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Reply to "Rear Disk Brakes...Is there really a need? Talk it over."

Troy, I accepted the conventional wisdom and advice from Carey and did not originally build Natalie with rear disc brakes.  I locked them up a lot.   Then, I had the opportunity to drive Jack's car in Arkansas in the mountains.  What a difference.

 

The summer of 2012 I had a couple of near misses.  My car accelerates faster than people are expecting and is closer than it appears due to the size....and my driving style has created a few situations.

 

Last winter, Carey installed rear disc brakes and a bigger master cylinder on Natalie.  She stops quicker, straighter, with far less locking up.

 

It's one of the things I scrimped on in the beginning, but seat time changed my mind.

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