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      10-13-2011, 05:23 AM   #45
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What exactly happened? brake fade on the down hill sections?
yeh a lot of it too
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yeh a lot of it too
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stock pads?
yep. i dont want to upgrade to harsher pads without doing the rotors though.. seems a bit counter productive
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yeh a lot of it too
Was it actual brake fade or just the pedal feeling mushy and you had to push down more? From my experience BMW brakes are very strong regardless of the engine.
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Was it actual brake fade or just the pedal feeling mushy and you had to push down more? From my experience BMW brakes are very strong regardless of the engine.
mushy for a bit then it was like driving my 68 holden again haha
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mushy for a bit then it was like driving my 68 holden again haha
I would have thought a simple pad upgrade would have been adequate for "any" enthusiastic public road driving
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yep. i dont want to upgrade to harsher pads without doing the rotors though.. seems a bit counter productive
Not necessarily harsher. You're not complaining so much about the braking performance (when they do work) but rather the degradation of performance when things get hot. So going to a pad with higher temp tolerance but similar abrasion level would let you have more fun longer
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mushy for a bit then it was like driving my 68 holden again haha
Mushy = you boiled your brake fluid. Your pads might have been holding up fine. When was the last time you changed the fluid? Since brake fluid absorbs moisture from the air, the boiling point goes down significantly even after 1 year.

It's very hard to overheat even stock pads on the road. However, if your brake fluid is old then it wouldn't be surprising to boil it. I suggest you change it ASAP since you may have air bubbles in your brake lines.
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