How many miles did you get out of your oem brake pads? I got 126k!

[Dirk Diggler]

Cobra, I pm'ed you.

[Eggman]

What year is your car? The '17-up cars have much more durable brakes.

How's that? I thought they used the same pads & calipers - just bigger rotors.

[Mark]

How's that? I thought they used the same pads & calipers - just bigger rotors.

That's my impression, too. If you shop for brakes pads, they come up the same ones for the 2014-15 & 2017+. When shopping for rotors, they are different.

Related side note: 13" rims will fit on a 2014-15 Mirage, & that is not so on a 2017+.

[Eggman]

That's my impression, too. If you shop for brakes pads, they come up the same ones for the 2014-15 & 2017+. When shopping for rotors, they are different.

Related side note: 13" rims will fit on a 2014-15 Mirage, & that is not so on a 2017+.

I'm tempted to try some 13" rims & tires. But that strays off topic...

[Mark]

I'm tempted to try some 13" rims & tires. But that strays off topic...

I would have considered 13" rims for possible other snow tire options for a Mirage, but it very easy to see that 14" steel rims just clear the existing brakes/rotors on my 2017 Mirage.

I just happened to mention it, because it's related to the brake set up being slightly different. I can't say that I have compared the actually braking of earlier Mirages to the present ones.

[dspace9]

I've seen many on this forum mention the mirage's brakes dont last very long but I just changed out my front pads today for the very first time at 126k. The used pads still had a good amount of material as you can see. I'm curious if anyone has gotten more out their brakes than I have?

My front discs were replaced after 2 years owning my Mirage. My dealership recommended new brakes. Maybe they did work that wasn't necessary?

My drums on the back are original. They were cleaned up a bit once. I have 127 000 km's on the odometer right now, 2014 Mirage.

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a propos the unrelated topic of 13" tires above, I thought the same thing the other day. I think 13" tires are only 4 bolt, so you got your selection of cool classic rim possibilities for sure. I ordered a TVR parts catalogue the other week, and they have some 13" tire/rim stuff in there among so much else TVR stuff.

[MetroMPG]

How's that? I thought they used the same pads & calipers - just bigger rotors.

Mitsu said they changed the pad material as well:

• brake pad/shoe material changed for better performance

Thread: Official 2017 Mitsubishi Mirage changes, specifications, details, pricing


They probably don't keep the old part number around for the 2014/15 cars - just put the new formulation on them.

[Mark]

Mitsu said they changed the pad material as well:

That may be the case, but when you go to order new brake pads from someone like Auto Zone the same part numbers comes up for all 2014-2019 Mirages.

Mitsubishi may have put a better quality brake pad on the 2017+ Mirages, but that doesn't mean much after the original brake pads are replaced. A person can still go cheap or more expensive with replacement ones.

[stevedmc]

I replace my front brake pads every 100k miles whether it is needed or not. Each time I replaced them, there was plenty of meat left and it wasn't necessary. My car currently has something like 282k miles on it, so I suppose I am due for another brake pad replacement in about 18k miles.

[tomrad]

I replace my front brake pads every 100k miles whether it is needed or not. Each time I replaced them, there was plenty of meat left and it wasn't necessary. My car currently has something like 282k miles on it, so I suppose I am due for another brake pad replacement in about 18k miles.

I got 75k, not completely worn out but close.