Low Fly'n 8

So I changed out the original front pads with Hawk HPS @ 56,000 miles. They were toast with wear indicators chirping constantly. I just changed out the original rears @ 87,000 miles and they still had at least 80% left on them. Does this seem normal? I know the fronts do most of the work but the backs looked practically like new.

04 6MT
A few auto-x events
daily driver

c41250n

iTrader: (5)

i dont think it is normal, with 87k miles and it still has 80% life of the brake pad.
my rears seems to wear out faster than the fronts.

Vertigo-1

iTrader: (3)

Seems strange. My rear pads and rotors on my 04 are pretty much goners and I'm at 34k miles. My carn's a daily driver, pretty much 100% city. My front rotors and pads got replaced twice under warranty due to the whole brake squeal incident when the 04s first came out, so they're still going strong.

Chronisseur

/\ That also seems pretty early to me. With track days/autocross thrown into the mix, I could understand substantially shorter life if you use the same pads while daily driving.

dondo

iTrader: (7)

my fronts wear way faster than the rears. i wouldn't worry about it.

justjim

Some of the variability in rear pad wear rates described above might be due to the effects of traction control/DSC on the pads. If you drive such that you are frequently activating the traction control and/or the DSC that may accelerate the rear pad wear. I remember a guy with a big mustang that forgot to turn off his traction control and set fire to the rear brake pads.