# The Brakes Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [September 18, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-brakes-thread/109550 "2007-09-18T05:33:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![nocwage](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nocwage/32/5489_2.png) [@nocwage](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nocwage)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-brakes-thread/109550/7 "2007-09-18T08:22:35Z")
> [@07.03.06 - 4th of July BASH. read this. NOW.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/07-03-06-4th-of-july-bash-read-this-now/14090/73): > > although that may be true max I wouldnt say that summarizes this thread at all. Nobody spoke about cost for one… > > Also, it depends on your application - if you are street driving you’re fine with good pads, fluid and rotors and stock calipers. That doesn’t make you a cheap ass runing sub-par brakes, does it? Solarian clearly spoke about cost: “will be the best bang for your buck”, and yes it will but that statement clearly means saving money by cutting corners. Also most of the post was about preventing fade, something you won’t get unless you are driving hard. Doesn’t necessarily have to be “track” but if you are fading your brakes it’s because your are driving pretty damn hard. So if you just drive on the street and the way you are driving on the street isn’t causing any fade or other problems then stock is fine, pads, calipers rotors, all of it. If you track your car you can ‘make do’ with nice pads with stock setup, the price you pay is chewing through expensive pads VERY quickly as well as warping rotors and more frequent brake fluid changes. It wouldn’t take long before you would have been better off buying a larger setup that required less force (thus less wear) to slow you down… If you’re upgrading your pads or brakes you probably already have better tires which would allow you to take advantage of more brake torque than before. So it still comes out the same Cheap and sub-par to ‘make do’ or Baller and excellent for those taking things seriously… I should point out I just have a cheap 180sx/SE-R brakes with HAWK HPS pads and not a baller setup so I’m not trying to justify my own purchases. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-brakes-thread/109550)._