Suggestion for brake pads and fluid

[orthojoe]

Originally Posted by SeanBlader

I still recommend having professionals work on your brake fluid. I feel to recommend otherwise is grossly negligent. Should you decide to ignore my suggestions and have success, then more power to you, hope it goes well. If it goes wrong, and given the prosecution happy nature of the world, well you likely have plausible reasoning to file suit against those recommending otherwise in this thread, as well as the forum owners themselves. More obscure lawsuits have succeeded in the US, and that's a little more invested than I want to be in someone's "brake job".

..... Nevermind.... Not worth my time...

[Sypher]

@SeanBlader I don't really see your desire to get on a soap box about working on your car and it "potentially" being a detriment to society.

For one, most people understand their limits when it comes to working on cars. Many people take their cars to a shop for a CBE on our cars. This goes to show that people can think for the selves just fine because they know if they can't swap out a CBE they can't do a break job or break fluid replacement. These people figured it out on their own. Likewise those of us who can do the work will do the work because we have been taught either by a person or self. I my self have taken automotive classes in engine rebuilding, beginning electrical and suspension and breaks. I have all the proper knowledge to replace the fluid in my car.

Now just because someone says you should change your breaks and fluid for track driving does not imply that they should do it themselves. Saying "if you are comfortable" does imply that if you are not 100% comfortable you should have someone else do it or take another option.

I do understand you wish to keep people from making a mistake and hurting others but you have got to realize that you are on a car forum where more than 50% of the people do their own work and no one ever said "you can do it, it's so easy a monkey can do it".

[SeanBlader]

Originally Posted by Sypher

@SeanBlader I don't really see your desire to get on a soap box about working on your car and it "potentially" being a detriment to society.

A wise man once said, "You should learn from the mistakes of others, since you can never possibly hope to make them all yourself."

I didn't want to be selfish, and I thought others might also benefit from the experience this advice has brought me. But apparently everyone would prefer I not bother, so I'll save my effort in the future. :-( I guess I was incorrect that this was a forum for discussion.

[Sypher]

Originally Posted by SeanBlader

A wise man once said, "You should learn from the mistakes of others, since you can never possibly hope to make them all yourself."

I didn't want to be selfish, and I thought others might also benefit from the experience this advice has brought me. But apparently everyone would prefer I not bother, so I'll save my effort in the future. :-( I guess I was incorrect that this was a forum for discussion.

The problem isn't your decision to share advice but your choice in telling people they are wrong for working on their own cars.

Advice is welcome. Had you said "I suggest you take your car to a shop for a break fluid change unless you are 100% able and comfortable because of 'X' reason." no one would have had a problem.

[mfbmike]

A wise man also once said, "prepare your car for the most extreme situations it will be exposed to," or something along those lines.



Flushing out old fluid and putting in some much better (higher boiling point) fluid is easy. Might as well do it if you've already got the wheels off. Not to mention, it's probably a decent idea to change it out if it's been 2+ years already (most of these cars are approaching that mark).

[SeanBlader]

Originally Posted by Sypher

The problem isn't your decision to share advice but your choice in telling people they are wrong for working on their own cars.

Well, I suppose I can't help it if people think some idiot hypocrite on the internet is telling them what they should do.

Sorry OP. Get Porterfield R4S pads if they are made for the car, they're dusty but designed for street/autocross, and hold up just fine in California summer desert track days. As for fluid, get something better than stock. I like ATE Super Blue, because they also make a gold, which makes it excellent for flushing, you can tell when you're done with each line, and you're not mixing different types of fluid. But especially read the first line of this post.