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Only 129k miles to catch up with me... :)
Posted by Aaron Gilbert [Email] (more from Aaron Gilbert) on Sun, 16 Oct 2005 02:11:41
In Reply to: So, this is what good brakes feel like!!!, Trobinson9kT, Sat, 15 Oct 2005 19:51:35
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Though your 200k+ is a bit vague.... Seriously though, those are all nice improvements. I have had stainless steel lines on my '87 9000 for many years, I am pretty sure I also put metalmasters on at the same time.. or maybe that was at the next pad change. In any case, frankly I felt the stainless lines were an improvement, but not drastic like some people with ABS had said. I have speculated this is because ABS uses much higher pressures. Also, the stock 9000 rubber lines were the thickest I'd ever seen. But the stainless definitely won't wear out and they look cool. :) I really liked the metalmasters, just not the dust, but it isn't nearly as bad as Saab OE pads (Textar I believe). I think I always ran Castrol GTLMA fluid, not sure how that compares. I just had it changed every 2-3 years.
It really is nice to have a car that has a nice firm brake pedal feel, but one that is also progressive with a good range of pedal movement. So many cars these days seem to really grab hard early in the pedal stroke and have very little range between light braking and full on lockup-inducing braking. People used to driving these cars have sometimes complained that my 9000 doesn't slow down as fast as their <whatever>, but then they have never really stood on the brakes in the 9000, which produces some amazing decceleration.
Aaron Gilbert
1987 9000T 329k miles
2005 Suzuki Aerio SX 1k miles
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