Why Do My Brakes Suck?

[Euroguy026]

I just put new pads and my brakes are still kinda Blah, i mean they stop but not that good, i drove my friends Tarus and her brakes are awesome nice n tight, mine are so spongy and kinda feel like they are barley stoping. I have 4 Wheel Disk Brakes and the ABS light is on but it shouldnt afffect the braking any ideas?

[92 Lumina]

Here are a few things to check.
are the rear calipers working( stuck or out of adjustment) do they slide alittle when you grab them with the wheel off.
are they out of adjustment ( use the park brake a couple of times to adjust them ) hopefully you use it ocasionally so it dont up your brakes.
Here was the problem with mine :
Check the vacuum line to the booster. Ocasionally they get oil soaked and will calapse when you let off the gas to brake and have a high vacuum signal. I noticed this on mine after I changed my intake gasket. Brakes are as good as new.
$11.00 hose at the dealer.

Mark

[Euroguy026]

Thankx for the help, all i really needed was some REAR Brakes, i had only put front brakes thinking thats where most of the stoping was done but i was wrong, once i put back brakes on WOAH what a diffrence