I recently gave my fiancée a 1999 Chevy Prizm with about 27,000 miles on it. She likes the car, but says the brakes require more pressure than her previous car, a 1997 Sentra. I've driven both & the Chevy may take slightly more pressure, but the peddle feels normal to me (i.e. no air in the lines) but she is a lot smaller than I am. Both cars have power brakes. At 27K it is possible the car could use front pads (haven't checked this yet, no wear indicator noise so far, I'm assuming it has them... ) Assuming the pads are OK & there is no air in the lines, is there any way to improve braking w/o increasing required pressure? If there are any "performance" pads for this car (BTW, same car as a Corolla) my guess is if anything they'd take MORE pressure, not LESS. Any suggestions appreciated.
TIA