Braking sucks BIG time this or these cars!!!!!
#17
unless you wanna buy me another car, I will have to stick with this!
sometimes you don't like what you drive but you just have to. i do like the car itself but i am sick of the issues i had and i am still having.
thanks!!
sometimes you don't like what you drive but you just have to. i do like the car itself but i am sick of the issues i had and i am still having.
thanks!!
Last edited by DIYAR21; 11-14-2007 at 03:29 PM.
#18
I have used Hawk pads on my Camaro and liked them. Stone cold braking was good and hauling the car to a stop at high speeds was good. Now when I used a set of Performance Friction carbon pads. The cold braking was terrible, you had to heat them up to make them work, but once up to operating temps they would dam near launch you through the window.
I don't know if all carbon pads act the way mine did but slow speed hard stops with the ones I had really sucked. Luckily I never had to panic stop with the carbons installed, if I did though, I probably would have rear ended someone. And yes I did break in the pads the correctly and retried the break in process two times along with putting fresh cross hatching on the rotors, thinking that I did something wrong and glazed the pads or rotors.
I don't know if all carbon pads act the way mine did but slow speed hard stops with the ones I had really sucked. Luckily I never had to panic stop with the carbons installed, if I did though, I probably would have rear ended someone. And yes I did break in the pads the correctly and retried the break in process two times along with putting fresh cross hatching on the rotors, thinking that I did something wrong and glazed the pads or rotors.
Last edited by qa767; 11-14-2007 at 04:44 PM.
#20
Braking sucks BIG time this or these cars!!!!!
Buy your own car.
And post on the correct forum.
#21
I will pass. there is no way i will spend over 1-2gs on this car for only brakes. it is not worth it. the car is peice of junk at this moment with oil, coolant leak, a/c dont work, motor vibrates crazy, 134k miles. not worth it man. I found 4 slotted and drilled rotors with pads all over for less than $250.00 shipped and i will get that kit. it should be better than nothing!
I use OEM rotors w/Raybestos ceramic pads front and semi-metallic rear....
Then use the money you save to fix the other items......
#22
Just don't degrade the entire 4th generation of F-Bodys because yours has a lot of problems. All you had to do to avoid that was post "Braking sucks on my car!!!!" (and post it on the correct forum). But that wouldn't have been as dramatic and sensational.
Buy your own car.
And post on the correct forum.
Buy your own car.
And post on the correct forum.
what are you seriously trying to tell me? I am here to bash f-bodies?
please try to see my posts on ls1.com, ls1tech.com, automotiveforums/firebird section.
I am a fan, not hater!!!
thank you sir!!
#23
So, I think it's just the car you have. Everyone's said it before, but try different pads, change your brake fluid, turn down your rotors if they're warped.
I have stock rotors and stock lines on mine, but do have Hawk HPS pads. My car's braking is not that bad. It probably ain't great compared to some lightweight import, but I have full confidence when I brake and it's predictable for me. It's not as quick to brake as my 335i, but by no means is it something like how you describe yours.
I think a "normal" functioning 4th gen F-body brakes better that what you describe.
I have stock rotors and stock lines on mine, but do have Hawk HPS pads. My car's braking is not that bad. It probably ain't great compared to some lightweight import, but I have full confidence when I brake and it's predictable for me. It's not as quick to brake as my 335i, but by no means is it something like how you describe yours.
I think a "normal" functioning 4th gen F-body brakes better that what you describe.
#24
I thought so cuz my car's braking is dangerously bad. I will try to machine my rotors if there is any thread left and put hawk performance pads up front and change the fluid and see if it gets any better.
#26
DIYAR,
My advise is the same as many others.
CHANGE YOUR FLUID!!!!
Brake fluid is hydrophyllic. In other words it draws moisture and then can't take heat. It will boil, and you probably have the same fluid that was in the car when it rolled off the assembly line.
Air bubbles don't cause fade as stated before. They will cause a soft pedal feeling. Fade is the effect of the fluid getting too hot and boiling and then losing it's hydraulic pressure or the pads getting too hot. If you aren't smelling burnt pads, then it is most likely your fluid.
Also while it is up, check and make sure all your calipers are working.
#27
My car stops great now that I have the C-5 13" setup from Kore3 and it wasn't 1k - 2k it was $750 with the cross drilled/slotted rotors and I also installed drilled/slotted rear rotors and new pads all around for another $250. The car stops on a dime with 10 cents change.
#29
You're right it's the size of the rotors, type of pads, braided hoses and the design of the calipers that make the biggest difference. The holes and slots look cool though, but my car stops much shorter now and it will do it repeatedly where it wouldn't before.