[PaulE]

My daily driver is a 2012 Acura TL which will need brakes soon. Currently I have about 77k miles and my daily commute is 60 miles each way, about 50 of those highway miles with lots of traffic. I replaced the front brakes and rotors prematurely once due to "warping," and now the front disks are "warped" again. I use the "quotes" as I've read that the rotors don't actually warp, but they get irregular deposits of brake material on their braking surface that is the equivalent, causing the run-out that causes the pedal pulsation. This car has the cheaper design calipers that are floating with the piston(s) only on one side of the caliper.

I've read that some causes for the "warping" are improperly torque-ing the lug nuts, and the pins that the calipers slide can get sticky. I think my caliper pins may be sticky as there is now a slight high speed steering wheel vibration even when not applying the brakes. The wheels and tires were just checked for problems and rebalanced, which didn't affect the vibration.

On my 2003 Boxster S I'm still on my original brakes at 55,000 miles with no issues. I drive that car on my same commute and have the same types of emergency stops when commuting traffic quickly goes from 70-80 mph to a stop. Of course the Boxster has much better brakes though!

My Acura's rear brakes will be due for replacement pretty soon. I am contemplating an upgrade of the pads and rotors at all 4 wheels if anyone thinks that would eliminate or lessen the "warping" issue. I see plenty of places offering upgraded pads and rotors online - some rotors available for this car are drilled, slotted and even drilled and slotted together. I'm not looking for better braking performance on this car, don't need stainless steel lines or Brembo type calipers. Just looking to keep the braking performance the car has and avoid the "warping" of the rotors if I can.

So if anyone can offer any advice or specific products to look at, I would really appreciate it!