Owner reviews for brake fluid

Bleeding the brakes would cost about $5.00 for a quart of the valvoline synthetic dot 4 brake fluid.

Added new pads (Pagid..$100.00/whole car) and brake fluid (ATE blue $12.00 quart), trimmed the stock splash shield in the rear and used the shields from the wreck up front and finished the install a few days ago. Brakes feel great and nicely fill the wheel space on my new 18" wheels.

Either of these are excellent brake fluids, there are several high quality brake fluids available. It usually comes down to cost/benefit and availability. Ate 200 - 536 dry/392 wet [$10/liter] www. raceshopper.com Motul RBF 600 - 593 dry/420 wet [$25/liter] porterfield-brakes.com HTH

Agreed with RacerX on all his posts. As an FYI, the VW "high performance" brake fluid sold over the counter at VW dealers is actually better than Castrol GT/LMA and is cheaper(at least around here).

I've had RedBox's before on my VR6 (actually still on it right now, have to fix that!) and I've managed to make them fade with HARD street use. Albeit it was a really spirited drive through the country, but they started to go after some very high to low speed decels. I would NOT attempt to take these pads to a track day, they would vaporize. I know a few people that tried to use them with not so good results. It's a nice pad for mild street use, but you probably want something beefier. I've heard alot of good things about the EBC Green pads as well as the Hawks. I have the Hawks to go onto my Rabbit shortly, and have heard nothing but rave reviews for them. If they work out well on that, they'll make it to the VR6. As for fluid, anything DOT4 should work well, and I've never had a problem with the ATE superblue. I'm using the Castrol brakefluid in my Rabbit because my uncle (and alot of guys in Porsche club) swear by it. It's easier to find so I'm giving that a shot as well. Pedal feel is determined mostly by how well you bleed the brakes, other than a caliper change. So, it's going to be the same as now, unless you switch to a 4pot caliper.

For anything including the occasional hard track day, it's hard to go wrong with Zimmerman or Brembo rotors (not drilled or slotted!), Hawk HPS+ pads and ATE Superblue fluid. But that's just my opinion...