My 2008 xB just hit 70K miles... Still on OEM rotors, a few months ago I noticed the rear rotors have started to develop "rings" around the circumference of the rotor. Front rotors look OK, but I am one to want to replace everything at once. I am not a fan of just machining the rotors, so I will be replacing everything. The pads have decent life left, but I am ready for a change. I switched out the OEM pads at around 25K for centric ceramic pads front/rear. Although they have been everything I ever wanted as far as absolutely no dust, I can't help but be jealous of the brake feel in almost every other car I drive. When hot, the ceramic pads work excellent... But under normal and cold conditions, they are a bit "linear feeling" for me, and I desire more bite and aggressive braking power.
I am going with the combo I used on my girlfriends old car... Powerslot rotors with Hawk HPS pads. Looking to get a little more bite back with the pads, and I was a big fan of the quality of the powerslot rotors... A little pricey, sure... But when it comes to stuff like brakes I am not one to skimp with cheap anything.
Autoanything had all four rotors and brake pads for $439 shipped... Found a 15% off order coupon code that they always have floating around, and got $65 off the order. Also used Mr. Rebates for another 5% off, so my final cost to my door was $349.80 - Not too shabby (I thought!)
My question is... A few weeks ago I replaced the brake fluid in my car. I had my mom work the brake pedal inside the car, while I purged the fluid about 12 times each corner. Fluid came out the color of the honey, new fluid was clear. Now that I will be "resetting" the calipers, should I open up the bleed valve when I push the calipers back in, or just leave it alone since I already did the fluid change? I heard some people like to open the valves when pushing them back in, so they get the old fluid and such out. But has the old and new mixed whatever was in there anyway?
Look forward to hopefully gaining some bite back with the new brake setup... Due to my heavy city driving and constant morons all over, I find myself hitting the brake quite a bit to avoid other peoples carelessness. Sometimes the ceramic pads feel a bit weak for me.
I am going with the combo I used on my girlfriends old car... Powerslot rotors with Hawk HPS pads. Looking to get a little more bite back with the pads, and I was a big fan of the quality of the powerslot rotors... A little pricey, sure... But when it comes to stuff like brakes I am not one to skimp with cheap anything.
Autoanything had all four rotors and brake pads for $439 shipped... Found a 15% off order coupon code that they always have floating around, and got $65 off the order. Also used Mr. Rebates for another 5% off, so my final cost to my door was $349.80 - Not too shabby (I thought!)
My question is... A few weeks ago I replaced the brake fluid in my car. I had my mom work the brake pedal inside the car, while I purged the fluid about 12 times each corner. Fluid came out the color of the honey, new fluid was clear. Now that I will be "resetting" the calipers, should I open up the bleed valve when I push the calipers back in, or just leave it alone since I already did the fluid change? I heard some people like to open the valves when pushing them back in, so they get the old fluid and such out. But has the old and new mixed whatever was in there anyway?
Look forward to hopefully gaining some bite back with the new brake setup... Due to my heavy city driving and constant morons all over, I find myself hitting the brake quite a bit to avoid other peoples carelessness. Sometimes the ceramic pads feel a bit weak for me.