Front brake pads

Can't really see them from the picture. What do they measure? I believe 2mm is the replacement thickness.

 

Yeah, well focused picture, of the brake rotor top edge. It is tough to get a decent pic.

That said, I can discern the brake pads in the distance, looks like 4~5 mm? One millimeter is minimum thickness, but if they were 2 or even 3 mm, I'd be getting antsy.

 

Seems like excessively wide rust zone on the rotor face?? First pic seemed like that too.

 

Ok. Yeah hard to judge the scale. If pad's not running on that zone, n'mind.

 

Those rust bands at the inner and outer rotor edges just keep growing, and carving away the pads like so:



It never stops being technically true that it's "outside the brake pad contact area", but only because the brake pad contact area keeps getting smaller as the top and bottom edges are carved away.

It's not so easy to see how far along it really is, without taking the pads out for a look-see.

 

Your pads look fine. I'm at about 2 mm myself, and I'll probably change next inspection in 5k, maybe 10.

 

I would say spring time if not sooner, def think about changing everything out. pads and rotors
Those rust zone probably keep traveling into the pad and soon wont be enough for a hard emergency stop, possibly

The neutral braking is helping, but they may be too far gone to have complete surface contact
and pads may even start chipping/chunking off if not already

 

In the mid 80's, German's were using dried pig piss to melt ice because they were concerned about salt corrosion. I thought it might be adopted in the States.

 

Isn't it a shame how much thickness is left on the pads in #8, everything fine except for the carving?

 

OP got a warning?
Verbal (or written) warning from an inspection station employee or dash board warning
If employee, take "with a grain of salt" as I would disagree.
If dashboard I would pay attention and agree.

To my eyes, from the picture; pads look okay.
Note the center wear grove in post 8 photo as a positive replacement point of wear guideance.
I am unsure if 1 mm or 2 mm is the recommended remaining pad thickness, before replacement.
Calipers et al sure could use a cleaning and probably the pins re-greased.

Again from photo, pads "have some meat" left and appear okay.