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Carbon Ceramic Brake Pad Replacement

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  1. rennspeed

    rennspeed Formula Junior
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    So after reading a bunch of threads on here I have come to the conclusion that the carbon ceramic rotors on a F430 will last a very long time. Regarding brake pads how long do they usually last under normal street use and what is the cost to replace just the pads?

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  2. F430giallomodena

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    52K on F430, 40K on Scuderia, never ever replaced pads...let's see on the 458 now how long they will last
     
  3. rennspeed

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    wow, is this the norm?
     
  4. Need4Spd

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    Seems to be. Carbon ceramic material vaporizes when it gets very hot, as in repeated heavy braking on the track - their intended use. When used moderately in street driving, they wear by abrasion but don't vaporize, so they last a long time.
     
  5. ferrame

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    I replaced my scud front brake pads at 11k miles and my CS at 12k miles. The pads still have a lot of material/meat left but the copper pins that adhere and hold that material in place is too long that my rotors starting to see copper color ring on the rotor.
     
  6. micah coley

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    The life of the rotor is measured in 4 ways. They last as long as the time and driving conditions you put on them. Unfortunately for your F430, rotors before 2017 were not calibrated for the tool that Brembo has determined is the only way to accurately account for low heat cycle failure. This video explains it.


     
  7. mike32

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    Probably the life of the car if you dont track it
     
  8. micah coley

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    No. It might continue to stop you, if you never brake hard, but they will not be able to perform up to their designed temps and will eventually begin to squeal and Crack. Especially since the 430 brake pads overlap off of the treated braking surface and onto the center carbon fiber area. This center area is softer then the designed brake area and will develop a severe groove.

    Carbon ceramic rotors were not designed for low heat cycle use for 20 plus years, and i strongly believe, we will soon see these rotors failing catastrophically. They have just not been on street cars for long enough to see them, but my clients won't be the first casualties
     
  9. mike32

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    Mine is an 08 and the wear is about 20% with 15 k miles so lots on them yet. I dont think the wear has increased over the last few services. Time will tell
     
  10. Extreme1

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    Is this wear on the pads, or wear on the rotors?


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  11. mike32

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    On the discs
     
  12. tazandjan

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    There are better ceramic transforms out there now. First generation CCMs are great, but have a few issues compared to the latest versions,
     
  13. micah coley

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    The 20% is a guess based on the driving history of the car, but it is not an accurate measurement of the condition of the rotor 's health. Again, based on the proceq tool that brembo, the maker of your rotors, requested be made, I tested a 2 year old 2k mile vehicle and it was already at 18% wear. I show this in the last minute of the video
     
  14. micah coley

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    So brembo doesn't sell the tool. I understand what you're saying, but the brakes haven't been around long enough to know how resilient they are. Anyone in the racing industry knows how catastrophic ceramics shatter when they do go bad. And if you're never driving your car hard, it might only produce an annoying sound. But, if you sell the car to a person that wants to drive the car to its designed speeds and temps, there needs to be a way to tell if the rotors are compromised and that's what this tool does. Doesn't mean you can't drive it daily, but be warned, we don't know what will happen in the next ten years when these 2004 model year rotors are still on the road
     
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    I believe that the tool simply refines the assessment of wear anyone with a bit of experience can determine by eye i.e. the degree of oxidiastion.

    Weight was discarded as an accurate measurement of wear because pad transfer can mask an underlying wear issue, but if examining by eye it is quite easy to spot that condition.

    Carbon discs are extremely resilient.
     
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    That's not accurate. There is a thorough cleaning and even bake process that removes all pad from the rotor when testing by weight.

    Weight was discarded for its inability to account for oxidation and low heat cycles that also cannot be detected by visual means.

    I don't know where you're getting your info. Mine is coming directly from VAG manuals including bugatti and proceq, the independent test developer hired by brembo.

    Visual inspection reveals worn rotors when used properly on a race car. As does weight and thickness. This tool was designed because of a never before encountered issue of low heat cycles on street vehicles.
     
  17. micah coley

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    Just to be clear, Aston Martin, Bugatti, Mclaren, Lamborghini among others still are using weight to determine the health of rotors... It's just this is only accurate if brakes are used in a racing manner
     
  18. mwstewart

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    VAG use CCB discs. Ferrari use CCM.

    For CCM, a visual inspection is very accurate.

    For CCB (not applicable to a Ferrari 360 or F430) wear assessment is more difficult and I would use other methods.

    It is important not to confuse the two.
     

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