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    Ate vs Girling Brakes

    I have an 87 325is with the Ate calipers, booster, etc and drove somebody's late body 325i recently. I noticed right away that the brakes felt way more like a modern car brake compared to mine. The pedal was much lighter and it took less effort overall to use the brakes. I also noticed that this other car had Girling parts rather than the Ate.

    My question is, do the early cars generally have a very different braking feel than the later ones? Do I just need to freshen up my system or am I likely dealing with something not working as it should? I did a 24v a couple of years ago and shifted my booster over to fit the engine. It's possible that it was damaged while running a little too much angle on the rod but I don't have any evidence of a vacuum leak. What do you guys think?

    Steven

    #2
    Pads make a huge difference. What compound do you have and what does he have?


    Keep it slideways!!

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      #3
      Good point Axxe. I don't actually know the answer to either. I do think the difference was greater than expected if each of us were running street pads however.

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        #4
        If you're on some autozone crap it will be night and day, even autozone to OEM pads.
        paint sucks

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