I bought this car in 2004 and the braking was not that good. Surprising since early articles about the car bragged about their brakes. A couple of years ago I started reading on how to increase the stopping power. I located a shop in Indiana who had come out with a very soft shoe material. I measured my drums and sent my old shoes up to him. He installed his new material and arced the shoes according to the measurements that I had. This new shoe material will only last 10 to 12 thousand miles which is OK, I will never put that many miles on it. Now if you jam on the brakes fairly hard the front end dips down!! Fast difference.
