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hi all,

to be perfectly honest i should probably look into what my car is currently running at the moment, but here's my situation.

I'm getting to the point where i need some new brake pads (the current ones have been in the car since i bought it 3 years ago and are pretty low).. i don't know what my current ones are (judging from previous owner i'd say they were standard ones or possibly el-cheapo's)

Anyway.. at the moment my front brakes are doing almost 100% of the braking.. i know the fronts always do the most, but the front feels about to lock up before i can feel any braking from the rear.. my usual mechanic agrees and suggested i play with different brake pads on the front and rear to balance it up a bit.

So i was wondering if anyone else has had a similar issue and has already done any experimenting and could enlighten me on their results.

Thanks in advance.

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put new pads in the rear first and see what it does. if its too much to the rear then do the fronts in a slightly shitter/thinner pad

too much front is a hell of a lot better than too much rear bias tho. locking rears before the fronts are doing much at all is rather annoying

Edited by JonnoHR31
Anyway.. at the moment my front brakes are doing almost 100% of the braking..

What test were done to come up with that the fronts are doing 100%

put new pads in the rear first and see what it does. if its too much to the rear then do the fronts in a slightly shitter/thinner pad

Thinner pad ??

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