Brake Upgrade...

[Jamie]

Quite impressed with them, although the scraping and squeaking during the run-in period is a bit annoying at times....

had them a couple of weeks although im not doing much driving at the moment but it makes the car a bit more fun to drive

 

[James.]

Sexual

 

[Fred@BTM]

just so you know, they take volvo 240 pads, £12 from my local motor factor!

 

[Jamie]

thanks for the tip. i have green stuff anti squeak pads 'apparently'

 

[ollie]

lookin gd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

 

[Fred@BTM]

thanks for the tip. i have green stuff anti squeak pads 'apparently'

i had them on my hispec's not bad, but they don't like heat (ie track)

 

[fin_tm]

Mint!

 

[GarethM]

very nice

 

[david100]

looks amazing matey... nice and big callipers and the discs look ace!!!

 

[Jamie]

cheers, i could have gone for the cross drilled ones as i think they look even better, but i didnt want them to crack and have to buy some more.

they kick out a bit of brake dust though, i washed the wheels the day before and u can see the build of brake dust on the top pick already.

 

[david100]

i've got a megane trophy and they have brembo brakes and drilled discs and they shed loads of brake dust... quite shocking really... is it something that grooved/drilled discs do??

is it true that although you have got grooved or drilled discs then you loose braking power in normal circumstances as there is less area on the disc being touched?

 

[Jamie]

no discs have nothing to do with the amount of brake dust generated, as far as i am aware anyway. the only factors to take into consideration are; brake caliper force i.e 2/4/6/8 pots, brake pad composite (fast road pads, normal) and how hard you are slamming on.

in answer to the brake area point, i suppose in theory you do lose a small amount of area but i suppose that this is balanced off against possible brake fade by the brake discs and calipers getting too hot?

 

[david100]

yeah thats what i meant by normal circumstances, obviously a tracked car will benefit from grooved/drilled discs... yours look wicked matey... lovely car too

 

[Jamie]

you dont have a bad garage of cars yourself! Trophy 225 and your on about how much you can get a williams for!?

 

[david100]

lol... only as a toy... see what i could do with it... do they have alot of scope for modding? i like upgrading things though rather than modding... i like changing brakes (like you) and tyres and zausts and lights... suppose it is modding, but not like stoopid kits etc