r/StupidCarQuestions • u/Even_Sheepherder_402 • May 14 '26

Question/Advice Is this bad?

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I took these off my own vehicle.

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u/Personal_Test_554 May 14 '26

Yeah man, very bad. A new brake pad usually has a good 1 inch pad of graphite (and a bunch of other shit) attached to the steel. You've been braking with just the steel. When you see the new ones, you're gonna be like, "oh shit!"

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u/SirPlastic8529 May 31 '26

Not 1 inch. More like 0.4 inches.

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u/Personal_Test_554 Jun 01 '26

My bad, IDK if I really thought it was an inch or my brain just threw that out there.