Yea LI weather sucks right now, rain is real bad. i got a 96 5sp se. if i put any hard force on the brakes in the rain they lock up and i slide. my tires still have real thick treads on them.

In regular weather the brakes work fine but seem REAL pu ss y. Ne thoughts?
what can i do to my brakes to fix this.

 

im guessing you dont have ABS, is that right?

 

well if you dont have abs, that is why, but if you do have abs, i have no idea why.

 

drive slower and leave more room infront of you

 

im guessing i dont have abs. how can i check? this is what sucks about buying a used car from a private seller.

 

same thing happens to me though, my abs light is on though i broke my left side speed sensor and i dont know where to get one besides the dealer. my car is accident prone

 

if your brakes lock up, you dont have abs. If you did have abs, you will feel and hear a weird noise when you slam on your brakes and no lock up.

 

Maybe its your calipers. Before i did my brake job, anytime it rained and unless i slowed down atleast 10 car lengths before a stop sign my abs would go off and i would slide a few feet. Looking at my rear left rotor there was rust and it was worn very unevenly. My right side looked fine but it was siezed up too. Changed out the calipers. Now when i inspect the rotors after i drive they all look nice and shiney(hot too) which proves they are working. The final test is when its raining and i brake hard it doesnt slip and the abs doesn't come on.

Or maybe you guys are just slamming the brakes when you should be easing them gently.

 

i always wondered, would a big brake kit make this worse or better? or even along the lines of motul racing brake fluid, stainless lines, slotted rotors, and better pads. anyone know for sure?

 

Or maybe your brakes work too wet and your tires sucks. Do you have ss brake lines?

 

turn your car on but dont start it if the abs light dotn come on u dont have abs

 

oil and water dont mix, learn to slow down in the rain.

It could be a combo of things, a bad alignment would cause it... other than I dunno if you have good tires.

 

i know if i really slam the brakes, even when its dry, they will lock up sometimes, far from always, and i do have ABS. anyone know whats up with that? or maybe i just shouldnt do that crap anymore.

 

They wont just lock up, you'll hear them biting for traction but not lock up completely.. its perfectly normal

 

i dont have abs and whenever it rains i drive like a grandma because even with Ziex's it feels like driving on an ice rink

 

The tires are what really stops the car; the brakes just slow the rotation of the tire. So first off, it could be that you just have bad tires. Other than that, it could just be something with the quality of brake parts that are on the car. My previous car was an old crappy mustang, and that thing would lock up in a heartbeat, even on dry pavement. On my max, I put on some Brembo stock replacement rotors and some Raybestos pads, and even though I don't have ABS, my wheels never lock up. I am also much more careful when driving in the rain anyways, so that helps.