Car wobbles while braking at high speeds....
10/28/05, 07:20 PM
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This has officially been the second time I have taken my car into higher speeds on a straight unoccupied freeway stretch. The thing is, after I stopped accelerating and started to apply the brakes (very slowly, mind you...) it felt as if something was wrong! The steering wheel got very wobbly, it felt like something was rubbing or...ah I don't know how to explain it, but It was as if i had slammed the brakes (the effect.) The interior was also getting filled up with a loud sound coming from the brakes (i think.)
Any ideas? It didn't happen EVER again, and it only lasts from XXXmph - 0mph, then goes away. :scratch:
Any ideas? It didn't happen EVER again, and it only lasts from XXXmph - 0mph, then goes away. :scratch:
10/28/05, 08:13 PM
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had this happen to me !! in my opinion the stock brake suck. i decided to upgrade my brake pads to HAWK HP PLUS and the car stops no problem. only thing is they give off more brake dust and make some noise when stopping. these are autocross/street pads. i only hate cleaning the rims all the time
10/28/05, 09:02 PM
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Whoa now I'm actually scared....warped rotors? Woot!
See, this really ONLY happens at high speeds, something I RARELY if ever do. And Im not gonna go talk to my dad and say, "HEY DAD! I went THIS fast today and my brakes got wobbly!"
This will be him: :ranting:
This will be me:
And obviously my dog going:
See, this really ONLY happens at high speeds, something I RARELY if ever do. And Im not gonna go talk to my dad and say, "HEY DAD! I went THIS fast today and my brakes got wobbly!"
This will be him: :ranting:
This will be me:
And obviously my dog going:
10/31/05, 09:45 PM
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Originally posted by Cleveland@October 28, 2005, 8:51 PM
since when does my car do that?
no wobbles for me...
-Dan
since when does my car do that?
no wobbles for me...
-Dan
Does sound like warped rotors though.
10/31/05, 10:18 PM
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What I think you experienced was brake fade from what you posted. I have experienced brake fade at higher speed. The OEM pads are horrible at disapating heat. I get a slight wobble in the steering wheel when they are heated up. The brakes on this car are horrible above 60 mph.
10/31/05, 11:33 PM
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Originally posted by GhostGT@October 28, 2005, 6:23 PM
This has officially been the second time I have taken my car into higher speeds on a straight unoccupied freeway stretch. The thing is, after I stopped accelerating and started to apply the brakes (very slowly, mind you...)
This has officially been the second time I have taken my car into higher speeds on a straight unoccupied freeway stretch. The thing is, after I stopped accelerating and started to apply the brakes (very slowly, mind you...)
If all you want to do is slow down, let the engine do the work for you.
11/1/05, 09:32 AM
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Originally posted by SixtySix@November 1, 2005, 12:48 AM
I'm with ya, me neither, somewhere in the neighborhood of 150 MPH and I stop with no wibble wobbles.
Does sound like warped rotors though.
I'm with ya, me neither, somewhere in the neighborhood of 150 MPH and I stop with no wibble wobbles.
Does sound like warped rotors though.
Oh, no brake problems here as described, although I'd like to put on better pads. Stocks suck...
John
11/1/05, 07:28 PM
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Originally posted by elvism@November 1, 2005, 2:42 PM
ask MAVERICKMFL371 about my hp brake pads. he saw how good they stop!!!!
ask MAVERICKMFL371 about my hp brake pads. he saw how good they stop!!!!
11/1/05, 08:31 PM
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Originally posted by max2000jp@November 1, 2005, 8:31 PM
How do you like the HP+'s? I was thinking about buying them along with StopTech SS brake lines. The only thing that is stopping me from buying them are I have heard that they are noisey. Any problems with brake noise using those pads. I would like to have a semi-quiet street pad.
How do you like the HP+'s? I was thinking about buying them along with StopTech SS brake lines. The only thing that is stopping me from buying them are I have heard that they are noisey. Any problems with brake noise using those pads. I would like to have a semi-quiet street pad.
11/1/05, 08:41 PM
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It wasnt the wobbling that really bothered me as much...it was the intense sound that was coming....like voovooovoovoovoovooovoovoo over and over again (wow that was wierd, lol 
). Sounded like a bump on the brakes was going around and around, just really wierd.
If you guys are saying something is wrong with my rotors, why won't this happen at regular speeds, then? And next time, i'll let the engine do the braking
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). Sounded like a bump on the brakes was going around and around, just really wierd.If you guys are saying something is wrong with my rotors, why won't this happen at regular speeds, then? And next time, i'll let the engine do the braking
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