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I F*CKING CARE!!!!! Pristine condition before that monkey got his hands on em'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad: :mad: :mad:

Sounds a good price, but a very cheap one indeed. Unfortunately 18K is no longer mine do with as I please. I've about 11.5 K to spend with a few K left in the bank. An XE powered Westy will fit the budget. Not quite a Superlight variant. Though I'll move on in a year or so. Thanks.:)

You'll find that most Caterham's that are lighter than the usual models, i.e. Superlight variants do have big brakes and 4 pots. Why? because big brakes and more pistons = better braking it's simple sceince and nearly all of motorsport subscribes to this.

Ah yes...an R 400 Caterham.Wonderful.:) This time last year I was aiming at buying one myself. Unfortunately just couldn't spend the whole of my 24K when it came to it. Gonna have to settle for a Megabusa or a Westy with an XE (220 hp) instead. Not quite as nice but finances dictate.:dapprove:

Good morning and welcome....Essex to eh?:)

You must be joking. Power to weight they lose out. Also the chassis is longer. Very tight corners we'll ave' em'!!!:)

Four piston, or greater piston calipers are generally the hardware used in a decent sufficient upgrade. Hence the reason I ask! As for driving properly it sounds like you aren't! I get the most from I can when out on a proper blat and if that means driving in excess of 120 mph + then so be it...

Cheers Rich.:)

A few weeks back I ordered an Exalto for my 182 Cup from Event Tyres. £85.00 included the tyre and a mobile fitting service. Good price I thought. Although the chap was pleasant and wasn't on tight schedule a chip/scratch was inflicted upon the wheel. To cover himself he said the wheel had...

Would it be possible to increase disc size using the Willwood kit?...and would it be expensive?

Kinds the same. The paintwork on my car is in very nice condition. Damn hard to keep it that way with circa 12-1500 miles a month!:dapprove:

I had a Lancia Delta HF Turbo a while back. Seemed to have that off colour brown look to it.

Just looked at the link. In the description it says 1/2-1 per car??? Does this mean half to one bottle is needed per application? Also when I applied the Samurai I used a cotton cloth. Not an apllicator pad/sponge. Does this explain why the results occured? Thank you.

Thank you.:)

Agreed! The Westfield I'm looking at buying is fitted with four piston calipers, with a curb weight of 575 kg. There's no substitute for excellent brakes. I'm sure uprated pads and discs certainly help, though not in the league of larger discs and four piston caliper set up.

Costly and hard to obtain?

I'm suprised. That's one of the first decent comments about EBC I've heard. Had a bad experience myself with Green Stuff and their Combi discs on my Integra. Heard from others their products aint too hot.

A huge increase over the standard kit? Fade experienced before? Much more pedal feel and stopping distance decreased noticeably at high speeds?

Indeed. Though if the brakes have to work harder obviously this will cause more heat to build up in the system. Surely with a larger disc less effort is required since the surface area is increased so brakes don't have to work as hard. Thanks for the tip about the Castrol product. Is a 5.1...

Does the Willwood kit include larger discs as opposed to the standard size? Are the Mintex 1144's a race pad, and require decent amount of heat before working correctly? Can these be used for the road?

Really? Sounds a decent way of quelling fade. Just not to keen on removing my fog lights that's all. Any other way of tackling it?

Thanks Rich.:) I'll use the tecnique you mentioned on the remainder of the Samurai. Hopefully it'll turn out with pleasing results. If so once finished I'll purchase the Onyx you suggested. If not I'll give the Clearcote Canuba a go. Reasonably easy to apply and remove? Any idea where to...

Ok. Though surely having bigger discs is an overall improvement. Greater surface area for for heat disappation. Improved stopping because of that and the larger area for the pads to grab hold of.

A four pot brake with increased disc size brake kit?

Thank you.:) Odd really as the tub of Samurai was indoors before applying. Could be because it's around two years old? There's not a great deal of it left. Rather than risk another failure any suggestions on quality liquid wax? Also is Onyx a hard wax?

Applied another coat of Swissol Samurai yesterday. Not happy with the results. Ok I did use a linen free cotton cloth to apply, and another to remove. Hard to the spread wax consistently covering an area completely without different quatities being used. Had to apply some pressure to spread...

It happens...and when travelling at that speed braking on and off, fade is the last thing I want. Considering I've experienced it so far is warning sign to upgrade. Generally heaving braking from 120-130 down to 40-50 is when the discs can't cope after repeating this procedure for ten minutes...

AP items are usually rather costly. Godspeed items will do...if they arrive in time.

I think a four pot conversion will probably be the best idea as I intend to transfer them, with other performance parts, to a Trophy eventually. I presume any uprgrade will for a 182 Cup will fit straight on to the Trophy? Any idea what the OEM discs fitted to the 182 Cup are in mm? Thanks.:)

300mm discs will fit under the standard 16" s? The OEM discs are 284 mm?