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I have heard that if I replace my brake lines with stainless steel ones, that it will improve the pedal travel. Is this true? What I mean is with the steel lines, you dont have to push the brake pedal so far to the floor. Does it improve braking?

 
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It doesnt improve braking, but you will ge better feed back from the pedal. (so you can feel what the brakes are doing, for better threashold braking and modulation).

 
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where can we get these for our cars??? i looked on tire rack and theres say for models with rear discs.

 
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http://www.coximport.com/store/ED684630
http://www.importrp.com/catalog.php?...s&subcat_id=12

these are just a few sites, are know there are more suppliers out there, just search alittle.

 
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I am still wondering what I can do to get a better brake feel? I hate having to push the pedal all the way to the floor. My friend has a corolla and I drove it a yr ago and whenever I just barely pushed the brake, I would stop so fast. It was amazing.

 
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whens the last time you had your brakes bled? IF you cant remember, now is the time. (you shoud have your brakes bled at least once a year). That should give you some pedal feel back.

 
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do you need anything special to bleed the brakes your self?

 
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Not really, but it is a 2 person job.

Pick up a brake bleeding kit a an automotive shop, it will be a little tube and a container for the fluid.

 
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the easyist way to do a good job of bleeding is:
get a friend to pump the pedal twice and hold it down,
then open the bleeder screw for a second then close and heve your friend let up on the pedal (wait until the screw is closed or you can suck air back in). then repeat until only solid fluid comes out of the tube. between each wheel check and top off the master cylinder resivoir. i can't rember the wheel order for our cars i think it's left front, right front, right rear, left rear. i left the book at school with the bleed sequence, but i think thats it. hope this helps

 
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I was tought to bleed the line farthest fromt the master cylinder first.

So that would be Right rear, leftrear, Right Front, Left front.

 
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that is the fall back method, but there is a book the has like every car and the bleed sequence for it. for our cars its kinda weird. i will post the sequence tuesday when i get back to school.

 
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Bleeding is easy

 
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I just had my system flushed about 3 weeks ago.

 
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then enlighten us grandmaster of brake bleeding....

 
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and the peddal is still soft? or does it just take alot of pressure to get good braking?


If the pedal is soft/spongy feeling, then you probably need to bleed the brakes, if it takes alot of pressure to get good braking then upgrading to a better pad/shoe should do the trick.

 
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I was not talking about brakes...making things bleed is easy.

 
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its the farthest from themaster cylinder, i had to do that when i changed my rear discs