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Just to update this. Pads have been fitted and bedded in to the letter of Pagids bedding procedure. I haven’t run shims in the Calipers almost since new so they weren’t present to remove. As usual with Pagids, you have to dust off the paint from the ends of the pads to allow them to move freely...

I haven't looked, mostly blue i think lol

Yeah, had a company re-web them as i wanted them new.

The paint's sacrificial anyway, the coatings never survive too well after a proper heat cycle anyway. I followed Pagids bedding procedure to the letter and its pretty brutal in terms of thermal loading, however ive always doe it the way they say and never had an issue, its just not pretty lol.

Agree, if you don't have the budget for a good quality coilover then i would keep what you have and save your money.

Well that’s the pads properly bedded in and heat cycled. They’re no longer yellow anyway. Ha. Obviously not put them on track yet but the initial impressions were exactly as I was expecting. Good bite, solid pedal and loads of feel. Finally have brakes that inspire confidence when pressing on...

@Touring_Rob I'm not educated enough to go into finite details of how it all works with regards to friction coefficients, moments of torque, inertia blah blah. My main gripe is this (in my opinion) misconception that the rear brakes are doing nothing and therefore crap pads are more than...

I've a Fluke temp gun so can check them out with that. Fade and boiling fluid im sure you know are 2 different things. Fade the pedal stays hard and the increase in pedal pressure does not translate into increased vehicle retardation. Boiling fluid the pedal goes soft and spongy. As for upping...

Genuine question, If you have a high bite, high friction front pad that’s doing all the work, how would you know what the rears are doing anyway? How would you know the rears weren’t fading if all the retardation is being done on the front axle?

Bedded them in to the letter in the early hours after late shift last night and then drove home at a constant 50mph or so to allow them to cool slowly. I have RS29s all round on my Cayman and also ran them in the Impreza and Mini GP. So I’ve no doubt at all they will be as good as they always...

Any updates on this at all James? Surely you cant have been playing ALL bikes and M3s over lockdown? :D

No matter how cool this thing looks in photos... and it does look cool. It looks even better in the metal, It just sits so right. Ive always thought the Turinis look better on it than the TDs, but in the metal i think as it sits perfect as is. Looks mega in the rear view mirror too :)

Thoroughly enjoyed seeing this go back together. Great job, work looks superb, as does the finished car :)

Cheers for the offer Mark , however, at the moment mate, im better off with a paint bush and getting my Bob Ross on :D

Well it was brand new at the time, an old Nikon D80. I no longer own a PC to even save them to, i don't do technology too well :D

Really need to get my DSLR out and not rely on an old iPhone 6S 😂

Looks like its already being robbed for bits. Rear wing and bonnet emblem gone.

Managed to go for my first socially distanced drive out yesterday and caught up with @MrBlonde in his minty fresh Titanium and his friend Will in his lovely black Meg. Took a leisurely jaunt out to Bradwell and even stopped for some snaps. So nice to get out and drive for just the enjoyment of...

Gtechniq C5 wheel armour gets my vote. Pretty sure there are similar offerings out there from others too.

Alex @ AW Motorworks fitted mine. Highly recommend him doing the swearing so I didn’t have to. 😅

For the amount of dicking about required to fix, it will be easier to just get a new drive flange hub.

Stance? 😂

Just updating this as I had my Whitelines in since November and they have been superb. Nice taught feeling from the rear axle with no detrimental effects, noises or issues.

If you have 1144 in front and like them, just add the same to the rears. They will have the same bite and torque characteristics so will behave like OEM in terms of balance.

Most will point to DS2500 from Ferodo.

Thanks a lot mate, i still have about a million things i want to do with it. So many ideas for stuff, its just a case of getting enough time to work out how to do certain things. Like all of us i suspect just not enough time or money.

Some do, some don’t. However I’ve always taken the view that If they squeal it’s a reminder of 2 things. 1) You have proper pads in there, so a bit of squeal isnt a big deal. 2) You’re not using them hard enough. Hand on heart, I’ve never had an issue. You wait, now I’ve said that, these...

If you don’t use them properly yes they squeal like a mofo. However I’ve used them in my Impreza for years, my Mini GP and my Cayman R also has RS29s all round and none of them squeal at all.

So you may or may not have read the thread discussing brake pad choices. My pads of choice arrived today, I chose these based on my own experience as I’ve used them for years on my other cars. Pagid RSL29s front Pagid RS4-2 rears I also dropped my black Turinis a the powdercoaters yesterday...

Pads have landed. Whooo!!