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Brake Fluid and Spark Plug Threads? HELP!

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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 02:12 AM
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Originally Posted by eviljarv
That will work for sure, I just used ATE cause I have cases of it at the shop. If you need help flushing the brakes feel free to contact me
Thanks man, will do!

Originally Posted by Kurtz
The OEM lines are already kevlar, braided stainless won't do anything but make the car less reliable.

Then again, brake pads won't actually stop the car any shorter either, so you might wanna avoid recommending that as a general to-do too.... the only place they'll benefit you at all is on a racetrack, and not by stopping the car shorter.... just by keeping the same distance over more 100+ mph stops without any time to cool.

If you actually want better stopping, get better tires. The tires are what stops the car.
And i'm doing my brake fluid because my brake pedal feel has gotten less responsive then when i bought it. And i just got new pads about 10K ago.
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Kurtz
The OEM lines are already kevlar, braided stainless won't do anything but make the car less reliable.

Then again, brake pads won't actually stop the car any shorter either, so you might wanna avoid recommending that as a general to-do too.... the only place they'll benefit you at all is on a racetrack, and not by stopping the car shorter.... just by keeping the same distance over more 100+ mph stops without any time to cool.

If you actually want better stopping, get better tires. The tires are what stops the car.
Totally true, it amazes me how many of our DE customers ask for big brake kits, all I say is can you lock up the brakes? if answer is yes then you dont need bigger brakes, need better tires
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