brakes

[novaboy_southwest]

would any one know whats up with my breaks they r acting like a women no ofence gals but one min they r fine and nxt they dont wanna know would it be just that they r worm or would it be the sliders not working properly i know its not the brake lines or the servo as the break pressure builds up fine i think they slightly stick as sumtimes the car is slow pulling away after braking and it sounds like they stick when i pull away as u can here the pad rubbing on the disc and when i had new pad done they said sliders were seised but they do work they jut have there odd moments

[rysmee]

sounds like you've answered your own question! i think we should slaughter the person whoever invented nova brakes.. i mean .. did they want thing to stop or what?
ditch them.... get late gsi or if your wheels allow ate (16v)for the same money you can buy ONE new nova shit caliper.. do they actually think anyone will buy another one?!? ok.. so i did.. but that was along time ago.

[novaboy_southwest]

yea my wheels should allow 16v clipers as i have 15" multispokes i am on a really tight budget so do u think i could swipe some calipers of a calibra or vectra from the local scrappy as long as they r in good nick

[rysmee]

astra or cav. vectras are 5 stud i think.

[rysmee]

if you cant be arsed to source them yourself:
http://www.vpsc.co.uk/ will sort you out.. to your door and quite cheap.

[bloke]

yea i think i got the same problem. where do you live nova south west, i live in the south west too!

[novaboy_southwest]

i am from sunny old swindon

[Chris LR]

You think Nova brakes ae bad???

Saxo ones arn't really all that much better, and Landy ones? It's deffo quicker to jump out the back...

[mikeoxford]

to be fair, apart from having 2ltr brakes or better on the nova, the only decent brakes ive used on a hot hatch is when driving moms metro. they seem to be sh!t hot :) which is suprising for a pink 5 door car :lol:

[rallyslag]

i was looking at the remains of an old 1.3 metro and it had bloody vented discs and 4 pots!!

Why could vauxhall not of put them on, i'm sick of crappy slidin single pots!!!!!!!

[mikeoxford]

i was looking at the remains of an old 1.3 metro and it had bloody vented discs and 4 pots!!

Why could vauxhall not of put them on, i'm sick of crappy slidin single pots!!!!!!!

*stares at a nice set of 4 pot wilwoods colour coded ready to go on :D*

*awaits alloy delivery* :lol: :twisted: 8)

[ZuG]

my nova has vented brakes as standard( or at least i think they are), still shit though :)

[rallyslag]

Quality, think i might go a bit mad and buy the wilwood kit, not too bad for about ?350!! Unless i can get my 16v brakes working properly that is!!! :evil:

[Stuart]

i got 1.2i calipers (smaller ATE than on the 16V) and they stop 100% better than the old delco calipers. and i'd assume that the 16V vanted set stop even better :)

[Chris LR]

I once got mine to lock up.....

Landy is seriously worse than the Nova, it's only got drum brakes, It takes an age to stop, which is scary because it only weighs 1/2 ton. I could fit a servo but I haven't heard great things about em. Might get a parachute :roll: