Aftermarket ABS

**webmiester** · September 20th, 2007 01:49 AM

My 1997 Lancer GLXi didnt come with ABS brakes. 2x na ako nagspin and I dont recall the number of times it has skidded.

How do I install ABS on it? May marerecommend ba kayo? May aftermarket ABS ba na available dito? Are they good and reliable?

Thanks

**niky** · September 20th, 2007 09:23 AM

No aftermarket ABS.

Buy better tires. Even if you have ABS, if your tires are in bad enough condition that you skid and spin quite often, all the ABS will do is give you extremely long stopping distances.

Your tires are probably worn out or much too hard (cheap rubber is often hard), which causes poor grip. Buy better tires, and drive slower. ;)

**t2erns** · September 20th, 2007 09:36 AM

i don't know of an aftermarket abs system, but you can do same as with the abs by learning (training) to pulse your brake instead of hitting the pedal hard. training lang bro and you can achieve what the abs is doing

**torque2006** · September 20th, 2007 10:25 AM

looks like you're always pushing your car to the limit. tama si niky, the best you can do is by tires with better grip, and mind your speed, especially when it's raining.

**ghosthunter** · September 20th, 2007 10:51 AM

I think the thread starter is refering to a product that was available during the early 90s. It was sold as an "ABS" system but it is more like a proportional valve system to delay the locking of the front wheels. It doesn't really do the job of a real ABS system.

**webmiester** · September 21st, 2007 12:36 AM

Well I found this guy at another website who claims to be selling US made aftermarket ABS costing only P5000. He says they were made by G & O Manufacturing... Cant find any info thru the internet on this one though...

Im wondering if he's a hoax...

**webmiester** · September 22nd, 2007 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by ghosthunter

I think the thread starter is refering to a product that was available during the early 90s. It was sold as an "ABS" system but it is more like a proportional valve system to delay the locking of the front wheels. It doesn't really do the job of a real ABS system.

Yup, you're right. The Brand back then in the 90's was "Brake Guard" they ran into some trouble when the National Safety Institute BlahBlah in the US ran a study and found that the product does not work like ABS breaks.

The guy selling the device has replied to me that the item he sells is practically a clone of this Brake Guard Product.

Although Brake Guard got sued by a US govt agency and were prevented from calling their product an "aftermarket ABS" they are still available in the US Market, selling mostly to trailer trucks.