I baby my brakes. When slowing down,I use both downshifting and braking together to bring me to a stop. I would also rather do a brake job than replace my tranny,but I've already done both on my car in the last 2 months,so collectively,I've spent $950 on my tranny and around $700 on brakes.Rear oem rotors and shoes,front oem pads,and in the next 3 weeks will be picking up SVT calipers and KVR pads for $200 and slotted 278mm rotors with cadmium plating for $360 with shipping and taxes.
I only slam on my brakes if I'm about to hit something and die....which isn't very often. I find my 4 wheel disc setup on my Tour is much more effective than the disc/drums on my Mystique,but I still feel like I'm lacking braking power,so the SVT upgrade should make a difference.
'95 CGL ZMTX - DOB: 8/94 - Daily Driver - 271k & counting - Ractive muffler,MSD ignition coil,KEM 8mm wires,Pre98 SE 7 spoke rims,KVR CF brake pads,Post98 sail panels,Sony Xplod HU,Pioneer 3-way 6x9's
'89 Mazda B2200 - Under Construction
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