well its time for some new brakes on me 99. i want to change pads and flush the fluid out as well. now for pads i have narrowed down my choices to the raybestos quite stop, the porterfield rs-4's, and the axis metal masters. I want a pad that is quite, and wont eat up the rotors. please advice me on these choices.

my next question is what kind of fluid should i get?? i heard about his ate stuff but what about castrol or some other brand, i want a fluid w/ a high boiling temp and low water absorption. also what tools and i use to bleed the brakes my self?? and if anyone has done so.

thanks
Cris

 

*******it why don't u search first and then ask more specific questions about it

 

i did search 1st which is why i asked specififally about the pads, and i couldnt find much on brake fluid so that is why im asking. i was also trying to find out if anyone has bleeded the brakes themselves. some have but didnt say how they did

 

Well, there's a step by step instruction out there on how to bleed the brakes yourself:

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....s+instructions

 

Well, the best compromise between high boiling poing and low water absorbtion is Castrol LMA. The best reasonably priced fluid that has a very high boiling point is ATE Super Blue or Type 200, the wet boiling point isn't as good as they Castrol though. If you feel like throwing money away, use Motul fuids.

I use Ate Super Blue. Stuff's great and hasn't boiled on me yet. It's also easy to see when you've flushed the old stuff out of the lines because of the color change.

 

i dont think anyone around my area sells the castrol stuff, do u know of any good websites to get it off of?

or a website for the ate super blue??

thanks

 

Go to your Ford dealer. I've heard the Ford DOT3 stuff is pretty good. (or was it DOT4? Don't trust my memory here).

Unless you do auto-x or track racing on a regular basis, whatever fluid is pretty much fine. Some guys I know gave up on Ford or Motul, use cheapo Valvoline fluid, and just flush the brakes after every track event.

Most track racers here in SoCal seem to run Porterfield R4S, Axxis Ultimates, or Hawk HP+ on the street. All dust like crazy.

Properly installed, most are pretty quiet and don't eat your rotors. Follow the manufacturer's instructions to bed them in properly, and when you install them, make sure to use that "disc brake quiet" goo to keep it from squeaking. I switched from Axxis Metalmasters to Porterfield R4S's and am much happier with the R4S-- less squeaking, although I think my Metalmasters were missing the disc brake quiet, so maybe it's the install's fault.

 

I like Valvoline Synpower brake fluid. You can find spec on it on their site. http://www.valvoline.com/index.asp?flash=true It performs pretty close to ATE and Motul.

 

what about nissan brake fluid?? is that anygood or another one of those highly 200% mark up on some fram product?