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Old 11-11-09, 04:08 PM
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I've got a question for all you guys running upgraded brakes. I bought my 06 GS430 with upgraded brakes already on it (StopTech 6 piston front, 4 piston rear), so I have no idea how the stock brakes behaved. My previous car was an S2000, which had VERY responsive brakes. To me, these brakes seem really mushy. It also seems like I have to push the pedal in almost all the way, and then is goes from mushy and not really grabbing to almost locking the brakes up. I'm no mechanic, but I wonder if maybe the brakes weren't bled properly when they were installed? Any ideas would be great. Also, the car has 22" rims, which I thought may affect the braking ability?
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sounds like the brakes were not bled correctly and you might have bubbles in it

the stock brakes are pretty sensitive already, you should at least have that feel
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Thanks for the info. I'm going to go get it checked out.
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