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pawoSD · #11 10-24-2005, 01:29 AM

My 82SD has a "soft feel" to the pedal and won't lock the wheels with a quick press, but if I push harder/punch it it WILL stop hard, I know this from experience

whunter has driven my car and even commented on the "Weird" feeling brakes/pedal

They've been the same over the entire 2.5 years/24,000 miles I've had the car, and all new rotors and pads didn't really change the feel a whole lot (little more stopping power, but same feel) Rear rotors and pads are brand new a week ago. Our 83 has neck snapping brake force. Its pedal is weird, you can apply it, and it goes down a little feeling very very light and soft, then all the sudden it will apple some REAL force and stop like no tomorrow, mine is more even. The other day my dad and I were on the way home from autozone.....(buying rust treatment items

) and we had to slam on them because of a moron moving out of his lane where he was sitting and into ours which was clear and had us coming at 40+ mph down....so my dad had to punch the brakes, WHOA, seatbelts locked, we go forward, front tires skittered/squealed, and we had a burned rubber smell for a couple mins after that.

It has AMAZING stopping power. Way better than our van, and way more confident. The van feels like it will roll over frontwards if you hit the brakes too hard. The SD just....stops. I've only had to punch mine on two occassions, and they react just like the 83, with a tire squeal and severe braking force....so I think they are both just fine in terms of how well they're working. Mine just feel more gentle/pleasant in general.