ITS DE5 Warped Rear Brakes 10K Miles

[StingertimeNC]

from their website. Not sure who else even sells them.

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[Victorofhavoc]

from their website. Not sure who else even sells them.

Unity does.

You can go through euro car suppliers as well, since the Paragon products are semi popular on BMW and audi platforms. The front pads are standard brembo shape that the Cadillac ctsv ran, the lowest spec c7 corvette, and several other brembo equipped cars. Rears are a little tougher in shape since their shape is "older" in design, but still findable.

 

[Unity Performance]

I've had the same set of Paragon P3's on my FK8 since May 2022. I also have the 350mm Rear 2-piece Rotor upgrade which aids in keeping the pads cooler, but nonetheless 25k miles and going on Rear Pads that have seen 3-4 track days, 2 trips to Tail of the Dragon, and lots of spirited daily driving.

I often leave VSA untouched, completely ON

 

[StingertimeNC]

Do you guys basically sell at the same price as Paragon? Happy to support someone who supports the forum.

 

[Car00071]

Everybody just getting them from p3 pads from there website or is there a better price someplace else ?

I order from Humza at unity performance.

 

[Unity Performance]

Do you guys basically sell at the same price as Paragon? Happy to support someone who supports the forum.

Yes, we do

Been an early supporter and dealer of Paragon, since they joined the Civic community. I've been very happy with their brake offerings on our own builds as well

 

[elh0102]

I just ran across this thread, and I know it's dated. But I saw that it originally was regarding a surprise brake rotor replacement due to "warped" rotors. I'll offer a couple of comments. If you notice nothing in driving the car, and the tech says that the rotors are warped, ask him what the runout measurement was. If he gives you a deer-in-the-headlights stare, go somewhere else. If you notice something while braking, and if you haven't already, then do a good bedding by repeated hard braking, until you smell it. Brake pads transfer material to the rotor, and this can cause a vibration when braking. Sorry if this is repetitive information.

 

[whtciv2k]

I just ran across this thread, and I know it's dated. But I saw that it originally was regarding a surprise brake rotor replacement due to "warped" rotors. I'll offer a couple of comments. If you notice nothing in driving the car, and the tech says that the rotors are warped, ask him what the runout measurement was. If he gives you a deer-in-the-headlights stare, go somewhere else. If you notice something while braking, and if you haven't already, then do a good bedding by repeated hard braking, until you smell it. Brake pads transfer material to the rotor, and this can cause a vibration when braking. Sorry if this is repetitive information.

Agreed, if the rotors are warped in the rear you should feel slight vibrations while breaking through the seat on your bum. The worse the vibration, the worse the warp. Similarly, you would feel the fronts being warped through the steering wheel and mostly in the front end. That said, Hondas of all makes and models were notorious for warped rotors back in the day. I guess they finally solved the issue for the most part with better rotors as I’m not seeing as many posts on the web with the newer models

 

[StingertimeNC]

This was an issue on my previous car too, and many thought it was "warped" rotors. After tons of reading, apparently warping rotors on street cars is very difficult. 99% of the time what we are dealing with is uneven pad deposits. Better pads and proper bedding usually takes care of things. This assumes you can start with a clean or turned rotor.

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