Aftermarket ABS

[niky]

Maybe it's a valve-proportioning system, like Ghosthunter was talking about.

Looking at it, all it does is reduce oil pressure to keep brakes from locking up. In other words, you're not getting 100% stopping power.

Like I said, if you're locking your brakes, you're either driving too fast or your tires have absolutely no grip. We used to have two Sentras. Identical year models, except one had ABS and "comfort" tires, one without ABS and "sports" tires. The one with sports tires would lock-up sometimes under very heavy braking, but it always stopped in a shorter distance, and never spun out.

The one with "comfort" tires and ABS had very long stopping distances. And I almost spun out once at 60 (!!!) Km/h by swerving to avoid a dog.

When you have slippery tires, you skid. When you have slippery tires and ABS, the ABS will activate almost constantly, and your car will take forever to stop. Yes, you can steer. But if you try to steer under braking and you have slippery tires, guess what? Yup. You'll still lose control because you have no grip.

How do you brake? You should always leave enough room between yourself and the car in front so that you have time to react and brake. You should focus on braking in a straight line, never while turning. Braking while turning causes the rear tires to unload, which is why your car spins. If you have to turn to avoid an obstacle, let off the brakes a little to get some load back on to the rear tires as you turn.

Again: Forget the aftermarket ABS. Drive slower, don't tailgate. Get better tires. ;)

[wildthing]

You might want to upgrade your brake line with a steel-braided brake line so that the braking power will also increase and (hopefully) you will feel more braking power on your car and thus prevent you from the need to do fast/sudden braking that can/will lead to lock-up.

[webmiester]

You might want to upgrade your brake line with a steel-braided brake line so that the braking power will also increase and (hopefully) you will feel more braking power on your car and thus prevent you from the need to do fast/sudden braking that can/will lead to lock-up.

Yes, i can consider that... but I also do need to learn to control my brakes better even with such a system...

Around how much will it cost? Also, sinong magandang gumawa nun?

I recently changed my brake pads with orginal Mits brake pads. Are the aftermarket brake pads like Bosch, better and/or cheaper? Thanks

[ghosthunter]

Yes, i can consider that... but I also do need to learn to control my brakes better even with such a system...

Around how much will it cost? Also, sinong magandang gumawa nun?

I recently changed my brake pads with orginal Mits brake pads. Are the aftermarket brake pads like Bosch, better and/or cheaper? Thanks

I use Bendix brand brake pads... they last longer & grip better than the original pads toyota uses.

[speedyfix]

the cheapest solution would be to attend a driving class with the tuasons or ramirez family so they can teach you to properly control the car in emergency situations.

[niky]

Bendix Metal Kings are terrific pads. I replaced my stock pads with them, and it's helped stave off brake-fade.

[ghosthunter]

Bendix Metal Kings are terrific pads. I replaced my stock pads with them, and it's helped stave off brake-fade.

yup.. but they aren't dust free as they claim. hehehe. My dirty front wheels can attest to that.

[webmiester]

Bendix Metal Kings are terrific pads. I replaced my stock pads with them, and it's helped stave off brake-fade.

Kapapalit ko pa lang ng front brake pads ko with Mits OEM brake pads. Can I replace the two sa rear later on with Bendix? Magiging magkaiba yung front and rear, may kaso ba iyon?