brakes brakes brakes.....

[gothguydante]

okay from what i understand my rear drums are dead.... and my front ones are getting messed up cause of that... i keep hearing about an aspire break swap and also about a rear sway bar swap or something... is that the better choice or should i just fix them... and whats this aspire swap all about...??i keep reading endless posts about it and well my brain hurts... simplafye for a overworked tired festiva lover.... please..

[Pocket_Rocket]

Aspire brakes are bigger, and the front rotors are ventilated, when the Festiva's are not. The Aspire rear beam comes with an integrated rear sway bar and the Festiva's does not. So you have better brakes, you have slightly better handling, and as a bonus, the front bearings are easier to work on, as they are not pressed into the front rotors, like on the Festiva. That way, you don't have to take the bearings appart when you need to change rotors. One thing to note is that Aspires came with different bolt patterns (4X100), so your Festiva wheels won't fit (4X114.3) so be sure to get the Aspire wheels. The Aspire wheels are 13 inchers so they should make tire selection easier than 12" ones, if 12 inchers are hard to come by in your part of the country.

[mattswabb]

and my front ones are getting messed up cause of that...

How are the fronts getting messed up because of your rears not working?

[gothguydante]

well really they are not getting destroyed or anything it's just i kinda like to go fast... and people around here kinda like to pull out infront of you the last min.. so i have had many time of having to lock up the breaks to keep from wrecking...i go trough breaks every 3-4 months on performance pads.. i dono i just like going fast in the festy now only if i could get a SHO they it would be solved.... but that will never happen...

[elcamino1]

A SHO is only going to add to the problem!!

[Pu241]

A SHO is only going to add to the problem!!

I think his problem will ultimately take care of itself!
Just hope there are some usuable parts available afterward!

gothguydante, read your PM, before you post again!

Or you will be unable to post period!

[jglutz]

i go trough breaks every 3-4 months on performance pads...

That's Crazy

[elcamino1]

^^Yep won't be long!!

[freshtiva]

Nice summation pocket rocket. People do tend to pull out in front of you in a festiva. At least thats been my experience. Slow down gothguy, festivas are hard to get a hold of any more.

[GenevaDirt]

My question is....If he was not speeding down the road...would he feel they pulled out in front of him....or were they just making a normal manuever and he came flying up on them?

[skeeters_keeper]

what pocket_rocket said is good, just one thing though, the bearings are still pressed into aspire hubs just like on festiva hubs. The thing that is better is that the rotors are not pressed onto the hub so you can easily change the rotor or remove the rotor to have it resurfaced without having a press.

sounds like the easiest way to fix your problem is to slow down and watch ahead...

[Damkid]

My question is....If he was not speeding down the road...would he feel they pulled out in front of him....or were they just making a normal manuever and he came flying up on them?

that sounds more like whats happening to me, especially if he burns through brakes every few months, my last set of brakes lasted me almost 4 years

[jglutz]

^^ GenevaDirt & Damkid....brilliant!

[gothguydante]

yeah i know i like to go fast... i found a festy with a bad engine for 295 i think i might buy it and make it a drag car... i blame my speeding on the festy i feel like i have more control in it when i go fast... compared to other cars... and it's not like i don't maintenance my car... i'm on top of that i love my festy i got to keep it running it's just the person before me didn't take care of it.. i got it it had no oil no tranny fluid and he just got back from Texas to Indiana.. like that...