Brake pads premature wear

[BaggedB9S4]

While driving to work this morning I received an error for brake wear. My S4 has just over 17k miles on it so I was a bit surprised. I heard about quick wear but this seems excessive. From what I can see, with the wheels still on, the rear pads look fairly low but the front pads don’t look too bad. When I drove home however the warning was gone and did not come back. I was curious on what other people were seeing for mileage and also what pads are suggested. I was looking at EBC redstuff but can not find front and rear in stock. I’ll probably just pad slap them since the rotors look perfect, I know it’s not the best move but I’m getting married next week and can’t spend my money on shiny new car parts… from what I’m being told 😅

[Sebastian Tu]

That's about right for the rear pads sorry to be the one to break it to you :)

[BaggedB9S4]

That's about right for the rear pads sorry to be the one to break it to you :)

It just seems odd to me, like the brake bias isn’t correct or the rear pads are a different compound. The dust has been horrible so I guess that’s something to look forward to mitigating

[Sebastian Tu]

All b9 friends of mine (and myself) have seen about 15k out of the rear pads and roughly double that out of the fronts. Guess I can't really speak to why but it's different loads, different sizes, so I don't expect them to be the same wear. I got hawk 5.0's and the feel is different, some good some bad, but the dust is wayyyy less

[Audimattymo]

I purchased my S4 with 20k on it a few years ago. When looking at the Carfax I noticed rear pads had been done at 16K and I was surprised to see that. I would recommend turning off pre-sense which I noticed was applying rear brakes in various driving situations. These cars have way too many electronic Nanny’s for people that I guess can’t drive without assistance.


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[flee]

All b9 friends of mine (and myself) have seen about 15k out of the rear pads and roughly double that out of the fronts. Guess I can't really speak to why but it's different loads, different sizes, so I don't expect them to be the same wear. I got hawk 5.0's and the feel is different, some good some bad, but the dust is wayyyy less

How is the bite and squeal on those 5.0’s? Thanks

[SHCKR]

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New brakes needed for B9 S4

[BaggedB9S4]

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New brakes needed for B9 S4

Thanks for that link, great info there! Centric posi-quiet seems like a good move for now. What is the best scan tool to tackle a simple job like this? something like this? https://www.amazon.com/OBDeleven-Blu...-3-spons&psc=1

[Sebastian Tu]

How is the bite and squeal on those 5.0’s? Thanks

The initial bite is much less as the operating temp is higher than stock pads. There's a bit of squeal sometimes but not too bad. I can definitely lay into the brakes harder when driving aggressively and they're much more linear in pressure. Big fan. Also much less dust

[BaggedB9S4]

Just curious if anyone has tried this method to retract the rear calipers? Seems easy. see 2:50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jMR5Jygsb8

[Deganem]

I had a friend that used this method on his rear brakes on a b8 s4. Said it was easy…
Not cleaning/greasing the pins? Not sure I agree with that…


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[BaggedB9S4]

Changed them today with that method, worked great! I also didn’t realize you only need 2 wear sensors and not 4. Trying the centric posi-quiet pads out, so far they feel great. A couple of squeaks while bedding them in but those should go away

[SHCKR]

Changed them today with that method, worked great! I also didn’t realize you only need 2 wear sensors and not 4. Trying the centric posi-quiet pads out, so far they feel great. A couple of squeaks while bedding them in but those should go away

Yeah I bought 4 sensors as well, but for like $2 each who cares