[mgarblik]

I have installed 2 of the Power Stop kits on family cars. My daughter absolutely destroys every car she drives and the brakes are usually the first to go unless she kills the engine or transmission first. I used a Z23 kit without calipers on her 2009 Impala. They worked really well. Improved stopping power, smooth and quiet. No pulsation until she totaled that one after about 15,000 miles. Generally, she would have the front's pulsating after a brake job in 5-7K miles. The second kit I installed was on a 2008 Hemi Grand Cherokee for her. This was a complete kit with 4 calipers. Very nice stuff and so far after a year and a half and 20K+ miles, the brakes are still really good.

[Sirrotica]

Originally Posted by mgarblik

I have installed 2 of the Power Stop kits on family cars. My daughter absolutely destroys every car she drives and the brakes are usually the first to go unless she kills the engine or transmission first. I used a Z23 kit without calipers on her 2009 Impala. They worked really well. Improved stopping power, smooth and quiet. No pulsation until she totaled that one after about 15,000 miles. Generally, she would have the front's pulsating after a brake job in 5-7K miles. The second kit I installed was on a 2008 Hemi Grand Cherokee for her. This was a complete kit with 4 calipers. Very nice stuff and so far after a year and a half and 20K+ miles, the brakes are still really good.

Mike, the calipers are all good on the (Arizona) car so I just got pads and rotors. Rotors warped on the rear, not what I'm used to, usually the front in most of my cars in the past. I also towed a small U Haul back after my mother passed in Nov, so that may have hastened the brake pulsation and rotor warpage.

Your daughter must drive like she's a race car driver on the street...LOL. Not the first time you mentioned how hard she is on vehicles.

I'm hoping for less brake dust on the wheels with the Power Stop brakes too. I have a set of the cross laced wheels from the mid 90s Bonnevilles on the GP, and they're always got rusty powder from the semi metallic pads all over them. Past experience with carbon fiber is usually a lot less brake dust sticking to the wheels on my GTO with Wagner C/F pads.

[69hardtop]

Today i decided to fix something that has bugged me since I reassembled my 64 GTO in 2017. Somehow at that time when I rebuilt the cluster I had the speedo needle misaligned, it always indicated below zero mph on the gauge when parked. I must have pressed the needle on when it was at the stop, but not aligned to zero so it hung at about the 6 o’clock position.
It always irritated me that i made such a dumb mistake - and, of course reminded of it every time I glanced at the speedo when driving (besides always having to add on 10-12 mph for true speed). So today i pulled the instrument cluster and repositioned the needle. In the background of first pic you can see incorrect needle position, pic two is cluster pulled....it pays to have smaller hands when you do jobs like this
Should finish tomorrow on the reinstall.........this one was on my list to fix right away after i finished the resto - finally got to it 4 yrs later

[Chris65LeMans]

Originally Posted by 69hardtop

Today i decided to fix something that has bugged me since I reassembled my 64 GTO in 2017. Somehow at that time when I rebuilt the cluster I had the speedo needle misaligned, it always indicated below zero mph on the gauge when parked. I must have pressed the needle on when it was at the stop, but not aligned to zero so it hung at about the 6 o’clock position.
It always irritated me that i made such a dumb mistake - and, of course reminded of it every time I glanced at the speedo when driving (besides always having to add on 10-12 mph for true speed). So today i pulled the instrument cluster and repositioned the needle. In the background of first pic you can see incorrect needle position, pic two is cluster pulled....it pays to have smaller hands when you do jobs like this
Should finish tomorrow on the reinstall.........this one was on my list to fix right away after i finished the resto - finally got to it 4 yrs later

I don’t blame you for procrastinating. Pulling out the instruments on ‘64s and ‘65s is not fun.