Allright, my olds is due for brake pads (wear indicators just started chirping)... The weather's looking to be ****ty for a month, then snow like hell... and I wont beable to do a "proper" job untill the beginning of the summer...

My plan was to replace all 4 rotors, and get all new pads (ceramics , no dust FTW)... My current rotors are warped, so bad that the car kinda feels like the ABS is malfuntioning (but it's not). AND it squeeks embarrisingly. The pads have about 3/8" left, but the warped rotors are hitting the indicators

New rotors will be around $50 (uncles friend =GM parts dude), pads will be around $150 total (gm parts guy=gm ONLY parts, no aftermarket)... I wasnt planning on spending $200, and having my car apart for 2 days (done brakes like... once... kinda)


What I'm thinking of doing is buying some cheapy frount pads ( $15), and running them for the winter. I "might" go 6000 miles... OR, bending the indicators, so they dont touch, and then running them for 6k miles...

So, any body see a problem with that? I know the rotors are allready shot, what's the harm in putting some cheap pads on them for the winter... Also, do you think id beable to get 6k miles out of 3/8" of pads?

tks alot
~Nate

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