Terrible ceramic brake squeal only 5k old
 

Ok so I did some searching and I found that the brake pads I have are well not good Wagner thermo quiets are as quiet as Micheal Jackson dying. It seems to have gotten worse now that its colder here in Washington. Not only do I get some squeal while initially slowing down I now get a loud squeal stopping from 4mph and down its terrible and makes me want to punch babies. So question is since these brake pads are less then 5k old what should I do? Also these were all replaced at the same time with lube put in appropriate places.

huh i have the same pads but mine are quiet...however it was just recently installed not even 1k on em

Only reason I bought them was because it was the only ceramic brake pad the auto parts stores where I lived had front and rear in stock.

Is there a way to return em? I'm sure there is some sort of warranty

from what i know, the rx8 pads squeal when its cold..

My buddy says that because they are ceramics this is normal and annoying at least I guess I should pick a more driving friendly brake pad next time.lol

I have hawk ceramics from tirerack.com and never had them squeal, plus i have about 20k miles on them. Did you bed them correctly after first installing them?

Check out this information. It is a great read, and might help answer your issue. I would suggest re-bedding them, since even if you bedded them in the first place, they may have been un-bedded through light use.

http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp_bedintheory.shtml

If you have time, dig through all of their articles, they have some really great stuff about brakes.

Hawk Ceramics myself and near silent and very low dust. Be sure to bed-in (aka burnish) your pads properly no matter which you choose.

Did you use the bake squeal goop on the back side of the pads?

Read this whole article and watch the video. I bet re-bedding will solve your problem.

http://www.essexparts.com/learning-c...rs/post/Bed-in

Ok I re bedded them last nite and I did use the brake goop that came with the pads. Ill tell you the results of the re bed and will post up a video of the noise if it continues.