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Originally Posted by dn53
curious, anyone have luck with just slapping pads on and calling it a day? ive always either machined or replaced rotors as ive been taught except for this one time i did my buddies 2012 civic with 40k, was at home and he wanted it done the night of. put the pads on and not less than a week later his brakes were pulsating 
I've heard of this put in practice but after that experience... no thx. i've had to decline work b/c i dont have access to a laive anymore. |
Of all the years i was at Honda, rotor machining is always recommended while replacing pads.
But for my own personal cars, i may have only machined maybe couple times. That was when i was removing an aftermarket pad to install Honda pad.
Most aftermarket pads i found, the material was too hard and would wear the rotor as fast as the pad.
A 2012 civic with only 40k, from what i've seen in the past, rotor would still be in fine shape to just drop in a set of pads.