well...I got 1 out of 3 questions answered....

please do not change the topic yet.

So you think my rotors are definitely warped???? Will the dealer take care of this no problem??? what was your approach when your rotors were warped?? Did you tell the dealer...THEY ARE WARPED..REPLACE THEM!!! or did they check out the truck first and give you the run around....Cant find anything wrong at this time...lol


Also....my other questions WERE: at what mileage did you change out your brakes and at what cost from the dealer.

 

I changed my brakes when they started to squeal a bit, only had to do the fronts. Did it myself. Bought Duralast brakes for like $36 and they have a lifetime warranty, so you take them back with the reciept and they give you new ones, BLAM. Easy as cake.

Not sure about the warped rotor problem. Never had one and this is the first vehicle I've ever had with a warranty.

P.S. Where'd you get the dash inlay. I like it. Is it smooth or ridged?

 

thats cool....so you only have to buy once...huh??? NICE

Do you remember how many miles before you changed the pads????

This is my first non-manual vehicle and truck for that matter.....I was thinking brakes would last to around 20-25k miles.


I NEVER had to change a set on any car yet though.....Ive had 4 brand new vehicles in the past 5 years and never reached over 20k miles on any of them...plus they were all manual so the brakes lasted longer!


I was thinking I would bring the truck in for a brake pad change and the 18,000 mile service since I havent brought the truck in since its first oil change.....Ive been changing the oil (synthetic) and rotating the tires myself.


I want them to perform the 18-20k mile service short of changing the oil....I'll do that.

 

what do you mean??? I dont know what you are referring to....

 

Actually, now that I think about it, I changed the pads at 30k, not when they started to squeak. I had a squeaking noise and thought changing the brakes might help. In fact I remember them being rusty (they were original pads from 19k miles in Indiana winter). They actually had alot of pad left on them. I'd suggest just popping off a tire or stickin your head up in there to look and see how much pad you have left. Alot of highway miles plus soft braking and aero-braking might have saved you alot of pad.

Your silver center dash piece around your stereo and environmental control unit

 

30k miles....nice

My brake squeal maybe slightly every now and then once under 10mph and coming to a soft stop....not often though...

chances are I have plenty of pad left....I guess my rotors are warped though....ill have to take a wheel off and spin the rotor and see whats up.

if thats the case though...I hope they dont give me a hard time to change them out...its under warranty correct??

 

Has anybody gone with drilled and slotted rotors? And has anybody tried those green brake pads...their like organic or something?

 

the silver is part of my dash bezel...if you look at my pics..i have the silver inserts on all the doors as well.

It came standard with my Laramie package....otherwise I believe just the silver dash bezel sells for around 300.

 

Damn, that may be too expensive for my taste. I have the billet inserts for the Infinity system...which is crap and I plan on ripping out anyways. Maybe I'll throw in the HEMI ones.

I've never had warped rotors so I have no clue on that. One of the guys with a higher intellect than mine will surely figure that out for ya.

 

yea i have the infinity inserts also...even though now the only infinity piece I have is the sub....ripped out the stock system too!!