Lancer224
12-18-2007, 02:30 PM
Dear all seniors, old birds, brothers and sisters, need some advice and help.
Recently I had an encounter at Harbour Front with my ride. I was ferrying 3 fellas in my ride. 2 of them have the size of Moses Lim and then the last one quite medium built. The one sitting next to me was very big size. My car was one car length away from another vehicle in front when it e brake. I jam brake and discovered to my horror that my brakes took a longer time to stop.....In fact, only approximately a palm separate me and the vehicle in front. Still managed to stop in time but my heart almost flunked out....
Realised from this incident that there is not much bite on my brake, I decided to go for aftermarket brake pads. I went and got myself Bendix Ultimate. It is good. Excellent stoppage distance. But notice some lines on my rotors.
Here comes the query. Every time I started my ride and move it from stationary position, ie out of parking lot, the initial bite of Bendix Ultimate was v soft. I need to depress my brake pedal a few times as I was moving out to get the bite. Been using it for about 1 week plus about some 200 Km liao. Still like this. Went to Avion to service my brakes and change brake fluid. Improved a bit but still need to pump the pedal to get the bite. Is this normal?
I heard that such performance brakes are for high speed braking and may not be effective for bumper to bumper braking. Is this true? I realised the braking feel is different and very grippy. The ABS not so easily activated.
Thanks in advance.
Recently I had an encounter at Harbour Front with my ride. I was ferrying 3 fellas in my ride. 2 of them have the size of Moses Lim and then the last one quite medium built. The one sitting next to me was very big size. My car was one car length away from another vehicle in front when it e brake. I jam brake and discovered to my horror that my brakes took a longer time to stop.....In fact, only approximately a palm separate me and the vehicle in front. Still managed to stop in time but my heart almost flunked out....
Realised from this incident that there is not much bite on my brake, I decided to go for aftermarket brake pads. I went and got myself Bendix Ultimate. It is good. Excellent stoppage distance. But notice some lines on my rotors.
Here comes the query. Every time I started my ride and move it from stationary position, ie out of parking lot, the initial bite of Bendix Ultimate was v soft. I need to depress my brake pedal a few times as I was moving out to get the bite. Been using it for about 1 week plus about some 200 Km liao. Still like this. Went to Avion to service my brakes and change brake fluid. Improved a bit but still need to pump the pedal to get the bite. Is this normal?
I heard that such performance brakes are for high speed braking and may not be effective for bumper to bumper braking. Is this true? I realised the braking feel is different and very grippy. The ABS not so easily activated.
Thanks in advance.