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Hi guys i have just had my brake rotors front and back machined and had new hawk hps brake pads fitted to my v35 with brembos now it doesn't have any bite and stops very poorly, is this because it has all just been done and will get better soon or am i know stuck with a set of brakes which barely stop?

Did they change your brake fluid? Could there be air in the system? I know we had to bleed my friends car for ages for all the air to come out and then it was braking alot better.

Just a suggestion.

As suggested, bleed the brake fluid first. It could be air in the system.

FYI we fitted a set of Hawk HPS' to my girlfriend's MX5 and the performance was horrible. There was no initial bite when cold (and it was still worse than stock on the track when you got heat into them) and maximum braking didn't feel that much better.

When we first fitted them we had a few instances where we almost arse-ended another car because the amount of pedal pressure we were used to applying from the stock pads weren't pulling up the car.

I will not be getting another set of those pads.

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