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Old 08-12-2005, 04:59 PM
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Those that put on your ccw 505a's, have you had any braking problems? Right after I put mine on, I've had severe braking problems. At speeds over 55mph, even light braking is problem. For some reason the brake pedal gets hard and I get the feeling like traction control has kicked in, and then when I get to about 25mph the brake pedal becomes soft all of a sudden. Sometimes i get the low trac light as well. I'm thinkin my rotors might be warped but i'm not getting that vibration liek a warped rotor would give. My pads are good as I just replaced them. Every other car out there can out brake me and there is something seriously wrong. Can anyone provide some insight into this?

btw i have not tried putting my stock wheels back on to see if the wheel size was the problem because i have a flat in one of them.
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Just a thought, but an 18" wheel has a lot more rotational inertia than a smaller/lighter wheel. That will result in an adverse effect on your braking.
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What size wheels and tires are on each end?
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i have 19x10 up front with bf goodrich kdw2's 275/30/19 and 19x11 out back with 295/35/19




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