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Old May 22, 2007, 05:46 PM
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I need some peoples thoughs on my brake set up

Tommarrow i am ordering these parts to completly redo my brake set up with these parts

-Stop tech sloted rotors
-Hawk Performance HPS
-Stoptech stainless lines
-Motul RBF600 fluid


How much fluid will i need to buy and what do you guys think of these parts.

I can only spend 1000-1100 on brakes.

Thanks for your imput
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Originally Posted by fitbikedominick
Tommarrow i am ordering these parts to completly redo my brake set up with these parts

-Stop tech sloted rotors
-Hawk Performance HPS
-Stoptech stainless lines
-Motul RBF600 fluid


How much fluid will i need to buy and what do you guys think of these parts.

I can only spend 1000-1100 on brakes.

Thanks for your imput


I think you'll be fine.... and 1 liter of brake fluid will be plenty
Old May 22, 2007, 05:47 PM
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sorry i spelt thoughts wrong.

My car is a street car that once a year goes to the drag stip
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It's always good to upgrade your brakes, but you really don't need slotted rotors, ss lines, and motul 600's if you aren't driving your car on road course tracks in my opinion. Also, hawk HPS pads aren't really upgrades from the stock ones. If you are just driving on the street and only go to a drag strip once a year, I would just save money and stay with stock brake systems. If you want something better in terms of fade resistance and initial bites, try Ferodo DS2500 pads and be done with it. Just my $.02
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Originally Posted by fitbikedominick
sorry i spelt thoughts wrong.

My car is a street car that once a year goes to the drag stip
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Old May 22, 2007, 06:08 PM
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why don't you just get the HPS pads, install them, bed them and be happy?

you DD a 9 and your stock pads are gone already?

wow
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Looks good to me, BUT if you track your car at all I might go with a more aggressive pad than the Hawk HPS. The Hawk HP+ are better, but from what I hear they squeak quite a bit on the street.

I've been happy with my Ferodo Racing DS2500s. They hold up well at the track and they don't squeak hardly at all on the street.
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HPS is a nice step up from the stock pads. If all you do is drag race occasionally you should be happy with that setup. Maybe a two piece floating rotor to shave some rotational weight
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Don't buy any that stuff. Get a set of nice, light weight wheels or like "iamdace" said, "two piece floating rotor to shave some rotational weight "
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you definitely do not need or want motul fluid. for drag strip work regular dot3 or at most ATE typ200 fluid will be fine. like others said, spend your money on lower rotational inertia items like wheels.
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My evo 9 has 35000 miles on it i orderded mine a few months before they came out and its my only car. I want the fluid and lines in case i want to take my car to the road course because there is a track 40 miles from my house. My car is 343whp and stoping that SOB takes a toll on my brakes
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DS2500 pads front and rear and you'll be good. Do the brake fluid if you plan to go to the track. The Motul RBF600 needs to be flushed more often than normal brake fluid and you'll never see any benefits in normal driving.

Rotors and lines are a nice upgrade but definitely not needed. You will not notice any difference with these for your use.
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