Front end vibration.

[flash968]

actually, those rotors and pads show signs of deposits. you should not see so many concentric circles.

that being said, everything looks shallow on the rotors.

surface the rotors, and change the pads, with the same brand and model of pad as you have now. then do a proper break in on the new pads. then cross your fingers. based on what i can see, i would guess you have a 60-70% chance of success on this.

as for the struts, of course change them. regarding what to change them to, that depends on how you drive the car, and what kind of ride quality you want. i hate gas struts. others like them. i prefer a double adjustable hydraulic strut. pricey though, and not in most people's budget. koni yellow sports seem to be the popular +1 upgrade.

[DaddyGlenn]

This is a very interesting thread. Thought I would share an experience.

Last spring, I purchased an early 85 944 track car. This past winter, I changed the pads and rotors at all four corners (along with a bunch of other maintenance). I used the same type of rotors and pads that the car had previously and the old ones were not worn out yet. I just wanted a good baseline going into the next season.

The first time I got the car on the road, I took it through a disciplined bed-in routine I found on this site. Gently getting the brakes warmed up. Then a series of threshold breaking from 70 to 10 mph, until they started to fade, followed by a cool down period.

I have to say, the old brakes never performed as well as the new ones. It is a night and day difference.

I know it is purely anecdotal, but I was convinced the bedding process made a big difference.

[djnolan]

I like the stoptech advice on bedding, too. The only problem is finding enough open road to do it without stopping or disturbing traffic. I incidentally had not so recent new pads/rotors on the front, and a fresh pad slap on the rear of my S car and had some issues with chatter front and rear. I took it to a track DE event and that seems to have done the bedding trick. Much smoother now!

[Thunder-71]

I managed this weekend to install new Brembo rotors, new Textar pads and SKF wheel bearings from our host. During the process both pad wear sensors broke being fused in the old pads and did not have new replacements. Now I have new issues:
1. The brake wear light is on. Do I need to install new sensors for the light to go off?
2. The car is difficult to start and runs bad like it is choking. Can not perform the bedding since the car hardly runs. Any suggestions to these new issues will be appreciated. Is the sensor light associated with the bad running? The car ran perfectly before.

[flash968]

you will need new sensors for the light to go off. those danged things break all the time when changing pads.

i do not think the brake sensors are related to the engine running issue. i know it is common to apply post hoc ergo propter hoc thinking, but i don't think they are related.