Stock brakes suck!!!

[rj-copeland]

To start off with the rotors are warped already from when I first got the car, so that didn't help the situation much at all. Anyway the other day I was almost late picking my kids up and was hauling some arrrssss around the on ramp on the main road then hitting the brakes hard shortly after to take a left turn. I could feel the car start to slow and that was about it.... I pressed a bit harder and no response, then I started to slowly pump the brakes and finally the car stopped. I can't wait to upgrade these damn things.... approximate speed was about 85-95 mph before slowing..... I hate stock...

[95ProLeila]

maybe you shouldn't drive so fast when you know your rotors are warped and the brakes don't work so well . . . just a thought

[robisconfusedd]

mine work good for me i dont have abs either, ^^ i let the engine slow me down most of the time

[323Rocket]

yeah, my brakes work fine too, had to replace te factory front disks and bads because they got too thin for inspection.

sounds like you need to bleed them anyway, new fluid wouldnt hurt either

if you got a maunal trany, use the engine to slow you down (normal predictable situations) you'd be suprised how much braking force the engine can produce

[midnightblue97]

Perhaps you should have had the car saftied first then your rotors wouldn't be ****ed because they would have been machined or replaced before the car was certified.

[BMW ///MPOWER]

use DOT 5.5, and use better pads and a larger master brake cyclinder. braided lines are worthless so dont even bother with them by the way(I know from experience)...

[95ProLeila]

it's DOT 5.1, not 5.5, whatever you do, don't use plain old DOT 5, it's bad for the lines, DOT 4 or 5.1 will work though.

[BMW ///MPOWER]

yeah thats what i meant, my head wasnt all there.

[95ProLeila]

it happens