For all of you 99-02 Jeep Grand Cherokee owners, purchasing front brake pads can be a difficult task if you do not know what kind of calipers you vehicle is equiped with.  You were probably asked if you had ATE or Akebono front calipers.  Only the front brake pads would be different for each caliper. Front and rear rotors and rear pads would be the same.  Probably the best soulution on figuring out what caliper you have is to look through the wheel and look at the caliper itself.  They are slightly different front each other.  The Akebono calipers look slightly larger while the ATE caliper has what looks like a metal wire or clip that is under the pistons.  By looking at the pads, they look completly different.  You can now see why it is very important to know what caliper you have to get the correct pads for that model of Jeep Grand Cherokee.

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I have had a lot of customers purchase Mazda RX8 front brakes but they do not know if they have sport or non sport suspension.  Here are ways to tell if you have sport or non sport suspension brakes.  This is only for the 04-08 Rx 8 or the first body style.  

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Here are a couple of things to look out for when you do a routine check up for your car.

Engine Oil and Filter: Should be checked after every fuel fill up and while the engine is off.  Recomended oil changers are every 3 months or 3000 miles

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It is important to break-in (or bed-in) rotors and pads properly. Not doing so can cause long term damage to the rotors and cause poor braking performance. In general, brake pads and rotors should bond with each other to provide proper braking performance. The purpose of the break-in procedure is to condition the pad/rotor outer contact surface area. On most pads used, more or less pad material is transferred onto the disc surface area as a thin padded film. Some pad compounds need to be heated to work properly as well. If the proper break-in procedure is not done, uneven pad material deposits can cause excessive noise and vibrations under braking.  Uneven wear can also happen too, which can have an effect on the life span of the rotor and pad.

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For all the people who are changing your brakes for the first time on a SRT8 and need some kind of good tutorial because you don’t want to mess up those precious Brembo Calipers, here you go:

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If you always check on your car and make sure everything is in good condition, you might not have to worry too much to go wrong, but sometimes bad luck happens. Then again if you are a really busy person or not car savvy, these are some of the things you should have in your car from some common problems that may occur.

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R1Concepts, Performance Brake Company is located in the city of La Habra, CA.  If you are locally in the area and purchase brakes from R1Concepts, you can bring it to a mechanic shop down the street called “Service Auto Care”, look for Chris and show him your brakes from R1Concepts and they will give you a good price for installation. They have worked on many brake jobs for our customers from many different vehicles, and had no problems. They are professionals on installing car brakes.  So if you like to take advantage of R1Concepts brake prices and installation, call them at 888-712-6623 or go to their website: R1Concepts.com.

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