Will,
That's a bummer. Personally I would find a set, because they are there for a reason. As I remember, I reused the original clips because the ones they supplied did not fit as well. That maybe the reason they fell out. Can you find your old ones and re-install them? Quick before the trash gets picked up,otherwise Brake Labs could send you another set.

 

Came to the same reasoning you did... obviously someone put them there for a reason.

I had reused the old ones, so I dug through the trash and found the new ones and installed them today.

They seem fairly snug. Hopefully they stay on this time!

Cheers,

- Will

 

They are there exactly for the reason they are named for. Not all brake pads will rattle but they likely will at some point. Braking efficacy will be unaffected either way, these are noise reducers. If it were my car I'd get a replacement set and install them.

 

Lucky! Now you're an expert. I usually save the reusable parts for a while just to be safe and trash them when I forget what they were for.Good thing your're in FL, yesterday 2" of snow and this morning 17 F here which is not so nice for brake service.

 

So I'm not the only one who saves old parts for a while. For me it's superstition!

 

Great info in this thread. I need to replace my back brakes at 20k, but I am just doing the pads and not the rotors. Figure I will do the fronts as well while I am at it.

Can you guys give me an idea of how you like the ceramic pads? Low dust i assume and how do they brake? Did u lose stopping power? Thanks in advance.

 

You will likely regret not doing the rotors at the same time.

 

My experience in the past several weeks are the ceramic pads produce about 1/4 the brake dust of the stock pads. With the stock pads, driving primarily to/fro work (10 miles each way city driving) my wheels would look like I drove through mud after about 3 or 4 days...

Stopping power seems unaffected. Don't know how they would react to fade on a track, but certainly good for street use. They are also less grabby than the stock pads.

Cheers,

- Will

 

Ceramics work fine. Read my post in the "How to Section" it covers just about everything. https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...job-how-85582/

 

looking for good brake pads and rotors front and rear...any suggestions re your experiences..

John

 

Ed's faq listed above covers it all, including sourcing for pads and rotors...

Cheers,

- Will