"daender" (daender)
02/24/2016 at 15:49 • Filed to: miata, brakes, stealerships
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"daender" (daender)
02/24/2016 at 15:49 • Filed to: miata, brakes, stealerships | 0
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I should’ve ordered 25$-worth of Mazdaspeed decals because they are doing free shipping for orders over 150$! GFDI
150$ for a set of OEM Mazda brake pads for the Miata...because it’s SO SPECIAL with it’s !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . It also means I can never go down to 14" wheels and I have to be extremely careful with some aftermarket 15" or else there’ll be a lot of unpleasant contact interference between wheel and calipers.
Still, it was cheaper going through !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! than through a Mazda dealership parts department because Mazdaspeed gives discounts if you’re a remotely-active racer. As long as you do 3 events every year, you qualify for discounts! Autocross, time attack, club racing, and rallycross all count! !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , I only need 2 more to be good for the rest of this year and I chalked up numerous 2nd and 3rd-place finishes last year.
I love how excited the NB2 Miata looks compared to my friend’s modified and slammed FC RX-7 that looks all depressed. It’s like my Miata told a really bad dad-level punny joke and the RX-7 is all “Oh goddamnit...”
Anyway, I tried going to a local Sumter Mazda dealership but they apparently don’t understand I can’t mount regular-sized OEM brake pads on my sport brakes...and they wanted to charge me
102$ just for the wrong set of front brake pads?
Kthxbye! The dealership doesn’t even discount stuff even though I’m an approved Mazdaspeed member with a provided team support number!
The BACs for Miata life. My ‘02 LS, a ‘96 M Edition, and a ‘06 Grand Touring. All of these were autocrossing last Sunday at Darlington in their respective classes.
Anyway, a lot of you are probably wondering why I’m going through the hassle of order 150$-worth of brake pads when I could just go to Advance/Napa/Autozone and pick up a cheap set for 40$-60$. You’re partially right, a cheap set of pads would probably be fine if this Miata lived a boring life of communting back and forth between home and work (just got hired this Monday). However, I do stupid shit and shenanigans with my Miata like this:
and this:
along with this:
In those cases, I need really grippy brake pads that can withstand the abuse I throw at them. Granted autocrossing doesn’t really wear them down nowhere as near as much as those enthusiastic mountain drives with tons of heavy braking, but having really nice pads that can slow the Miata down faster means I can be on the throttle longer which helps speed up my times at autocross. Furthermore, this Miata’s about to see a lot more miles and interstate life as I do 80 miles of round-trips between home and work (yay, first job).
First time the Miata’s been autocrossed since it had its windshield/a-pillars wrapped gloss black to match the hardtop.
I could’ve used !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! pads as they’re a favored pad among the Miata crowds but they’re notorious for generating heavy amounts of dust. The OEM Mazda pads have the durablility of cheap long-lasting Autozone/Napa/Advance pads and the grip of high performance StopTech/Hawk pads with the added bonus of being nowhere near as dusty along with a 100% perfect installation fit that OEM-only parts can cause.
Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> daender
02/24/2016 at 16:05 |
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At least they didn’t install brake calipers that will jam a piston if the slightest spec of dirt gets inside, on an off-road oriented vehicle.
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daender
> Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
02/24/2016 at 16:14 |
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That’s quite an interesting quirk! Similar to Mazda placing the Miata’s oil filter directly under the intake manifold and right next to the engine bay lip! Fun times changing oil out, especially when the engine was recently ran to help the hot oil flow out better!
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Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> daender
02/24/2016 at 16:17 |
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Not on a car, but one of our generators at work has the fuel filter mounted right above the starter. So when you change that, you soak the starter in diesel. Though on my 4Runner, it looks as if the easiest way to remove the spark plugs, is to remove the intake manifold.
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Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> daender
02/24/2016 at 16:21 |
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Here is the generator problem:
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> daender
02/24/2016 at 16:25 |
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Don’t cry about being forced to use 15+” wheels, man. It could be worse - quite a few of us own cars that can’t take less than 17" wheels with the same “it might not fit” caveat. Tires with short sidewalls (especially snow tires) for those 18+” wheels are expensive, too.)
qbeezy
> daender
02/24/2016 at 16:27 |
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Lucky you. My OEM pads are le garbagé lol
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daender
> qbeezy
02/24/2016 at 16:33 |
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Darn, I’m guessing you don’t have the OEM Brembos that came with the track package?
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daender
> Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
02/24/2016 at 17:01 |
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Genius design! I’m guessing proper replacement of the fuel filter requires removal or shielding of the starter?
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daender
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
02/24/2016 at 17:07 |
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Seems like there’s a dead market for tires smaller than 15" and for 16" wheels. 17" wheels have plentiful offerings, although the 18"s are said to be dying depending on who you ask.
That said, 17s with thick sidewalls look so damn right on my pop’s Mustang. I like having the brakes completely fill up the wheels, so I typically dislike people/companies offering large wheels with tiny brakes behind them.
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Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> daender
02/24/2016 at 17:28 |
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No clue. I just pull it off and hope for the best...
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daender
> Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
02/24/2016 at 17:29 |
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I’d put a catch pan or something under it; hopefully it doesn’t go all toasty on you!
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Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> daender
02/24/2016 at 17:40 |
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Where is the fun in that? Probably a good idea though, since I do have a little diesel experience.
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qbeezy
> daender
02/24/2016 at 18:51 |
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Even then, the OEM brembo pads from Hyundai still under perform. The pads are economy and the calipers are for performance.
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daender
> qbeezy
02/24/2016 at 19:04 |
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Interesting! My roomie picked up a set of used Brembo frontcalipers from a Gen II Viper for his New Edge Mustang (he’s always making horrible decisions like this) and the stock Brembo pads gave it a lot of clamping grip versus his old setup of Hawk HPS pads on PBR Cobra calipers.
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qbeezy
> daender
02/25/2016 at 00:09 |
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Yup. Test drove a Genesis w brembos. Dealer recently installed new Oem pads. Drove it hard. Didn't have the bite I expected.
TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
> daender
02/25/2016 at 00:25 |
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bro do u even look at Miata specific parts websites?
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daender
> TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
02/25/2016 at 09:03 |
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No one else besides Mazda offers a pad with good grip, minimal dust, and a stupid-long lifespan.
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TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
> daender
02/25/2016 at 12:40 |
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hmm i have ordered from Moss miata and their pads are fine. Low dust and good long lasting so far and i tend to drive a bit crazy
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daender
> TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
02/25/2016 at 12:43 |
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Out of curiosity, which brand of brake pads did you buy from Moss Miata?
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TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
> daender
02/25/2016 at 12:53 |
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Ceramic Pads:
http://www.mossmiata.com/Shop/ViewProdu…
Rotors:
http://www.mossmiata.com/Shop/ViewProdu…
And Autozone calipers all around