[STEye]

Wintertime seems to bring out the worst in cars! When my car is cold, the brakes seem to function correctly. But as I make a few harder stops as the brakes heat up (Not HARD but as you would when quickly slowing down at a stop sign), I notice that the driverside front brake starts to make a sort of grinding noise when coming to a stop (not like metal on metal as in the case of worn out pads). Obviously it's not normal, so I did a visual check on the outside pad. It's a little worn down, but still has some life left. Any clue as to what could be causing this?

-Chris

[Turninconcepts.com]

What pads are you running?

[Funsub]

Wow mine does the same thing. Started the morning of the first snow storm here in the northeast. Once they heated up they were silent. Mine only does it on really cold mornings, like in the teens.

o yea i'm on stock pads just rolled 8000 miles. 05 sti

[STEye]

I'm running the stock pads on the stock rotors...

Funsub, I have the opposite problem.. it's fine when the car is cold, but I had that problem when the car is warmed up. The funny thing is it only happened like a couple of times.. but enough to make you wonder WTF?!

[Funsub]

o sorry i miss read your post. after posting i thought about it alittle more and in my case it could be rust? in combo with frozen pad?

[sebtarta]

Originally Posted by Funsub

o sorry i miss read your post. after posting i thought about it alittle more and in my case it could be rust? in combo with frozen pad?

Yeah, it happens to me too, a few hard taps to create a small whiplash and wake you up in the morning, and the brakes are clean.