It’s scary that people buy brake pads to keep their wheels pretty vs braking action

Don’t put “ racing pads” on a street car.

99% of us drive in conditions where we need our brakes suddenly and Unexpectedly, like when the guy in front of me on the Mass pike locked up without any brake lights

I live in Minnesota and I've used Akebono exclusively for almost 20 years. It gets cold here. My first set were part of an upgrade including stainless lines on a VW golf. That car had Konis and a wide set of Potenzas on it and I pushed it hard. I thought it was some kind of alien magic that I could ...

I believe that you have single piston ATE style calipers. If that's not true then you can ignore the rest of this post. 1. Make sure that the slide pins are very clean 2. Use a Silicone Grease on the bushing that the slide pins are inserted into (I prefer Silaramic by CRC) 3. Replace the bushings if...

Dumb question....did you clean the surface of the new rotors with brake cleaner to degrease them?

Well I finally believe I found and fixed my leak that I have been battling with for the past 4 months. After basically overhauling so many things on the car from front and rear brakes and pads to all new suspension among other things,when I was done I had a leak that was near impossible to find to f...

You are correct about the OXS sensors, they go closed loop after a few minutes, after they heat up. First, are using OEM parts on all the replacements? The coolant temperature sensors (ECT) on these cars are known “ fussy” items on these cars How about. The last time the ignition system was serviced...

First wagon body, Ghent.

Had to take care of this a couple months ago on the wife's '97 GLT. The DS bracket was basically non-existent, due to corrosion. https://turbochuckcom.ipage.com/webimages/projects/97%20Volvo%20855/Body/droopybutt.jpg https://turbochuckcom.ipage.com/webimages/projects/97%20Volvo%20855/Body/rustybrkt_...

I had a leak similar to what you described, turned out the rear main seal needed to be replaced.

I can't tell from the pic, can you rule out the "oil squirter cover" to the aft?