Brake Fade - anybody with good results?
I always appreciate your experience-laden inputs. 
08-28-2013, 08:22 AM
#42
Well that got out of hand for a bit there. I do appreciate the efforts of posters trying to help out though. I am just going for the pads and brake fluid change as recommended by Sam and a couple early posters. Maybe some stainless flex lines, depends on how mine look. Again, this is no race car, I just want to be able to hustle through the backroads for a few minutes.
08-31-2013, 06:50 AM
#44
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Went for a nice backroad romp Sunday morning, lasted maybe 15-20 minutes. Got the car up to 80-90 a decent amount of times and then had to slow it to about 30-40 for turns (wasn't trying to push it very hard through the turns) - Didnt notice anything until I was almost home and had to stop at a light from about 90 - HOLY BRAKE FADE! Some frantic downshifting and all the force i could muster on the brake pedal stopped me in time. Then doing about 20 I rolled right past the road my house is on - almost zero brakes. Now I was driving aggressively, but not crazy and the fade was ridiculous. Through some research it looks like, without spending money on bigger/different brakes I should
1 - Flush brake fluid and fill with DOT 4
2 - Upgrade pads (no idea whats on there, but i would bet its whatever was cheapest when the brakes were done at a shop by previous owner)
3 - Upgrade rotors - Apparently Baer makes stock replacements for these cars?????
So, I'm wondering if anyone has had good results by doing these basic things. This car is never going to see a track other than a dragstrip and I dont drive it that hard often. I would like to haul it down from speed a few times without losing my brakes though when the mood strikes. So what has been you guy's experience with the stuff I mentioned?
1 - Flush brake fluid and fill with DOT 4
2 - Upgrade pads (no idea whats on there, but i would bet its whatever was cheapest when the brakes were done at a shop by previous owner)
3 - Upgrade rotors - Apparently Baer makes stock replacements for these cars?????
So, I'm wondering if anyone has had good results by doing these basic things. This car is never going to see a track other than a dragstrip and I dont drive it that hard often. I would like to haul it down from speed a few times without losing my brakes though when the mood strikes. So what has been you guy's experience with the stuff I mentioned?
