151110 miles June 23, 2022 With the new Falken Azenis RT 660 mounted, I decided to wash, clay bar, and nano ceramic coat the rims.
Category Archives: Brakes and Wheels
Brake pads
150946 miles May 24, 2022 Checked the brake pads for the upcoming season as there is a hot laps day on Friday. Still some meat left on the pads, but I might as well do it now. Used Hawk HP Plus pads HB148N.560 and HB157N.484 just like before
Stainless Steel Braided Brake Lines
149290 miles Mar 21, 2021 Ordered and installed stainless steel brake lines. Ordered from Amazon. Stoptech 950.45508 Centric 950.45008
Advanti Storm S1
Sept 5, 2019 147,600Miles. Purchased 15×8 Advanti Storm S1 hyper silver +25 offset wheels from good-win-racing.com These wheels weigh 11 pounds and are a lot lighter than the Mille miglia wheels that came with the car. Costco wouldn’t fit them because the size wasn’t in their database, but a friend at the track was ableContinue reading “Advanti Storm S1”
Bridgestone Potenza RE-71R
Aug 14, 2019 147295 miles Picked up new Bridgestone Potenza RE-71R 205/50/R15 tires from Costco for $139.99 Each mounted and balanced plus tax totalling $711.16 They look great and should be much better than the 14 year old tires I was using….still need new lightweight rims though.
Hawk HP+ brake pads
Aug 4, 2019 147250 Installed Hawk HP+ pads on front, and 45 miles later installed them on the rear too. Extremely grippy. Hope these last longer on the track.
Speed bleeders
July 31, 2019 147262 miles Picked up some speed bleeder brake bleed valves off Kijiji for $15. I plan to install this weekend . Turns out one set was too small and I needed to order another set off Amazon
Brakes Pads and Rotors
June 4, 2019. 146200 miles. Changed the pads and rotors in hopes it improves the pedal feel. I think the old pads “might” have been race pads??? I’ll see how long the new ones last. Update… turns out they didn’t last too long, ended up replacing them with Hawk HP Plus pads a few weeksContinue reading “Brakes Pads and Rotors”
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