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      09-20-2020, 12:08 AM   #8
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LOW PAD THICKNESS MEANS REPLACE YOUR BRAKES

Brake pads are made of metal shavings (copper, steel, graphite, and brass) bonded with resin, or copper flakes and filaments bonded with clay or porcelain. New pads have a standard thickness of about 10 and 12 millimeters, and the minimum pad thickness to retain safe braking ability is about 1 millimeter, but that doesn’t mean you should wait until then—pads should be replaced at around the 3-millimeter mark.
Based on this my front pads should last 30 to 35k miles
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