you mean "warped" rotors?  that's usually easily cured, and it doesn't
take expensive aftermarket rotors to do it.  see below for reason and cure.

that's from the disk, not the pad.  it's iron oxide.

as stated before, it means they generate low dust, don't cause excessive
wear on the disk, and they don't fade.

no you can't.  you can have a problem that's misdiagnosed as warp.  see
below.

that's a fitting incompetence problem.  see below.

there is a reason you're consistently having problems - you're
consistently doing something wrong.  possibly as many as three things
actually.

first though, you need to understand something very important about
honda - they make vehicles that handle well and perform efficiently.
both these qualities require low unsprung weight at the wheels.  the
easiest way to achieve that is to minimize, within reason, the mass of
the hub and the disk.  consequently, honda use thin lightweight hubs,
and disks.  the down side is that this is less tolerant of the following
problems:

1. if lug nuts are not correctly torqued, i.e. with a torque wrench, and
in the right sequence, the hub will not seat square relative to the wheel.

2. same if there is corrosion at the hub/wheel interface.

3. this last problem is not unique to honda - disk contamination while
servicing.  dirty greasy fingers leave patches on the disk which can
glaze and cause performance problems.  tegger has a page on his recent
encounter with this on his website.  disks need to be kept clean and
grease free.

#'s 1 & 2 are by far the commonest cause of rotor "warping", and most
importantly, can be easily cured.  simply clean the face of the hub with
a scraper, and the inside of the wheel where it seats against the hub.
then smear a little antiseize on these mating surfaces.  take care not
to get any on the disk.  then replace the wheel and torque in the
correct sequence, 1-3-2-4, in a two or more stage process, using a
torque wrench.  do NOT use air tools.

for most people, this will cure "honda disk warp", every time.  without
need to replace or skim any disks.  or spend vast sums on expensive
aftermarket components that are not necessary or worse, actually inferior.

I've heard good things about the Hawk pads and highkm's experience bears
that out. Yeah, OEM is good but there are products that ARE better but
they typically are NOT at your local parts store, especially DISCOUNT
parts store.

One caveat on the rotors: Be carful of cross drilled rotors. They do
have a tendency to crack at the holes.

-SP

where you have the "to" section on the "compose" part of a posting, put
both rec.autos.makers.honda and alt.autos.honda.  depending on your
newsreader, you may enter them on the same line as comma separated or on
separate lines.

so measure the pad thickness remaining and replace when necessary.
honda usually use wear indicators, so change them when the indicators
start to make a noise.

he mentioned its a hybrid, don't the brakes last longer due to regenerative
braking system?

t