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PSA: Aftermarket Pads / Brembo Lotus Caliper
It was never even on my radar to check as brake pad maintenance doesn't entail a finer scrutiny on how pads are relative to rotor hat position (unless there is obvious noise from the get go)... Have had Brembo 8 pots F/4 Pots Rear for like forever on the X... Fast forward 2 years ago. One of my rears rotors - disc hardware - rotor/hat...a majority of them were literally all loose on the rotor hat. The hardware was literally moving 360 degrees. I never did put A/B together however I believe I have found my issue. On that repair, I ended up replacing both hat, hardware and new discs in the back. Email searching my past orders to figure out timeline, as I have run both Brembo branded pads, Stoptech and other aftermarket pads with the same hardware. I believe it is the Stoptech pads only that is the issue...The rotors have always been Brembo - RaceTechnologies supplied direct.. Just finished a pad swap and the Stoptech Pad is just a smidge taller/closer in tolerance to the rotor hat I threw away the Brembo Pads that were in the rear and trash day pickup has occured so I cannot confirm the above statement. In looking in how it fits, I can clearly see how as the pad wears down, the pad plate is clearly pretty dang close and will rub against the top of the rotor hat/mounting hardware. It's not rubbing now but it's only a mm off and as the pads wear down from use, for sure I see this happening The stoptech pads in the front 8 pot fits fine with zero fitment issues per my inspection as well. The rotor hat is different though The Lotus 4 caliper.....for anyone's wiki, do check the wheel, spin it, see how the pad fits how snug or not to the rotor hats Last edited by jsoto; 03-29-2021 at 10:47 PM. |
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