good uprated aftermarket discs and pads for 2.0 16v

[Matt Nova]

just bought some 256mm brakes and would like to know what everyone else uses? i got a quote for ebc discs and greenstuff pads for ?160 are they any good?

[benji]

have a look an the rally design website, i priced up some maxtorx drilled and groved disc's, mintex 1144 pad's and some braided hoses for ?160

[Philsutton]

i just have green stuff pads on mine an they do they job good enough. I wouldnt go for the discs though as my brothers had them on their corsa an they were fucked after 400 miles

[General Baxter]

i just have green stuff pads on mine an they do they job good enough. I wouldnt go for the discs though as my brothers had them on their corsa an they were f**k after 400 miles


did he ware them in?

[Philsutton]

no i did that for them so i know they were bedded in right

[Nick]

how do you bed them in !?

also, when ordering the disks/pads what car do you qoute !?

i know my brakes are 2.0 16v, i think they are from an Astra GTE (that's what the guy said) but i suppose all of the cav GSi e.t.c brakes are the same ?

if so, what's the model ? and rotor size !

cheers i'm very lazy

[benji]

just order 256mm x 24mm disc's

[Nick]

cheers

surely i need caliper info for pads tho ?

[CP]

tar-rox do good discs - green stuff are ok. ebc discs are average. Std vaux discs and pads are pretty good. I wouldnt think its too critical for road use. A lot depends on how you drive and how heavy your car is t b h. I know slowish drivers in non performance cars who rinse discs and pads cos they use them a lot and heavily. You know the sort of person i mean - razzes up to like 50 or 60 and no more but doesnt read the road or traffic ahead and is constantly braking heavily and un-necessarily late :roll:

[Ste_Nova]

i've got tarox disks with standard pads.... i've almost worn the disks out now after 6 years!!! with no warpage

[skud52]

i went down 2 my local auto factor and got some delphi disks and pads for bout ?45 all in, as soon as i got them on, drove down the road with ma brakes on, proper cooked them and never had ne problems, shit hot brakes for the money

[Philsutton]

drove down the road with ma brakes on, proper cooked them and never had ne problems,
cooked them, they set fire to something. Just remember all the smoke when we stoppped :lol:

[Aragorn]

driving along with the brake pedal depressed has to be the quickest way to warp the bloody disks especially if u stop imediately afterwards

getting them roasting with lots of heavy braking then driving 25miles with little brakeing to cool them down again would be more sensible

[crash_ndie]

ya mad! very little light braking as poss for 150 miles or the material on the pad will not not go as hard as it should ull end up with fade on the pads and warp the disks.......... gimp


besides cant beat black diamond quality shit

[Stuart]

ummm according the the EBC gumph they need 1000 miles bedding in before you hit them hard.

thats what i did in the omega and the only problems ive had is the brake fluid now boils lol.

MC suggests STD gm pads with grooved discs eg 88grove tar-ox's

or just get massive brakes to do more levering ;)

[crash_ndie]

try changing the fluid 2 a full sythtick (MMM spelling) or higher dot

[Stuart]

i know that, its the BAF of actually doing it, as its only an issue in the summer