recently drove a brand new accord with 4k miles. The brakes were super sensitive and touchy, to a point where i was driving like a 15 year old behind the wheel for his first time. I get back into my car and drive away and not issues. I wouldn't say my brakes are bad by any means. My brakes are normal. I've driving many cars in the past, mainly used cars but i know what bad brakes are.
My daily is the G35. It was good brakes and recent brake services, all done by myself. Like front cremanic pads and centric prem rotors in the front about 18 months ago with only 10k on them. 1 new rear caliper with new pads and rotors in the rear thats about 7 months old with 5k on them. Brakes were fully bleed at that time as well. The rear pads are just normal part store stuff since most braking is done in front. Front pads i think are EBC or raybesto. I did use normal DOT 3 from walmart.
But the new accord's pedal felt great compared to my car, touchy but something i can get used to.
This made me think about upgrading my braking system a little, it is 10 years and 110k now.... There is a brembo option that i can bolt on off a 350z sport. It would be 4 pot caliper in the front. Front calipers would run me about $400 used from salvage yards/ebay. This would move me up to a 13 inch rotor as well. Another popular option is get SRT8 brembos which i think are 4 or 6 pot versions out there, pretty much bolt on as well but will hold a larger disc. Both options would require me to go SS brake lines.
Another thought i had was to go SS lines now. And see what that does to my pedal feel and if i'm not happy i can get more aggressive pads ( hawks HPS or stoptech) or ultimately get the brembos. Brake lines are like $160 for all 4. I've never done SS lines or had a car with brembos.
Like i said, nothing wrong with my car at all. The stopping power is good and predictable. Very similar to almost all the used cars i've driven in the past. But this brand new Accord sport, which had normal brakes AFAIK with 4k miles, the pedal feedback was a lot better. Maybe stopping distance was the same but i just loved the pedal feel.
I dont race with said car. I daily drive this car no matter what the weather is. Sunny, Rain, snow or blizzard. Once a year i might make it to the 1/4 drag strip and maybe 1 auto-x event.
My daily is the G35. It was good brakes and recent brake services, all done by myself. Like front cremanic pads and centric prem rotors in the front about 18 months ago with only 10k on them. 1 new rear caliper with new pads and rotors in the rear thats about 7 months old with 5k on them. Brakes were fully bleed at that time as well. The rear pads are just normal part store stuff since most braking is done in front. Front pads i think are EBC or raybesto. I did use normal DOT 3 from walmart.
But the new accord's pedal felt great compared to my car, touchy but something i can get used to.
This made me think about upgrading my braking system a little, it is 10 years and 110k now.... There is a brembo option that i can bolt on off a 350z sport. It would be 4 pot caliper in the front. Front calipers would run me about $400 used from salvage yards/ebay. This would move me up to a 13 inch rotor as well. Another popular option is get SRT8 brembos which i think are 4 or 6 pot versions out there, pretty much bolt on as well but will hold a larger disc. Both options would require me to go SS brake lines.
Another thought i had was to go SS lines now. And see what that does to my pedal feel and if i'm not happy i can get more aggressive pads ( hawks HPS or stoptech) or ultimately get the brembos. Brake lines are like $160 for all 4. I've never done SS lines or had a car with brembos.
Like i said, nothing wrong with my car at all. The stopping power is good and predictable. Very similar to almost all the used cars i've driven in the past. But this brand new Accord sport, which had normal brakes AFAIK with 4k miles, the pedal feedback was a lot better. Maybe stopping distance was the same but i just loved the pedal feel.
I dont race with said car. I daily drive this car no matter what the weather is. Sunny, Rain, snow or blizzard. Once a year i might make it to the 1/4 drag strip and maybe 1 auto-x event.
