brake pad enigma

[blugts]

I heard a bit of a squeal coming from the brakes so I figured since I bought the celi in 2005 and never changed the pads, that they would be needing replacement. So I take the wheels off and open the caliper and to my surprise the pads still have about 80% left in them! I got the car with 19k miles on it and now it has 60K miles, 2001 celi. These are really nice vented pads. I have no idea what brand these are but the metal backing plate is light blue and they are semi-metallic. Anyone knows what brake pad brand comes with light blue metal plates? I will definitely recommend them to anyone, they are great. I relubed the caliper bolts and shims.

[monkeyb01]

oem toyota pads i believe

[renfield90]

Yep, that's OEM. They last forever - if you have to replace them in less than 60k miles, you're doing something horribly wrong!

They're a pretty good pad btw. Not track worthy, but otherwise pretty good.

[Bitter]

sounds like OEM pads which are a ceramic compound and do last a long time.

[blugts]

Damn! They are really good for OEM pads!!!Better than Honda for sure. Thanks guys, nice to know. I might never have to replace them as I drive the celi less than 3 days a month.

[silentchaos]

I just replaced my OEM rear pads this summer, after 95,000 miles on them.

[frederi80]

yea, took 6 years to have to replace my brake pads and I could have probably gone another year, but thought it was time, lol :) I was around 85-90k mi

[Loser_guy]

I just replaced my pads and rotors and I'm pretty sure they were OEM, at 126k or so. my front driver's side was almost completely gone so I think i pushed it a little too far haha.

Now I can't wait for the screeching of these new one to go away haha.

[wolfwood]

OEM pads.. it took 6 1/3 years before i replaced it..

[ikhaffaji]

Beats the autozone pads that lasted me all of 3 months. :ugh:

[TaeMachine]

Beats the autozone pads that lasted me all of 3 months. :ugh:

3 months? Do you ride your brakes?