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Ok, can I use Semi-metallic brake pads on 99 Outback?


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  • 5 weeks later...

I just got new brake pads ("lifetime" whatever that means). I'm guessing they're metallic cuz they squeeeeeeeeeel and sqeeeeeek. (thanks, Jamie!) They also STINK. Like sulphur. Real bad, embarassingly bad. I took the car back to the repair dude (Brake Doctors on Aurora in Lynnwood WA) and they took the brakes apart and put them back together again, said they were fine.

 

I can deal with squeek, but do they have to stink?

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Go for drive on a twisty road were you can give the brakes a workout. Get them hot enough to smell REAL bad. The binding materials will burn off the excess solvents and they won't smell in the future!

 

 

Don't come to a halt with the brakes still hot, drive on for a while to let them cool again.

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