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Last Monday I picked up my brand new 2008 Lotus Exige S240. I absolutely love the car! There was only one problem. Everytime I would brake there would be this horrible horrible grinding sound! Now I've heard noisy brakes but this sound was completely out of the ordinary and was actually embarrassing. I mean the cars get attention but I don't want that kind of attention.
Anyway, my cousin Jeff (Bgwilly31) and I looked at it this weekend (actually I walked out to the garage and Jeff had the wheel off
) and you will never believe what the noise was!
The passenger side, rear caliper, rear brake pad was installed completely backwards! :crazyeyes
So the metal on metal sound I was hearing was literally metal on metal! Mind you this vehicle came straight from port which means Lotus installed these things.
Needless to say we didnt think it was safe to drive 600 more miles (until 1000 mile service) on a backward installed brake pad so we took pictures and documented the problem, then flipped the pad......No more noise! :clap:
Just thought I'd let Lotus owners know that sometimes a brake noise doesnt always mean your brakes need bedded or there's gravel trapped in the pad...it could be a backward installed brake pad :shrug:
I'll try and get the pictures uploaded from my cousin as soon as possible.
Anyway, my cousin Jeff (Bgwilly31) and I looked at it this weekend (actually I walked out to the garage and Jeff had the wheel off
The passenger side, rear caliper, rear brake pad was installed completely backwards! :crazyeyes
So the metal on metal sound I was hearing was literally metal on metal! Mind you this vehicle came straight from port which means Lotus installed these things.
Needless to say we didnt think it was safe to drive 600 more miles (until 1000 mile service) on a backward installed brake pad so we took pictures and documented the problem, then flipped the pad......No more noise! :clap:
Just thought I'd let Lotus owners know that sometimes a brake noise doesnt always mean your brakes need bedded or there's gravel trapped in the pad...it could be a backward installed brake pad :shrug:
I'll try and get the pictures uploaded from my cousin as soon as possible.