10 tips for safe, sure-footed brakes
Clean every thing really well before starting or buy all new.

• Racing compounds go on a race car, while street compounds go on a street car.
• Hawk Autocross pads work really well on the street.

• If anything is leaking in your braking system, fix it immediately. Make a visual inspection of all brake components and look for wet areas–you should find none.

• If a car has had at least one previous owner, assume that someone with a lack of mechanical ability has touched the brakes.
• Look it up on the internet.

• We’ve always preferred the two-person way: One person goes to each wheel and bleeds the brake according to the shop manual instructions, while another person works the pedal.

• After making sure the adjusters are not frozen, adjust the brakes so they just start to drag.

• Stuck parking brakes can quickly make brakes feel and act funny, plus wear out things out quickly.
• Lube those cables really well.

• A visual inspection of flexible brake hoses is pretty easy–look for leaks and cracks, discarding any hose with either.
• Or buy new clean rubber.

• After you’ve checked that all the components are not leaking and are in good shape, look for wear (and therefore compliance)
• in the pedal/master cylinder linkage and in the rear brake/parking brake linkages.

• Obviously, grooves are bad, but so is glazing.

• If you can lock up your wheels and tires, you don’t need bigger brakes–you need stickier tires