You think your brakes are bad? Really?

[audtatious]

So, a little birdie was asked to help do a brake job on a G35 6mt coupe. The car is delivered on a flat bed and this is the first thing seen:



Calipers are trashed


Rear E-brake was eaten up as well. WTF is wrong with people? If he had run into me and I saw that I'd have beat his azz.

Bigger and additional pix are HERE

[sbird1]

Wow. The shop I used to work at had a Jeep brought in that was really bad too, but this beats it hands down. Too bad. Those calipers were nice.

[MellowZ32]

hang that man for his balls!

[nissangirl74]

Holy s***!

[audtatious]

I hear the guy had a staggered rim setup going on too. 20's in the front and 22's in the rear. VDC did nothing but flash.

[Dittoz7]

Because...retard. lol

[Dattebayo]

How can you drive them so hard they get like that and you don't know about it until the car stops moving? Ugh.

This reminds me of that chick I knew who owned a civic and never changed the oil in 10 YEARS since it was new.

[audtatious]

There is no helping stupidity with some people. Then you have others that over spend and can't maintain whey they bought. I'm sure this guy wanted bling bling instead of working brakes.

[TylerNine]

That is frakkin' ridiculous.

[BusyBadger]

I hear the guy had a staggered rim setup going on too. 20's in the front and 22's in the rear. VDC did nothing but flash.

I was trying to figure out what would could dish out so much abuse, but that explains a lot...poor Brembos were working overtime because the VDC computer was sensing constant wheelspin thanks to that kooky stagger.

Which leads to the question, why didn't he just turn it off?

[Razi]

Which leads to the question, why didn't he just turn it off?

Based on the state of his brakes, I'd guess it's because he is clueless.

[audtatious]

Which leads to the question, why didn't he just turn it off?

Too much effort to push the button each time?

[jdansmith]

Makes you wonder how many more cars like this are on the roads.

[hannibal]

Holy moly! What happened to the other half of the rotor??

[Ace2cool]

What? Brembos are expensive? Whod've thunk it?

[frapjap]

Jebus! And I thought the pads on my car were bad when I took them off last!!!

[audtatious]

Jebus! And I thought the pads on my car were bad when I took them off last!!!

Here's mine after 49k with appx 50% of the pad still left.

[MinisterofDOOM]

I've driven a coworker's Malibu Maxx a couple times and its brakes scare the SHART out of me. The first 70% of brake pedal travel does NOTHING AT ALL. Absolutely nothing. And the braking you do get out of the last 30% is nowhere near powerful enough for emergency situations. It's impossible to modulate the brakes effectively because you can't tell when they're actually going to engage.

I hear the guy had a staggered rim setup going on too. 20's in the front and 22's in the rear. VDC did nothing but flash.

As stupid as those brakes are, I can't really hold this part of it against the driver entirely. This is YET ANOTHER REASON VDC/TCS/etc. can feel free to take a long walk of a short pier.

[frapjap]

Jebus! And I thought the pads on my car were bad when I took them off last!!!

Here's mine after 49k with appx 50% of the pad still left.

Heres one of my terribly bad pads.



The squeelers were long gone before I even got the car. One day what was left of that pad just fell off the caliper and started rolling against the rotor.

[audtatious]

And you were not aware?

[frapjap]

I'm ashamed to admit, but not a single bit. ::pathetic::

:: it never really grinded or did anything out of the ordinary.

[Warped161]

just wow, he didnt notice there were sparks shooting from the wheels?

[King Ranzo]

Holy dear God. I thought the rotors my BMW were trashed when I pulled them out. That's just terrifying. Some people just shouldn't be allowed to own a car.

[Rev_D21]

Older GMs the rear calipers would seize if not properly serviced (service brakes? who does that?). As the pad wore down it would fall out of the caliper. I saw so many cars at Pepboys where the calipers had no pads in them but people were still driving around. Idiots.

[JoeCool6972]

Wow, what a dumbass! I work on Chevy's for a living, used to do Ford and overpriced Toyota (Lexus). I have NEVER seen brakes worn down that badly. Worst I have ever seen is a dumbass who decided to resurface his pads by gluing plywood to them.

[alms24sebring]

Some guy came in a shop I worked at with rotors like that but a very thin skin still on the rotor. But you could see the vents imprited on the thin layer of metal that he called a brake rotor.

He refused the work... I just dont get it. Alright, roll it out..

[audtatious]

I don't get people. If you can't maintain it then don't drive.

[nissangirl74]

Worst I have ever seen is a dumbass who decided to resurface his pads by gluing plywood to them.

[BusyBadger]

As stupid as those brakes are, I can't really hold this part of it against the driver entirely. This is YET ANOTHER REASON VDC/TCS/etc. can feel free to take a long walk of a short pier.

If someone isn't competent/smart/industrious enough to find the VDC button and turn it off they certainly aren't competent or smart enough to being driving without it...

...or maybe driving at all.

[costa_rican13]

what an idiot omg