Subject	Agreed with initial bite. The German cars have very touchy
Posted by	SMAZ (OKC) on February 20, 2013 at 7:26 PM
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In Reply To	Really seems to me the main issues are brake pad posted by jzack on February 19, 2013 at 12:19 AM
Message	brakes. I have an 02 Jetta Wagon TDI, wife 06 Jetta TDI Sedan, Mom has TDI Beetle, and brother has BMW X5 Diesel. The 06 and X5 always have brake dust on the wheels and the smoked look. OEM VW pads are ATE. From what I've read recently they are also rear biased compared to older cars which seems to have the sensation of higher braking power. I just added the 350Z Brembo front calipers and rotors with Ferrodo(Brembo) pads and the royalty performance rear brackets. It definitely has that feeling of braking now. One thing I've struggled with is getting ALL of the air out of the lines especially with a 94+ ABS system and no bleed nipples. I've come to the conclusion it takes a computer to activate the actuator in order to move all of the air out of it. At least that's how my VW's are and I have VAG COM to do it. 1996 TT #61 of 300
Follow Ups	Better braking ideas - MOTRSPRT--ID 15:28:51 02/18/13 Actually this whole issue has been covered in a number - jzack 17:46:42 02/18/13 IMO it is the composition of BMW pads. They are - Gordo 93TT Daytona 20:18:58 02/18/13 LOL - very true. If not cleaned often - wheels look - jzack 00:13:47 02/19/13 I've done some searching and found a few topics - MOTRSPRT--ID 23:19:21 02/18/13 Really seems to me the main issues are brake pad - jzack 00:19:27 02/19/13 Agreed with initial bite. The German cars have very touchy - SMAZ (OKC) 19:26:53 02/20/13 Some of that could be due to the weight/balance of the car - Summeronthechain (MN) 12:11:44 02/19/13 a bigger BMC will decrease the clamping force on the - aliaZ 18:49:02 02/20/13
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