upgrades!

[sh0rtlife]

well after 100,000 miles on the original rears, and a pad replacement up front and still the original fluid and lines..it was time for new metal, the drums were shot, the shoes wore all uneven, the rotors were grooved pretty good even if the pads had about half life left, the big issue really was the fade to which..knowing how minor it was..could have been lines or fluid, regardless if i was going in..i was going to go ALL IN!

all said there was some obvious slight fade going on so it was time to do the whole system, starting with draining it of every drop of fluid and replacing it with some GOOD fluid ..and i swear by ATE blue...tho...they blue isnt made any more only the gold version, as well as braided lines as i KNOW this is a solid upgrade and gets rid of alot of pedal squish and gives more "feedback"..i do it on everything..and i use "generic" aeroquip lines and fitting it cuts the cost but not the quality..full set of lines and fittings was 130$..price up OE and its still less than generic oe fit stuff

the slotted and drilled rotors are from the same place ive got multiple sets from

figured while i was in there id media blast the calipers and mounts and shoot em, figured i may as well shoot the new drums too...no rust that way

the new setup...is way better than it ever was new...and you can feel everything, but when you really get on the brakes hang on it will put you thru the windshield if you want to LOL

the only issue is im not sold on the pads....the shoes are fine

i knew better than to run OE pads up front but anything else was going to be a wait....brakes are great till i really start flogging it in the bends hills n valleys then when they get good n hot they loose some grip, thinking i should grab a set of hawk reds if i can...unless someones got a better recommendation