Brake advice, 53 plate 172 Cup

[Papercup]

Hi guys,

Got a 22,000 miler, excellent overall condition (garaged all its life) but, to me, the brakes feel a bit wooden. My friend who has an exactly-the-same-but-lower-miles 53 plate with 8000 on the clock says his have more feel. I have driven his car but wasn't concentrating on the brakes as such, but i didn't notice a huge difference.

My brakes work, don't get me wrong. There is nothing 'wrong' with them as such; I can lock them at will. But i could do with a bit more feel, especially as i don't have ABS and when they lock they seem to do so quite suddenly. I still locked the ones on my friend's car going into a corner quite fast. Again, it seemed to happen without much warning or difference in pedal feel from not locked to locked. It is going to the 'ring in May so i could do with something a bit better.

The car has brand new tyres, the correct ones, fitted when i bought it. So it is a brake thing, not grip as such.

So, power isn't a problem, feel is. Your suggestions, venerable colleagues?

Edited to add: car is standard from top to bottom, no mods of any kind and brakes are also standard with, i assume, standard Renaultsport pads.

 

[Neil G]

Modulation is the word for this control.

I'm running OE pads and discs and find them okay for pedal feel.

 

[sh33n]

Bleed the brake system, some new brake fluid?

Maybe even some new lines (altough I find my standard ones are fine).

 

[Englebert]

Yeah, maybe some air in the brake lines...?

I would say it's a perfect excuse to upgrade the lines and pads for your trip.

 

[stokedRich]

Agree - mines the same age & mileage - I had fresh fluid & a bleed and they feel tons better, the calipers were sticking as well but that's another story...