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Well I dont recall really hearing the main importance of the shims… so any other info ? Thanks
Eric, how did you get those shims separate from their pads? I have a real good set of pads for autocross that I'd like to keep using, but want to put the NRS shims on. On the NRS website they only sell the complete set of pads, no shims separately.
I dont put them
My car OE part does not comes with any shims…
I didn't recognize you with the long beard. Good points on the shims
This is why I never buy AutoZone parts especially brakes. They just fall apart before you even install them.
I am very often seeing corrosion being one of the number one failures on cars that don't run through the friction material very much over a long period of time.
I was considering brake pads from NRS but I wonder if they have street pads with the type of bite and performance that I like from a EBC redstuff pad. I don't mind dust but going from an Acura TSX to a Lexus GS made me really want to get some more aggressive pads for that stopping confidence.
Thanks for the video Eric! I'm curious as to what rotors you would recommend to go with these NRS brakes? My sister's 15 year old car with 50k miles needed new pads because the edges of the rotor were rusted and putting grooves in the pads.
If they were made in Canada you'd see a big ass maple leaf flag on the box together with Made in Canada in bold font. Surprise, made with 100% chinesium.
Question. Why did my brake pads come with 6 shims? I got 2 copper looking ones, and 4 black ones.. Even though i only needed 2 for each side? Btw no rotors in the rear.. Just wondering, maybe extras?
It's plain and simple not smart to buy anything other as ATE when it comes to brakes.
It's a specialized brake brand with over 100 years of history, and that's why Continental bought it.
ATE is the most used OEM Brand out there. Most cars are delivered with ATE Brake Systems.
And there are not expensive ! There are slightly more expensive as the Textar Garbage.
Throw anything other as ATE on you car, and the chance that something will grind or not fit is much higher.
Great tips here. Makes you wonder how the aftermarket gets away with making these crappy products.
do all cars have shims? I never noticed any on my Tahoe
I had a Toyota landcruiser in the garage, and the shim had actually sliced right through the the brake disc, so the rotor part was no longer attached to the hub, and there was no brake on that corner at all. Looked like someone had done it on a lathe, perfectly cut
Please shave
Those NRS brake pads are expensive. $106 brake pads for a Civic. Yikes.
Glad you're getting back to repair videos Eric. I always buy Akebono pads, and they come with shims. The problem is that I have to take my caliper off a lot to repair other things. Then I close the caliper, and it slightly bends or misaligns the shim. After that, I can never get the shim back on correctly again. Every time I try to put the shim back on, it always ends up getting stuck or sticking to the caliper and making scraping sounds, so I just take it off at that point. They aren't glued on like the ones in your video, but they had bent tabs to hold onto the pad.
I had this problem. The shims were making a horrible noise. I took them apart and the shims fell out. (Tabs broke off) I reluctantly reassembled the breaks without the shims. That was 10,000 or so miles ago. I plan to replace them with my next oil change.
I wanna see what you look like clean shaved!
Nutty about Shims
I am not getting notifications for your vids at all. But I went looking and it should start again.
Wow, thanks for the great information. Now when I install break pads for clients I know they will last as long as the break pads. Mahalo from Big Island 👍.
Eric with the beard you are looking like the car wizard. all great mechanics have beard. I guess I will try to grow one myself. great video as always
Never had issues with shims. Then again I don't buy shitty pads.
I never use them and I have no noise except on a humid day at first braking.
Forget shims.. pads.. good pads are important because when your coming up behind me at a stop light at 50mph.. I want you to be able to stop.
NRS have brake shims that has teeth which get attached to the back side of shoe which never comes off and wont rust, i think u missed to state that
A shim tried to ask me out once.
Eric, what's the deal with all the fancy "noise reduction" junk being sold by nrg and the likes? after hundreds of brake jobs over the years the main things I've found causing noise if any was typically only brake dust causing issues but for only a brief time after replacing, as a matter of fact I haven't had brake noise in so many years I can't remember the last time it was an issue and the last time I bought brake silencing goo was over 20 years ago. So is all this extra crap existing solely to drive up the cost?