Rob B
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i see so its not so much how it handles its the dodgy costly design when the beam brakes....
James you seem to know your stuff, ive got a big disc kit but standard vts calipers, was going to buy feradoo ds2500 today, well order them anyway... any good, or any other reconmendations ?
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James R
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added you to msn.
can yap about it there.
But yeah DS2500 are my fav compound pad 
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Rob B
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ok im at work so wont be on till later but speak to you then, ive got green stuff now as they came with the kit, all i can say is there shocking  had smoke coming off them last week ! Going to order those pads in my break i think .
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James R
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well if it's a road car maybe hold off and just get some ferodo prem's from halfruads they're about £20 where as the DS2500 are more like £50 for a road car I'd run prem's really.
Yes greenstuff are only good for weighting down bags to drown kittens with 
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Rob B
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well i was going feradoo prems i had, my car does take alot of stick, countless occasions ive had the green stuffs smoking, the green stuff seem worse than standard, i will be doing a trackday in august, so thought i may aswell get the ds2500's ?
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Paul_J
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my ds2500's are fine on road car... take no heating up ...
and on track I don't get fade
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Rob B
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get any fade at the ring Paul ?
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James R
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yeah go for it, you do find there's about 2-3secs of "lag" before they work which isn't a problem in town or anything they're as effective as std pads there, it's doing 100mph up the motorway for long enough for everythign to go stobe cold then stamping on them, nothing nothing nothing, then your face goes in tot he screen as they heat up.
Defo make sure you bed them in properly have a look on the wilwood website and pic a quiet bit of motorway/dual to do it. makes no end of difference.
Prem's will bite hard from the off, they can fade on an extended track stint, my clio16v ran prem's all round and had no fade, more important is all new brake fluid that tends to die before the pads will.
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Rob B
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yeah going to get new fluid and possibly braided hoses, those prems sound like a good option, where can they be purchased from ? to bed them in i read that you need to get upto about 65 - 70 and brake down to abotu 10, then do the same about 8 - 9 times, let them cool for about 5 mins, then do the same again and repeat 3 times.
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James R
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read the wilwood guide, that's a pretty good way to do it.
Fereodo prem's are available from halfrauds reason I mentioned them is you're running bigger discs so won't get as hot. Paul is on std discs??
If you want DS2500's give Miles at PugRacing a say James with the black 205 BTX 
07795482589
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Rob B
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im going down to halfords at lunch so ill have a look for them there hopefully theyll have some going to buy my bilstein rears too after work
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James R
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oh where are you ordering your billies from??
205parts.com will do a very good price
mention me again they'll know who you mean, ring paul
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Rob B
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cool  ill give them a call, i get them from www.tuning.co.uk cause its a ten minute drive from me .
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