Replacing brake pads

[Palting 996 C4S]

I'm psyching myself up to DIY brake pad change. Bought the pads, read the DIY, found out I may be missing some stuff. Should have read the DIY first, then bought the parts.

Just have the new pads. Don't have the "Pad repair Kit", nor the vibration dampers. How imperative is it to have them new? Can I just re-use the old, or is that a suicidal idea?

Thanks!

[viper501]

The only part that I wouldn't reuse would be the vibration dampers. They are stick on items and I doubt that they would be effective as a used item. You literally stick them on to the new pads with the adhesive backing. Not sure that you would be able to get them off the old pads and get them to stick to new pads. If you aren't changing the rotors you should be OK otherwise. (although it is possible that the spring shim could be weakened from heat cycling but none of mine were).

[Palting 996 C4S]

Thanks. I've been mulling this the last few days. Since I have to order the vibration dampers and wait anyway, I might as well go ahead and order the repair kit as well.

Thanks again.