thanks for all the input/offers.. I've actually been feeling a BBQ at my new house here in orlando so I might have to take you up on the offer Joe. I incidently got a nail in my tire tueday which I removed to bring in and get repaired; first time I saw the pads and disk up close on the front right. It seems like there's quite a bit of pad left on the front and the disk itself looks good, but I'm not exactly sure what I should be looking look for. I've done bearing/brakes stuff before on other vehicles, but the vx looked a little intimidating. Anway, if anything I think they might need to be turned and surfaced like joe said, so I'll looking into it some more. By the way, I've always wanted to lift my vx and now that my tires look to be wearing thin... it might be time for the mudders, so maybe I might be trying to come up to to visit Joe if it's cool with him. I love my adjustable ranchos and wouldn't want to give them up though.. I'm jacking my own thread