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 How good are your brakes??
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Rosso
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Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:58 pm

Simple question.... frankly i think the brakes on my 19 are pap compared to other cars ive owned, with no real feel, now either mine are up the creek in some department, or they just arent that great. (remember i drive the heavier ph2 cabby)

New front discs and pads installed around 2 months ago, no fluid leaks and the servo seems to operate as it should.

Would a brake fluid change make much difference or am i on the road to nowhere?

opinions...... Very Happy
Rosso
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:59 pm

ah yes... i also have ABS...
Neal
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:34 pm

yeah change the fluid, it's probably still original. You might be surprised at the difference it makes!
Addie
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 2:07 pm

On DBL I found the pedal very stiff and very little 'progression' in the brakes, the pedal was almost a 'on off' switch!

I replaced the front calipers with a set that were 5,000 miles old and made a world of difference, however I did also have the brakes bleed at the garage for a tenner.

You can trade in your existing calipers at GSF for reconditioned ones for about £40.
simonds1
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:57 am

Rosso, my brakes are also shit compared to other cars I've driven. I've got new discs & pads on the front and have changed the brake fluid, and that did improve them a bit, but they're still not as good as they should be I don't reckon
A14LN C
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:05 am

"well i aint gona beat around the bush....mines r SHITE!!!"
Rosso
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:04 am

well as long as its not just me! ill get the brake fluid changed and the system bled.... and just keep leaving myself more time to stop!
Addie
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:22 pm

Rosso";p="86040 wrote:

well as long as its not just me! ill get the brake fluid changed and the system bled.... and just keep leaving myself more time to stop!


Change the calipers?

You shouldn't need uprated discs/pads.
R1916S
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:45 pm

Get rid of the ABS.
knox
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Joined: 24 Oct 2004
Posts: 49

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:07 am

the 19 brakes are chit! when a person need to use the brakes, where are the brakes! Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing
Rosso
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:22 am

R1916S";p="86080 wrote:
Get rid of the ABS.


why?
R1916S
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:00 pm

My PH 2 16V has no ABS and stops fine with a nice hard pedal. Until they fade that is.
Standard disks and calipers with EBC green pads.

Pug 206 GTI I have has ABS, but the pedal is very light. like a switch, no feel.

I prefer the heavy pedal with feel. Its also simple.
JB
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 2:04 am

maybe I'm lucky but mine feel fine!

or maybe mine are just in working order?
Rosso
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Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Posts: 182

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:38 am

Thats the point JB....

well brake fluid change today and has made a definite difference, much better feel to the pedal! Will so some hard core stopping soon to see if the higher boiling point makes much difference there...
JB
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:04 am

get the calipers apart and make sure they are free running and grease up the sliders on reassembly.
astrojon007
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:29 am

I use omp pads and I think "max" discs. I've never had problems with the brakes, they may "feel" a little on/off but me and a mate did a 0-60 and back test with my 19 and his 306 rallye. He beat me to 60 by a very short margin but I stopped a fair bit quicker than him so they can't be bad. He was saying he didn't lock up or anything when braking and neither did I so it's as fair a test as we were gonna get really.
R1916S
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:54 am

Really its if you want your brain – foot to decide if the wheels are locking or not, or the electronics.
I find it more fun to let my foot do it, (hopefully the brain can keep up its end) than the electronics. A harder pedal helps, as it’s easier to dose the pressure when you are bouncing around a bit.
I’m sure that on a test the ABS will win, but I like to think that going into a bumpy hairpin down hill on the side of a mountain I can feel the road through the brake pedal and do it better. (No way but let me have my fun).

Anyway I think that the standard breaks on my cars, ABS or not, work fairly well unless you go to mad with them. Track (which I don’t do) or very steep mountain downhill.

So get your standard breaks cleaned out and have fun.

Another point is that if you change from an ABS to a non-ABS cars as I do, you tend to throw every thing into the windscreen with the ABS and then think the non-ABS car has no breaks. Luckily between the Renault and Peugeot I have the clutch pedal to remind me.
neilobusk
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Joined: 28 Dec 2004
Posts: 38

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 11:22 am

my L reg chamade stops fine

12 monthly fluid change
ebc front pads cross drilled front discs
standard rear pads and discs

no ABS

neil
weenod
Newbie

Joined: 20 Jan 2006
Posts: 12

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 10:57 am

i had phase 1 chammy i put goodrich hoses on it and bypassed the load compensator!jobs a gid n!even at 120 or over touch the brakes and you'll go out the window!!easy Rolling Eyes
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