davcohen
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Registered: 1st Nov 03
Location: North London
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tomz i am changing the standard setup on my GSI as the brakes are rubbish mostly as the pads are old and the system needs to a good bleed
im just wondering if i upgrade to GTE16v spec brakes do i loose my ABS or worse have the ABS light constantly on?
also would i have to bleed them in a certain order including the rears?
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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abs runs off the cv joints so it wont be affected at all.
if you get mole grips and crimp the brake line with them before you remove the pipes off would only have to bleed the fronts up, but wont even need that much bleeding.
i left the front calipers off mine for about 2 weeks and only bled the fronts up when re-fitted newer ones, never had any bothers
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Ant
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Registered: 12th May 02
Location: Hereford and Worcester
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abs should be fine breaks will be great but pedal will feel very average ....awaits flaming
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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lol, i dunno what people are on about. ive got 256mil brakes on one corsa and v6 288's or 284, which ever they are on the other and both feel bang on for braking.
guess its more to do with how you like the feel of the pedal. never concerns me much as long as the brakes actually work fine
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davcohen
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Registered: 1st Nov 03
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tbh i dont mind the feel, its just currently with the std ones they need bleeding quite badly i have to push my foot really hard and even then they isnt that much going on
so thought either bleed the brakes or upgrade the brakes then bleed them so opted for the second one
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casper_ac
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Registered: 25th Mar 03
Location: Belfast
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is there a tutorial for doign brake upgrades...
where would one get gte brakes!
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