Noisy Brake Pads - Need Advice!

[luci5r]

Guys,

Need some advice here.

I bought a 2003 H2 in April this year; it's an old vehicle with over 134,000 miles on it. Got a good deal and knew it was going to need some work & investment over time.

One of the first things that I'm needing to look into fairly quickly is brakes. The brakes are sqealing like crazy. Every time I apply brakes - they squeal really loud. So I took it to my local GMC Service and basically what they said was that the previous owner had installed "Ceramic Brake Pads" which have a tendency to make all this noise. Apparently the brakes are at 70%+ so they aren't worn down by any means -- but the noise is killing me and the wife won't stand it. I have to do something about the noise.

GMC gave me the following quote for replacing the pads with the "Original" Hummer H2 brake pads - which are not ceramic and won't cause the noise...

$330 for the Front Brake Pads
$250 for the Rear Brake Pads

Does this quote sound about right?

I have a Les Schabb 5 minutes from my place who offer Free Brake Inspection; I was thinking about trying them just to see what Quote they give.

I'm a new Hummer owner and wanted to see what some of you vets have to say about all of this.

Thanks guys!