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GENERAL => General => Topic started by: turby on December 07, 2002, 09:01:53 PM

Title: brake upgrade question
Post by: turby on December 07, 2002, 09:01:53 PM
OK, I got my calipers and brackets from malibuolds. I went today and got new rotors and pads. Here's my question... Why are the brake pads so much smaller than the rotor? I mean, why aren't they bigger to cover more area on the rotor? These pads aren't much bigger than the ones on my car now.
Title: brake upgrade question
Post by: Chris A on December 08, 2002, 12:27:21 AM
Because you don't need very much braking in the back. The rear pads are probably 1/2 the size of the front ones, but only need to do about 20% of the braking.

Chris