Serious question. I'm ready to replace the rear pads on my '08 G35 Journey (35k miles) that I baby and don't street drive hard. I see everyone extolling the virtues of various manufacturers pads vs. OEMs. My question is whether the OEMs are that inferior compared to after-markets? What might you suggest as good pads with little dust for a G35 not driven hard? Thanks.

 

I have an 03 sedan in the same boat. Needs new rear pads & rotors, daily driven by the wife, never driven hard. Just need something quiet and maybe less dust then OEM, performance is a non factor.

 

1. Are you sure your rear pads are worn out at 35K miles, babied? That doesn't sound plausible.

2. Don't sweat it, just put original equipment back on. Changing the pad compound on one axle only can change your brake bias.

 

Many automakers are upping the power of the rear breaks to get better braking performance. Also they are using the rear brakes to modulate the traction control system.

So wearing out the rears before the fronts isn't that unusual anymore.

 

Talked to my mechanic. He confirmed this is about right with the rear & mileage. Went with OEM and corrected the small rotor wear

 

All that is true, but the Op said he babied the car. I drive my g35 6mt like hell and the rears have lasted about twice that long. Different cars, I guess. Still surprises me.

 

I have a G35 Sedan that isn't driven really hard at all and the rears are completely worn out. I think definitely something different about em.

 

My rears wear fast. 20K would be great, 13K is more typical. Fronts typically last double for me. I would like to put temp sensors or pressure sensors on front and rear and watch what the electronic brake force distribution is doing. I know the rears are used alot for VDC, but I suspect when you first hit the pedal it is rear biased also. I usually have VDC off, but I am pretty rough on the brakes.

Could be wrong.

 

Driving the car hard is more likely to wear the fronts since likely your causing more weight transfer to the front, resulting in higher brake loads at the front. Babying the car may result in less weight transfer which means the rears are doing more work. Of course, this is just a general theory, not taking into account the EBFD.

As for compounds, if your looking to stay with the same street performance, quick warm up and good initial bite (which you are for daily driving) stick with OEM.

 

Stay away from Duralast (duh). Autopartswarehouse.com sent me the wrong Centric front pads so I had to run to my local auto shop and buy Duralast brakes since it's all they had and I was in the middle of the install. They make me want to shoot myself. They squeel, dust like crazy, and braking is about average.

I would recommend Centric pads since I have them on the rear. They barely dust and don't make a sound.

On a side note, I won't be doing business with autopartswarehouse.com anymore. They made me pay shipping for the return of the front pads, and they charged a 20% re-stocking fee even though it was their fault they sent me the wrong pads.