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Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13093
23/12/2005 03:34
23/12/2005 03:34
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With the old forum went the group buy history that gave a good idea of the best discs and pads to go for to minimise fade and warping. Could somebody (Nigel, Doctorfrag, Fishy...) remind me which are the best front discs and pads to go for?
I am really after the best performance vs cost ratio - dont want to skimp but similarly dont want to blow my life's savings. Again mostly road but also some track use....
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Dave
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13094
23/12/2005 03:45
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IIRC it was 3G grooved & dimpled discs with Pagid pads (Blue or Grey depending upon use and how heavy your right foot is ). I'm sure someone else will be able to confirm this. Phil
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
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23/12/2005 04:01
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I have the Blues and the RS10 discs from 3G up front. not sure how usefull the dimples are but ive been hammering them loads and they do still give a little bit but only under extreme use, kinda stuff you would usually see on a track after a few heavey hard laps of a small tight track To be honest i think i should have used greys for my abuse traits but the blues are weaing well at the minute as are the discs and they grip very well, and probably helped kill opf my old set of front tyres quicker than i thought but with the new ones dig in super well and even with full oil level just perfect on the grip strips up to some lights without the abs kicking in i can brake so hard the oil pressure starts to dip to about 1.5-2bar while coasting so heavey brakign indeed generated
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13096
23/12/2005 04:34
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What about Ferrodo pads. Are they good?
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13097
23/12/2005 04:56
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The ones from halfrauds??? Seesh they never lasted me long and the std halfords ones lasted better
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13098
23/12/2005 18:42
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3G Discs with Pagid pads rings a bell!
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Dave
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13099
23/12/2005 19:27
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Its what ive got Gillo Depends mainly on how you abuse/use your brakes as to what to go for though
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13100
23/12/2005 22:09
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The dimples are purely for cosmetic reasons, don't bother with them.
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13101
23/12/2005 22:29
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So the 20 grove ones are better?
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13102
23/12/2005 22:38
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The groved 3G disks are great - Ive run them with EBS green pads and now red ones. The red ones are great but need warming up. The groves make a bit of noise when pushed - but nothing to bad.
Did a track day with the red pads and suffered from "material transfer" which was eaisly sorted with a couple of big stops from around 100!
Hope that helps, the LE disks from fiat were a waste of time
Richard
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13103
23/12/2005 22:47
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No plans to have dimples, but how many grooves ? Dave
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13104
24/12/2005 01:28
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What kinda use you do Gillo? If you dont push or race/track much then i would say the 10groves are the ones to go for
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13105
24/12/2005 01:51
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Will rarely track to be honest, although if and when I do I want to minimise fade!! I assume the main advantage of 10 groove is less pad wear with the main disadvantage being less cooling than the 20 groove? Are there any other advantages/disadvantages?
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Dave
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13106
24/12/2005 02:07
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I think you could maybe get away with getting the 10's fitting them non aggressively with pagid blues then swapping round to aggressive with grey pads for track abuse maybe??
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13107
24/12/2005 02:25
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Put the 20 grooves on, they look cooler
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13108
24/12/2005 03:05
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wat r the brembo grooved discs like and the pads from alternative autos ? or r the 3g discs better? the pagid blues r £120 wats the next best pad?
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13110
25/12/2005 01:42
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Which way round is correct, "aggressive" or "non-aggressive"?
Dave
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13111
25/12/2005 01:46
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Aggressive is swirls go from outside in, non aggressive works from inside out as it were Mine are non aggressive at the min but cant find a pici of them
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13112
28/12/2005 06:03
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Any recommended retailers for the 3G discs and Pagid pads?
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Dave
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13113
28/12/2005 06:52
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Kingpleb would be the best person to ask I believe.
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13114
28/12/2005 12:00
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I can hoke out the contact detals for 3g if you need them, they have a website http://www.3gbrakes.co.uk/main.htm but not sure when they will next be open to be honest with xmas and new year and all.... Say to Kevin, Will from the FCCUK Forum sent me and said you may be able to help and advise me Should help you out sweetly then.
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13115
28/12/2005 20:31
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It's winter here and as I am not going to race the car or so (at least until the summer) I just bought OEM Fiat pads and I am going to replace them as soon as I have a chance. Been sick in bed and could not do it yet. I think the OEM are ok as long as you don't plan to race the car or only short "jumps"
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13116
29/12/2005 00:00
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Re: Which Brake Discs and Pads?
#13117
29/12/2005 09:19
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The std rear brake discs on the coop 20vt really looks wimpy. I'm thinking of changing the brake discs on my coop with grooved TarOx. Should I also change the rear discs as well or will this affect the handling of the fiat during barking? drjeeva.
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