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When changing brake pads, you are nearly 2x as likely to be installing front brakes vs. rear brakes, and for good reason.  Your vehicle does most of it’s braking work in the front of the vehicle, and pads wear a great deal faster as a result.  Thankfully, front brakes are usually easier to change than rear brakes, so vehicle engineers did something right…. 

If you are wondering why exactly front brake pads wear faster than the rear, or want to know how rear brakes differ from the front, then read this article…

Weight Transfer

When applying brakes in your own daily driver, you have probably noticed the transfer of weight in the vehicle from back to front.  Front brakes as a result must be made larger and stronger than the rear to equalize braking force bet...