Well, I did the gsr front and rear brake swap about a month ago, but I have been driving around with the stock vx mc/booster/pv, which wasn't that great. Two days ago, I was able to get my hands on the correct booster/mc and that made a dramatic improvement. This weekend I will be doing the rotors & pads.

The only thing left to do now is get a motor and a paint job.


[Modified by S&P500ITR, 7:44 PM 11/21/2002]

 

where did you get your booster/mc + pv???

also, i have the ultimates on my car and they are real nice Good all around pad.

Mike

 

I found it locally here in orlando. Someone I know had it laying around. The Axxis seemed like nice pads for street driving and I went with the autozone rotors for $21 each. Low budget, but I heard this setup is awesome for the money.
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Rear




[Modified by S&P500ITR, 6:55 AM 11/28/2002]

 

Glad you like the setup Dustin. FYI I drove the car after the install and it is a nice setup for the $. Sure there are better setups out there but for low budget/cost you can't beat this upgrade. The pads he is using you can pick up from Andie @ http://www.cobaltfriction.com

S&P - you would order from Andie again right?

 

I too bought the Axxis Ultimates from Andie, great guy and great customer service. The pads are very nice

 

Looks good, what size rotors are they?

 

Stock GSR diameter...Autozone rotors.
BTW, the car just brakes better and better the more I drive it.

 

damn this is sweet, thanks for your post on my thread, cleared up things good with pics.. im in the process of doing the mc and booster and pv, how do you empy out all the fluid so it doesnt get on any paint ?

btw those rotors look sweet, when they first go on, damn ihate rust.
damn i luv them wheels.. setup, have an ebeer on me!

 

now how are these compared to the axxis metal masters? cuz i had them on my accord and they dust like crazy!! and started squeaking.. did they finally make a better pad? i changed over to AEM's and those things rock!

 

Not sure how they compare, but i dont think they are from far the metal masters. At the track they do good. By teh fourth session i did encounter brake fade, but not bad for a full track day.

The ultimates dust pretty good, but DO NOT squeal. So i assuming they might be a less aggressive compound compared with the metal masters.


Mike

 

Uhhh...AEM pads suck. Period. I only had them in the rear in my car which obviously shouldn't make a difference as the fronts would. The backing plates on them were incorrect and my experience with them overall hasn't been that great. They are more for a daily driver and not a weekend road racer like myself.

 

so what pads do everyone recommend? im a weekend racer as well and arm held up well for the time i used them. will be upgrading soon so im always open to trying different pads, by the way the AEM were nissin oem if that matters..

 

EBC Greenstuff w/ Brembo Blanks.

 

ya know for the longest all i heard was EBC pads were the worst pads out there.. go figure.

 

I've also heard those Axxis ones were great. EBC Redstuff is track material.

 

EleanoR and I pumped 2.5 bottles of fluid throught all of the four rotors during the bleeding process. You should have seen the sludge that was getting pumped out of there. We just kept going around until the fluid was clear/new, which took 2.5 large bottles. I will probably do it again a month down the road.

 

guys where can i pick up a gallon or so of that ATE super blue ?

 

http://www.cobaltfriction.com

Thats where i bought my ultimates and ate super blue. Andie should be able to help you choose some good pads too.

Mike

 

out of all the brake fluids they have there, ate super blue is the best ?