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Originally Posted by allowe
As much as I hate the brakes our cars come with, I'm not down to blow like 3 grand for brakes.
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The brakes in our cars are actually overpowered for what we need. If you're not sold on how they feel, look into a master cylinder brace (I like GrimmSpeed), stainless brake lines, and better pads and fluid. The only area our brakes don't do well in is heat dissipation during track usage. For that there are Porsche GT3 brake cooling guides, actual cooling ducts (I like Velox) or better, not necessarily bigger, brake kits. The AP Racing Sprint kit is the same diameter as our rotors, but much thicker and better able to dissipate heat.
If you don't track and you've never gotten them to fade on canyon roads, just throw a master cylinder brace on and see how it feels. If you want it firmer, go for stainless lines and new pads and fluid. A word of caution: stainless lines need to be inspected every so often to make sure they aren't fraying.
The best way to improve your brakes is to get better tires. No matter how awesome your brakes are, you can only slow down as hard as you can hold onto the ground.