Old Mar 8, 2009 | 04:22 PM
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Do you NEED new rotors? Kind of hard to imagine you do on an 07 and more likely that you've been confused by cross drilling & slotting hype, rice boys, bro's, or some other form of douchebaggery. Don't take my word for it, though...

http://www.marcusfitzhugh.com/CLK/DIY/brakecdrill.html

If you have some slight shuddering during braking it likely may be that you've made a stop with hot pads & rotors and have unevenly transferred some pad material to your rotors. If this is the case then you just need to take some sandpaper to the rotors and sand them in a swirl pattern to help remove the transfer. You can even use a palm sander/orbital if you like. Then bed the new pads in correctly. If you simply do need new rotors because they're worn beyond spec or actually warped, then get some brembo blanks and focus on driving well...you'll impress more people this way. I got tired of crap pads from local chain retailers and for not much more money run a much better pad like a Hawk HPS. You can order them from tire rack, amazon, or many other favorite online sites you like. I'd also recommend porterfield pads if Hawks don't interest you.

The newest Accord I've done brakes on is a 2003, but I think they're basically the same. The philips screws can be easily broken free with the lightest setting on an impact wrench at low psi and adapted to a philips bit with a combination of reducers and an adapter socket, or the ancient way of helping break a screw free by sticking a normal screwdriver into it and firmly hitting the end of the screwdriver with a hammer.

One of the most important steps is bedding in your new pads and rotors properly. To do this properly you'll need a decent stretch of preferably flat road with hopefully no other cars around. Take your car up to 40-60mph and brake hard down to 10-20mph - by hard I mean to the point where you're about to lock up the wheels, but not quite. Accelerate back up to 40-60mph and repeat. Do this 6-10 times (your new pads & rotors should start to smell/smoke if you're doing it right). DO NOT come to a complete stop at any point. After you've completed the above 6-10 times drive the car around 10-15 minutes to allow the brakes time to cool off, preferably without coming to any complete stops.
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