whats the average milage you can get out of a pair of front pads? I just replaced my Bendix ones at 18,000
Is that high or low?

 

well here in germany i get about 8,000 but the a bahn kills brakes and the hills with an auto so i say you are doing good i have ls1 brakes also on my lt1

 

It all depends on your driving style.

 

Its pretty much agreed here WE all drive fast. I know I do.

 

yeah i do an average of 120 going to work

 

18,000 is extremely low for front pads. It is not uncommon at all for the fronts to last more than 50k miles. Heck, my 94Z has 72k miles on it and the front pads have not been changed! The rears have but not the fronts. The rears on these cars wear out much faster than the fronts.

But, I'm basing this on normal driving. 120 mph daily isn't really normal (at least for most here in the states!) so that may or may not be normal wear for your conditions! However, if the fronts are lasting only 18k then the rears should only be lasting about 10k. Is that the case?

 

i am confused i have only changed my rears like every 20 or so they dont do any work

 

Hmm... so you get 8 out of the fronts and 20 out of the rears? Maybe the driving style does make a big difference?

I think if a poll is taken that you'll find here in the USA people go through rear brakes considerably faster than fronts. Granted, the fronts are bigger and do most of the work, but the rears wear out faster... here This has been talked about several times over the past several years and the majority change rears much more often than fronts. Yes, very strange

 

yeah when i come off the ausfahrt i do alot of hard braking and then the hills with an auto

 

At the risk of being totally wrong, I have heard or read that our cars have an anti-dive bias to the rear and that us folks that don't do much aggressive braking will wear rears must faster than fronts.

Believe me, after three pairs of evenly worn rears, and still the stock fronts at 120,000 miles I was asking questions.

Kinda funny story, after I changed the rears for the second time, I was convinced that I had a braking "system" problem. So my friend suggests we get it up to 100+ and "slam" on the brakes to see how much the fronts were working. What did we learn? Perfectly functioning Z28 brakes at 100+ MPH slammed = seat belt friction burns and bruises for 2 passengers

Brake test = passed

I believe the dealer told me about the anti-dive information, so take it for what it is worth. What is true is that normal day-to-day driving eats rear pads very quickly on brakes that seem fully functional.

Sean

 

What brand pads are you guys using? I had Bendix brand and they sucked. Powdered up the rims . I have a set from autozone lifetime warrantee, low powder cost$60 for the front set.