Are my brake pads missing something?

[striktlyaccord]

So my new EBC Ultimax rotors and Greenstuff pads came in today.  While inspecting the products, I noticed that only 1 of the 4 brake pads came with the metal bracket thing (sorry, don't know the technical term).  I'm under the impression that 2 of the 4 brake pads should come with these things, not just one.  Did I get a defective product/wrong pad from EBC, or is the piece not required?  See the pic below for what I'm talking about (the bottom pad has the bracket on the left side):

[accordguy04]

Hmm... I think so.  Yeah, 2 should have the bracket on them... not sure if its required or not...

[Mike]

Pretty sure it should be there....

[timot_one]

Kinda hard to tell from the pic Dave.  You may want to show both sides of all 4 pads.

[alpha]

That metal clip is the wear indicator.  EBC is expecting that you will change both sides when its time to change pads again, so that's probably why they didn't put one on both sides.

[MyNameIsThien]

Like Mark said. Everytime I do brakes at work, some of pads come with both pad wear indicator some only come one. The wear indicator should be upwards and on the inside where the caliper piston comes contact with. Majority of the time the inboard pad wears out first.

[striktlyaccord]

Tim - Even if I flip the pads over, what you see in the pic is what you get.  The only pad with the bracket on it is the bottom one.  The very top pad has these "notches" on the sides just like the bottom one does, and the 2 in the middle do not.  So, I'm thinking that the top pad shoulda have a bracket installed on it too, but it doesn't.

Alpha / Thien - OK, so it's a wear indicator.  I was actually thinking the same thing that you are... that they only put one on because your pads should wear evenly, and you change them in the future at the same time.  It's definately possible.  I might try to e-mail them just to confirm this though.

[Rushzer0]

My EBC pads also only came with one wear indicator


See the one in the box has it and it's partner laying flat on the table does not your good

[ikethegreat]

Enjoy the terrible smell and smoke as the break-in coating wears off while you break them in!  Don't drive with your windows down like I did.   

[timot_one]

Ohhh.  That sounds awful.  I don't remember if I had my windows down or not when I bedded in my Yellow Stuff pads.

Dave, it looks like Rushzer0 confirmed that you got what you were supposed to.

[striktlyaccord]

Thanks for the confirmation on the pads Rushzer0.  Now I feel more confident that they're not defective or something.  Now, I'd like to know if there's any way to paint the backings of these pads since that disgusting lime green color showing through my calipers and wheels is not gonna go with my color scheme at all!  Any suggestions?

[Rushzer0]

I used a high heat primer, paint and clear spray bomb and painted my calipers and pads ricer red after carefully masking off everything (like took me a long time to mask everything because you don't want paint on the rubbers or piston or friction surface) shitty picture of afterwards

[striktlyaccord]

Rushzer0 - Well you painted part of your brake pads AND your calipers.  My calipers are actually already painted (well actually, powdercoated, yeeahh boouii).  So, I just have to do the pads, which shouldn't be too hard.  I just hate the lime green color that they are, so it's gotta go.  What rotors are you using too?  They look good.

Also, the direct response from EBC regarding my original question:

"David,
Yes, this is normal. Many of the manufacturers are going to one wear indicator. All pads should be wearing at the same rate, therefore only needing one sensor. Sorry for the confusion. Thank you."

So, my pads are normal.  All is well.

[Mike]

I feel like that's kind of stupid why would you manufacture something based on what it supposed to do. Say you have a caliper issue on one side and that pad wears faster...

[CrackerTeg]

Say you have a caliper issue on one side and that pad wears faster...

This.