AndrewK

Definitely, that's part of the work that will be done. thank you for the advice!

I ended up going into a brake shop and having them check out the pads and rotors. I feel confident in changing them but not in evaluating them... so they said the rotors and pads are shot. I guess this makes sense because I've had the rotors resurfaced before. I don't know how the previous owner drove the car but considering what I've had to have done to it (new strut, bent rim, etc) I don't think he was a mellow driver. Anyhow, I think I'm going to go ahead and have the rotors replaced with something of equal to or greater quality to the OEM rotors and then put some upgraded pads on, like the Hawk HPS pads. The guy at the brake shop was pretty adamant that the OEM brake setup on the LGT is more than sufficient which seems to jive with what I've seen in this thread.

This is a really amazing and informative thread. Xenonk, I appreciate your holistic approach to the topic of stopping. Like a lot of other people I get carried away sometimes when looking at aftermarket parts and forget what the real goal is. In my case, it's just stopping my car during daily driving, sometimes more spirited than others. So I bought my LGT used with 35000 miles on it. I'm at 65k now and the steering wheel shakes when I press the brakes hard. This happened before, stopped and now it's back. I'm thinking it's a warped rotor but I need to inspect to be sure. So, question; if I were to replace the front rotors and/or pads only, is that problematic? Do the rears need to be done at the same time?

Nice, I'm all for it! Sounds like fun.

Lowell, MA... new member to the forum. I moved here from NYC.