New brakes on the 6.

"mazda616" (mazda616) 01/07/2019 at 11:08 • Filed to: Mazda

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Ordered the Centric kit from RockAuto. Pads and rotors all the way around.

The OEM brakes were done for. Pads were down to the squeal tabs and rotors were thin AF. It’s amazing what a difference it made. Braking is smooth and quiet. No squealing, no shaking, nada. My friend and I put them on using his shop and his new, fancy lift.

The electronic parking brake mechanism required some Googling in order to do the rear brakes but it ended up being pretty easy to remove.

Yay?

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > mazda616 01/07/2019 at 11:26

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Wow, do you have your own lift?
And I’ve heard good things about Centric, need to change my rear brakes soon they’ve started to squeal.

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > mazda616 01/07/2019 at 11:40

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Shiny

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/07/2019 at 11:45

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Did you not even read his post?

“ My friend and I put them on using his shop and his new, fancy lift.”

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/07/2019 at 11:48

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Read posts? Who does that?

nerd_racing > mazda616 01/07/2019 at 11:56

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I don’t have the electronic e brake on my 3, but I have noticed that it eats rear brake pads much faster than the front.  Is this something you have noticed on your 6?  I haven’t had to touch the fronts on my 3, but I’ve done the rear pads twice and rotors once.  

functionoverfashion > mazda616 01/07/2019 at 11:57

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Brakes are so satisfying, and not difficult as DIY jobs go.

Man, that is a nice lift.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > mazda616 01/07/2019 at 12:22

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Centric’s premium rotors are good parts.  

mazda616 > nerd_racing 01/07/2019 at 13:25

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Yep! My rears were way more worn than the fronts. We put brakes on my wife’s 2013 CX-5 as well and its rears were more worn, too.

nerd_racing > mazda616 01/07/2019 at 14:04

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I heard that they put rear bias into the brake proportioning, without uprating the brakes out back to compensate.  It is a little annoying but not hard to change them.  I have one that still sticks from time to time.  I replaced everything except the caliper and caliper bracket.  I might have to go that far if it persists.