i currently have about 24,000 miles on my sxt and feel the brakes slipping. When i come to a stop i feel shaken coming from the steering wheel and vibrations from the pedal. i believe my rear drum brakes need to be resurfaced and i was going to resurface my from rotors, get raybesto or hawk brake pads and change my brake fluid. What do u guys and gals think?

Also what is a perfect drop rate so that the front of the car is a little lower in the front, but not too much and lower in the rear. I was thinking of going 1.8 rear and 1.6 front with arospeed coilovers and tokiko illumina shock struts. Or should i go 2.0 rear drop and 1.6 1.8 drop in front. I plan on getting 185/65/r15 low pros performance tires on my stock rims. the stock tire is 185/60/r15. Also what should my chamber be i was going for 1.5 in rear and 1 in front negative so sticking out i believe?
Thanks

 

No need to get resurfaced they arent a unit. .. go get some new rotors and break bads.... if you feel pedal vibration when you hit the breaks could be your abs ...it will feel like grinding on the pedal.

 

Id take them off. check your old rotors. I recently just changed mine. the old brake pads grinded the rotor enuff that i couldnt get them cut, so i had to buy a new rotor. other then that i changed the pads as well and nows it stops perfect.

 

i checked my rotors and they were fine. I had a friend who is a mechanic take a look at it and he said they have life left in them so i ordered hawk brake pads. Thanks for the help.

 

i checked my rotors and they were fine. I had a friend who is a mechanic take a look at it and he said they have life left in them so i ordered hawk brake pads. He said that because i downshift when i slow down instead of braking especially in the rain that my rotors had not worn out as much as those who brake constantly. I also had him check my clutch and he said it still has plenty of life. Thanks for the help.

 

WHOA BUD...

First off, a 185/60R15 is lower profile than a 185/65R15.........the 60 in a 185/60R15 is the aspect ratio which corresponds to the height of the sidewall, 60 means that the height is 60% of the width, which in this case is 185 millimeters, so that corresponds to a height of 111 mm.........for the 65 series that corresponds to a height of 120.25 mm and last I knew 120.25 was more than 111. If you want some real tires, get some 205/50R15's or at least some 195/55R15. The sidewall height of the 205/50 is 102.5 mm and is 107.25 mm for 195/55's. The 205's will give the lowest sidewall and the best performance.

Second, don't have the car aligned with more negative camber in the rear than in the front!!! You will hurt yourself or someone else. Camber makes cars very twitchy, gives all sorts of pulls depending on the road, and wears out tires faster than you can imagine. If you want some camber, start low and keep about a half degree more negative camber in the front than the rear. If you want to get crazy, run equal amounts front and rear but I can assure you that no neon will like more in the rear than the front. Aggressive autoXers run -2.2° or slightly more up front and -1.7° in the rear and I can assure you the car will be twitchy, will not be easy to drive for a novice, and your tires will wear out quickly. If you are just looking for a little better handling, try -1.0° up front and -0.5° in the rear but your tires will still wear out fairly quick. I'm guessing a good compromise would be -0.5 all around, I have never tried it but I think the tire wear would be fairly even. You also might want to know that if you lower your car, you change how much the body will roll, hopefully making it less, so you don't need as much camber as you do at stock ride height to get the most out your tires. Larger swaybars will also reduce roll and reduce the amount of camber you need.