Decent Quality Affordable Brake Fluid?

[mattysaidso]

Hi,

Just about to flush the old fluid in my 33 GTST. Want some suggestions for a decent quality brake fluid thats; A: readily available B: not stupidly expensive.

Car is being built for weekend circuit stuff and occasional drift days.

cheers

[Duncan]

Motul RBF600....buy it from a bike store, for some reason it always seems to be 20% cheaper there than from car stores.

[_x_FiReStOrM_x_]

TRW Lucas GP600 is also reasonable, at $65 for 1L

[MrStabby]

I get away with Nulon Xtreme (280 degrees) - not as good as Motul (315 degrees), but a lot cheaper and easy to find. Last time i bought the Motul is was $25/500ml, Nulon was $11/500ml.

[sweefu]

I get away with Nulon Xtreme (280 degrees) - not as good as Motul (315 degrees), but a lot cheaper and easy to find. Last time i bought the Motul is was $25/500ml, Nulon was $11/500ml.

I use this too, so far I have used it on mountain roads, drifting and 'fun' track days, never let me down at all. It comes on sale sometimes for $8 too.

[R TUNE]

I have been using the motul dot 5 up in darwin. im now going to the bendix super dot 4 which is $8/500ml compared with $30/500ml for motul. My reason for the swap motul is a lot harder to get now with the closure of autobarhn.

[mattysaidso]

Thanks for the info.

I couldnt find the motul anywhere round here. Ended up going with the pentrite racing stuff. rated to 310 deg.

[sweefu]

What was the 'wet' temperature rating? And how much did it cost?

[siksII]

Penrite SIN - $21 for 500ml. I used to use RBF600 and haven't noticed a difference, temp ratings are close but price is less.

[yogi000]

Motul RBF600....buy it from a bike store, for some reason it always seems to be 20% cheaper there than from car stores.

got any tips on bike shops in sydney.....price has gone through the roof since i last bought some

[KiwiRS4T]

In New Zealand Toyota dealers have started selling Motul products under the TRD (Toyota Racing Development) brand. I got Motul RBF600 brake fluid for about $20. It is genuine Motul - the label says TRD Sport Brake Fluid by Motul and says made in France by Motul and distributed by TRD Asia so maybe you could check out your local Toyota Dealer. They also sell the Motul racing synthetic oils.

[ARTZ]

Very interesting. ^^.

[dan.1337]

I get my RBF600 from here:

http://www.autosphere.com.au/c/4404718/1/brake-fluid.html

Will try the ATE stuff next bleed.

[FordyR31]

Not a bad thread. I was using the Xtreme dot 4 fluid, albeit too old, and it boiled and failed completely on my last track day. The car is an HR31 GTS coupe with standard brake master cyl and booster with R33 gtst front brakes (RB74 pads and DBA 4000 slotted discs). I dont remember the old fluid costing too much but what is a next step up from that? I don't really understand the dot rating, master cyl says to use dot 3, is that just as a minimum?

[niZmO_Man]

Run 'Super DOT 4', don't bother looking at DOT 3.

Besides Ripco, it seems other stores aren't stocking Penrite Racing brake fluid any more (unless you buy online). You can get Nulon equivalent from Supercheap/etc though.

[FordyR31]

Thanks Ravi. I'll check out the local parts stores but repco and super cheap are always cheaper than peps/A1 parts.

[75coupe]

Rbf600 or 660 is the go

[FordyR31]

Had a quick read. Happy to pay a little extra so it doesn't happen again. My gf will be driving alternate sessions with me so don't want the brakes going while she is driving. Thank you.