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4th Jul 04 at 21:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
what brakes would you guys recommend for a simple and good looking upgrade to my car? Its an 03 SXI.

Any links to sites that sell em would be great as well. Or should i just go to vauxhall?

Vented? Drilled? both?

Cheers for the help

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if the car is std engine wise the std brakes are up to the job.....

Id hope your std discs are vented?!?!?!

but.... if your wanting to upgrade go for frooved and drilled discs to avoid brake fade.... a set of mintex pads too...

and if you really serious about stopping go for a 4pot kit....

Willwood minilites or HiSpec will be your cheapest starts
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the standard discs are not vented as far as i can see...? just plain with no grooves?

Anywhere online that does this kinda stuff? just wondering if there was a specific make i should go for.

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grooves arent vents.....

does it look like 2discs with 'vents' in the middle... thats vented...


most modern cars have vented discs these days
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you mean not actually on the surface of the disc?
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no..... in the centre of the discs....

hold on.... i'll go look for some pics
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these, in the middle, are the 'vents'
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ah i see. Let me grab me torch, im off to have a gander. Never noticed it before...
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and these are grooved and drilled....

grooves to wipe the pads clean
drilled to let air away from the pad/disc surface
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nope, just had a look, its a single disc with a browny/red sort of outside to it.
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okay, where could i get a set of those ones?
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black diamond, EBC, heaps...

do a search on this site to see what folks opinions are....

just remeberd i have actually driven the C SXI before.... and the brakes faded really quickly
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well i dont brake hard anyway, but i would like to replace them with something a bit better at least.

Would it be worth replacing the rear drums with disks as well?
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was gonna go for these...



£105
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rears - na..... i find my stripped out B with a 2.0 brakes well enough with std drums on the rear. All the weight when braking is transferred to the front....

^^^ what discs are they?

I had black diamond drilled/grooved and predator pads on my 1st corsa..... they were quite good
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they're black diamond drilled

http://www.motorsportworld.co.uk/frame-detail.asp?PAGE=/black-diamond-brakes.htm

just looking at the mintex pads, not sure what ones to go for... 1155? or 1144?
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the fast road spec ones..... harder compound ones will take longer to heat up.. 1144's i think
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i just get a big list of pads when i choose 1144, i'll look into it tomorrow i guess.

Thanks for all your help mate, much appreciated.

 
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