rotor kit on RA but I am not sure if this is just overkill and I likely wouldn't receive them in time anyhow. Does anyone have any success with AZ, Orielly or NAPA rotors and pads? recommendations?
IDK how are rotors on Accord, but on my in-laws Pilot they are absolute POS, and they insist on Honda rotors every time I have to change their rotors, which is pretty much every time we visit them (and they are super slow drivers).
Wen I bought Sienna last September, within few weeks I had same issue. Having Land Crusier in Europe, I knew it is is quality of rotors.
So I went with EBC rotors and EBC Greenstuff 6000 pads. They are upgraded and do really good here in mountains. I did EBC on land Crusier Prado too, and worked great.
Now, DO NOT get drilled rotors. Get at most, if you want, slotted. Drilled rotors are not going to do anything for you except looks. And if drill is cheap, they can actually compromise integrity of a rotor. I would go with plain, but high carbon rotors (like EBC) and semi-metallic pads like EBC Greenstuff. They will dust more, but performance improvement and pedal reaction is much better.