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Success: Locked my fronts on dry pavement

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Who said that you need Hawk pads or larger calipers to lock your tires on dry pavement? Today I had to make an emergency stop in my car when it was going about 35 mph. The tires slid like 10 feet and I could smell the rubber in my cabin. It's 3rd gen ABS car with 10 something inch rotors and whatever pads it had when I bought it used. The tires are Hankook Mileage Plus II with plenty of rubber on them and about 34psi pressure. The brake fluid had been flushed recently. I never tried locking them on purpose, but something like this happened like 5 years ago. I guess, the emergency situations make you stand on the pedal like you never thought you would.
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KhanTyranitar said:
this obviously proves that not all Gen3 models have 4WABS
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This proves nothing. It's entirely possible that the ABS system is simply malfunctioning. The only way to know for sure is to check visually.

KhanTyranitar said:
and the stock brakes have plenty of stopping power. The smaller rotors can still overheat and fade on long downhill stretches though, which is where the larger rotors excel.
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True.
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