Brake Nightmare Dam Brembros
Sep 22, 2005, 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by TurboWill
Ok I followed the brake bed in directions that stoptech provided. I went down to my local beach parking lot. it is huge, and on a weekday afternoon it empty 
Ten times I went from 60-10mph. braked as hard as I could. Never came to a dead stop like the directions said. After a bout 5 times you could really smell the brakes!
After 10 times I drove around and let the brakes cool down. Then I parked my car for a half hour and let them cool down. After 30 minutes I did the same thin, ten times brake hard, never stop. Then I just drove home. Its like night and day compared to how they were to days ago.
Thank god for this forum, or i would probably be back in the same boat agin in a few days.
Ten times I went from 60-10mph. braked as hard as I could. Never came to a dead stop like the directions said. After a bout 5 times you could really smell the brakes!
After 10 times I drove around and let the brakes cool down. Then I parked my car for a half hour and let them cool down. After 30 minutes I did the same thin, ten times brake hard, never stop. Then I just drove home. Its like night and day compared to how they were to days ago.
Thank god for this forum, or i would probably be back in the same boat agin in a few days.
Sep 23, 2005, 05:55 AM
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I can speak for the "DIY Brake Job" discussed in this thread. I was getting some steering wheel shake when braking at higher speeds and some pedal vibration.
Over the last few days, I've been braking really hard (when it was safe behind me) at almost every stop.
This morning: no shake, no pedal vibration.
+1 to the "Thank god for the this forum"
Over the last few days, I've been braking really hard (when it was safe behind me) at almost every stop.
This morning: no shake, no pedal vibration.
+1 to the "Thank god for the this forum"
Sep 23, 2005, 07:10 AM
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just do a set of hard brakeing like 10 times from 60mph to 10mph and DO NOT come to a complete stop. also do engauge the ABS. after you do this you wont have any shaking
Sep 23, 2005, 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Shaker Motorsports
These are the same ones we are selling but the price has gone up. If we had 6-10 people we could knock $10 off. Rotors only are available at our site.
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=158002
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=158002
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2002-...temZ8000789126
That's awfully cheap for 4 rotors. It's too bad these kinds of prices don't last. Once people start really buying them, they raise the price. Why sell more rotors at a low price when you can sell more at a higher price? Or...maybe the manufacturing cost just happened to go up
Sep 23, 2005, 03:06 PM
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The most important thing I can add to this discussion is, never, ever, never let anyone "cut" your rotors. If they truely are "bad", they need to be replaced. Never, ever!
I believe the pad transfer issue has been covered in depth...
I still think the Ferodo DS 2500's are the best pad for the buck for the aggressive street driver... about $250 shipped to your door for all four corners from www.raceshopper.com.
I've got 47264 miles on the orignal 2003 rotors, of which the last 25000 have been on the DS 2500 pads. There is more than half the pad material left after those punishing 25000 miles. This includes many, many 150+ down to 50mph fade/shake free lock downs. I drive my car hard from the time the key goes in the ignition, until it comes out.
I believe the pad transfer issue has been covered in depth...
I still think the Ferodo DS 2500's are the best pad for the buck for the aggressive street driver... about $250 shipped to your door for all four corners from www.raceshopper.com.
I've got 47264 miles on the orignal 2003 rotors, of which the last 25000 have been on the DS 2500 pads. There is more than half the pad material left after those punishing 25000 miles. This includes many, many 150+ down to 50mph fade/shake free lock downs. I drive my car hard from the time the key goes in the ignition, until it comes out.
Sep 24, 2005, 05:21 PM
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My issue was extreme shaking from the steering wheel whenever I hit the brakes at +50mph.
I thought the rotors where bad. I took off the pads and saw they had a strange wear on them. The edges were1/4" lower than the rest of the pad. I proceeded to install Ferodo's to the front. The feeling went away...(any new pad would have cured...i chose Ferodo because of its availability and forum recommendations) Remember to place the brake shims in the right rotation and to grease the pads on the non friction side! My Ferodo's are extremely silent!!!
I thought the rotors where bad. I took off the pads and saw they had a strange wear on them. The edges were1/4" lower than the rest of the pad. I proceeded to install Ferodo's to the front. The feeling went away...(any new pad would have cured...i chose Ferodo because of its availability and forum recommendations) Remember to place the brake shims in the right rotation and to grease the pads on the non friction side! My Ferodo's are extremely silent!!!
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