How hard is it to change pads/rotors?

Well if you had properly filled out your profile, we would be able to see it. :wink:

Click mine for an example. :wave:

Hmmm… my '02 has plenty enough rust on the bolts that I wanted to remove when I did my rear brakes this summer. It was enough of a PITA that I haven’t bothered to do the fronts yet. (they are in much better shape than the rears anyway)

I’ve got a 10 year old car that has never seen a Buffalo winter, and nothing is hard to remove on it, even the exhaust bolts. OTOH, you should watch me removing my steelies every spring on the Sentra. That’s only one winter’s worth of rust. My rear brake rotors were only two years old and required a whole lot of bashing with a 4lb hammer to remove them.

Bottom line: Driven in Buffalo winter, rust will be a factor in a repair.