ABS – can i acquire them?

**kimozi** · July 29th, 2011 10:04 PM

Hi

noob here, My new car has no safety features at all except seatbelt. Being a family man i would love to have a safety feature in my car specially if im driving with my family...you'll never know. my question is can i buy an abs brake or an airbag or whatever saftey feature that TOTL has and install it in my car?

replies are very much appreciated.

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**myk384** · July 29th, 2011 10:41 PM

Sad to say, retrofitting to install an Anti-lock braking system or airbags would cost you money and might not be a perfect fit. If you want to be a safe driver, drive safely and carefully, since you have a family.

**userfriendly** · July 30th, 2011 11:57 AM

Alam ko hindi pwede magadd on ng abs

**sirkosero** · July 30th, 2011 12:47 PM

assuming possible, retrofitting might be too close to the actual depreciated value of your car. better sell your current ride and buy a new or second hand with these as standard.

should u want to pursue, there would be no definitive test to check if your conversion will work. you might be looking for more trouble during an emergency.

**Starex_Gold** · July 30th, 2011 12:49 PM

IMO sana TOTL nalang binili mo at the first place

Kasi baka mas malaki pa sa price ng TOTL variant yung magagastos mo pag pinalagyan mo..

**cripple_rooster** · July 30th, 2011 01:06 PM

It's not so easy to retrofit ABS, but it's technically possible. Cost is the major issue, so if you're intending to have it for cheap forget it. It doesn't worth to save money on safety features, because a badly-installed safety device will not work properly. BTW there are some mechanical-ABS systems, used in motorcycles and some Chinese vans (Jinbei Haise, Foton, among others), and are quite easy to install - I have even done some mechanical-ABS retrofits...

**xtian119** · August 3rd, 2011 01:48 PM

Trade in your new car and get the TOTL line car with the safety features that you want. This is a much better solution

**kimozi** · August 10th, 2011 08:45 PM

How about disc brake? can i convert my rear drum break to disc?

**_Qwerty_** · August 10th, 2011 08:53 PM

gusto mo pala sir yung mga safety feature.. sana yung car na may ganyan na lang ang binili nyo..

i agree sell your car and get one with those safety features for your peace of mind.

**niky** · August 11th, 2011 10:24 AM

You can convert rear drums to discs if there's a variant of your car that had rear discs. You'll have to get the whole assembly and the handbrake equipment... and whether the brake proportioning valve will work will depend on whether the valving is the same for the disc-equipped version and the drum-equipped one.

Complicated? Yes. Worth it? Depends. My Sentra with rear drums stopped better than my other Sentras with rear discs. The only advantage is rear-discs are more reliable in floods (doesn't matter... you shouldn't be driving fast enough to need them) and easier to maintain... that's it. Hell... my disc-and-drum Sentra stopped BETTER than my four-wheel disc, ABS-equipped one.

Want a safer car? Upgrade to a safer car. Want to make your car safer? Don't waste money on fiddly mechanical conversions... buy the best brake pads you can get for your car (typically Bendix Metal Kings... R-Spec pads and Bendix regulars are garbage), upgrade to DOT4 brake fluid and spend extra on better tires... sports tires like Potenzas or even Kumho Ecsta SPTs will provide better braking performance than ordinary "economy" tires.