by "That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5)
Published 08/25/2017 at 10:22
by "That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5)
Published 08/25/2017 at 10:22
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My job has effed with my schedule this week in such a way that I’m off during the day today, but am working 9pm-1am tonight. Armed with some free time until a guy comes by to buy the hard top off my Miata at 12, I decided to tackle my brakes...at least the front ones.
Overall, as easy a brake job as I can ever recall doing...maybe because the scale of the parts is so small. Centric rotors and StopTech street pads, probably took me an hour and a quarter to do both front wheels.
I’d definitely call it improved in that the car now stops with some measure of urgency...I was actually able to lock the fronts where before it just kinda lazily slowed down.
It’s weird, in a way the car is done now...runs and drives mint, doesn’t really need anything else to be enjoyable. Now I can just do little things to improve it here and there, but mostly it’s now a fun car that I have that works as intended, which is really rare thing for me.
Which I guess makes it the perfect time to go buy that junk red ‘91.
"Nothing" (nothingatalluseful)
08/25/2017 at 10:49, STARS: 0
So easy to work on. I’d say the “worst” job I did on mine was either the TB/WP or clutch, but only because it was time consuming, not difficult. Well, I take that back. Control Arm bushings sucked, but they suck on everything.
"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5)
08/25/2017 at 11:25, STARS: 0
Time consuming is fine, especially on a non-daily driver. I did the timing belt on my 01 allroad and that was the ultimate time consuming job...literally none of it was difficult, there was just a LOT to do.
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
08/25/2017 at 11:27, STARS: 0
What pads did you use?
"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5)
08/25/2017 at 11:30, STARS: 1
StopTech Street. I’ve heard good things, supposed to be good for street and light track use. I’ve seen people call them grabby, but they don’t seem to bite super hard initially to me.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
08/25/2017 at 11:34, STARS: 0
Fronts on my mazda were easier than the rears, since you don’t have to turn the pistons back into the calipers. Napa also sold me rotors for a Mazda 6 and not a Mazda 3 so that took a day of fuck-this-shit is not working until I figured it out.
"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5)
08/25/2017 at 11:38, STARS: 0
Same on this car, I had never had a car where you didn’t just compress the piston, so I’m glad I read about it. I bought parts from RockAuto...I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a wrong part from them.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
08/25/2017 at 11:54, STARS: 0
I think the guy at napa heard “2006 Mazda 6" when I am pretty sure I said 2006 Mazda 3. It is kind of understandable. The rotors did fit on the car but when the wheels are bolted on tight they don’t rotate since the Mazda 6 rotors are about 4 mm deeper than the mazda 3 rotors.
"Autofixation" (Autofixation)
08/25/2017 at 12:40, STARS: 0
Those rotors look like Centric E-coat rotors. Are they?
"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5)
08/25/2017 at 14:01, STARS: 1
Yup.
"Autofixation" (Autofixation)
08/27/2017 at 16:37, STARS: 1
I don’t know if you’ve used them before, but I’ve had them on my car for four months now with power stop Z23 Evolution pads. They’ve done very well so far, even with several panic stops and aggressive driving. I got them mainly because I live in northern VT, and am hoping that the coating will thwart rust long enough for me to put two sets of pads through them.