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Old Sep 11, 2011 | 11:31 PM
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think about this principle: when you have long fingernails and you scrape them against a blackboard, it screeches. Clip your nails and try scratching them again, it won't until your nails grow back a week later. The same is true with your brakes, the cheap material when is sanded down is OK until the pads heat up again due to everyday driving & use and has a glazed surface thus the annoying squealing sounds.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2011 | 05:22 PM
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just buy new rotors they are like 120$ instead of dicking around going back and forth to the shop. it takes 30 min to change out ur rotors
 
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by gjmoran
just buy new rotors they are like 120$ instead of dicking around going back and forth to the shop. it takes 30 min to change out ur rotors
And everyone here can help talk ya through it. Its really simple...
 
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 09:13 AM
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Its only 5 lugs and 4 bolts per side.
 
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by lghtngblt02
And everyone here can help talk ya through it. Its really simple...
Yeah i can do them, but i paid for them to be done cuz i had to make a trip the next day to haul a trailer a total of around 1000 miles round trip, so i wanted good brakes. And its the point that i paid that much to get them worked on, that they should do them.
 
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Old Sep 14, 2011 | 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Jeremysp1993
Yeah i can do them, but i paid for them to be done cuz i had to make a trip the next day to haul a trailer a total of around 1000 miles round trip, so i wanted good brakes. And its the point that i paid that much to get them worked on, that they should do them.
I agree with you... Midas should so the job properly. The reality is, they most likely won't. You'll be way ahead if you bite the bullet and do the work correctly yourself.
 
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