Brakes squeaking after spirited driving

[maxwellh90]

2015, stock brakes, stock tune. I believe it's the front brakes that are the ones getting noisy after some spirited driving. So nothing crazy but having a fun time with the car. I know if I take the car to the track the noise is going to be pretty annoying, which I eventually want to do. Hence, my problem. Do I upgrade to some mid range brake pads? I remember I took the car to my mechanic and they said they couldn't reproduce the noise, despite driving the car hard. I guess not hard enough.

[Ashtonts]

Stock brakes on this car are known to be squeaky. Get some different pads if it bothers you, but it won’t hurt anything

[SlowB8.5]

some good pads I would recommend is the redstuff pads, easy to find on ECS and they make no noise and so much less brake dust than OEM pads.

[whts4]

If you are getting squealing if is likely a combination of pads and rotor wear. Usually its from the fronts bc they do most of the braking. If on stock original pads, it is best to replace both pads and rotors to achieve optimal braking and eliminate noise. FCP offers a set of upgraded Ferado pads that are a substancial step-up and can be used with the oem Ferado rear pads that came on many S4s and work with oem rotors. So you can just do the front pad and rotors, but suggest replacing at least the rear pads with std Ferado pads (rotors too if grooved.)

This works well on a street car with occasional HPD or similar driving. If you are using on track or predominately HPD then a complete high performance set of pads, rotors and fluids are best, IMO.

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If you are getting squealing if is likely a combination of pads and rotor wear. Usually its from the fronts bc they do most of the braking. If on stock original pads, it is best to replace both pads and rotors to achieve optimal braking and eliminate noise. FCP offers a set of upgraded Ferado pads that are a substancial step-up and can be used with the oem Ferado rear pads that came on many S4s and work with oem rotors. So you can just do the front pad and rotors, but suggest replacing at least the rear pads with std Ferado pads (rotors too if grooved.)

This works well on a street car with occasional HPD or similar driving. If you are using on track or predominately HPD then a complete high performance set of pads, rotors and fluids are best, IMO.

[jthan.ami]

I replaced all 4 rotors with the cryo-treated Stop Tech brand slotted rotors, and all pads with the Akebono (nearly dustless). These brakes take a licking and keep on tickng even after 60,000 + miles and 4 or 5 years and it looks like I am only about 70% through the pad wear...meaning they will probably go another 15-20k. They don't bite as hard as the OE (which I found quite annoying) but stop just as well, are more linear and I once did multiple 130-150 mph runs in the flats of the New Mexico desert on a cross country trip and they definitely stopped the car no problemo. I've found any car though, has some 'float' at those speeds where you step on the brakes and it feels like they've melted for a few seconds before stopping the car rapidly. Never once has this setup squeaked or made grinding noise. Tiny bit of slotted rotor sounds, but that is to be expected.

[djn876]

Could also just clean them and grease and go back to driving. Squeaky brakes when hot is because they are vibrating differently and usually clears up with some cleaning and lube. No need to spend hundreds of dollars replacing parts if you still have good life on them.

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[evanb]

Could also just clean them and grease and go back to driving. Squeaky brakes when hot is because they are vibrating differently and usually clears up with some cleaning and lube. No need to spend hundreds of dollars replacing parts if you still have good life on them.

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^ This plus put some anti-squeal on the back of the pads.

[maxwellh90]

^ This plus put some anti-squeal on the back of the pads.

Thank you guys for the info. In terms of heat, I do live in CA, but you know I was driving around last night when it was only 60-70 F out, and I still got noise. But I'll clean/grease them before immediately starting to replace parts.