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Nismo
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26th Feb 03 at 10:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
travelling down the Bypass come up to the junction doing abou 80, put the brakes on and.............. NO BRAKES a big whinning noise and i go straight through the junction, finally manage to stop using gears and handbrake - get out look at my Newish EBC Turbo brakes and there F****D the Green stuff pads crumbled up and it was just bare metal on the disks!!!!!!!!

Pays to check these thing regularly

More Freekin Money
Claire
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26th Feb 03 at 10:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I have EBC turbo groove disks and noticed a ridge on the disks after 2 months! so i figured green stuff pads were to hard. When i took them out they only had like 2 mm pad left!!!!
and-m
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26th Feb 03 at 10:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Im sticking with Vaux stuff...
Nismo
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26th Feb 03 at 10:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
There crap, so much for "voted best street pad" wont be getting them again.
Claire
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26th Feb 03 at 10:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ive just got Ferodo pads on EBC disks now - but i check them regularly!!
Nismo
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26th Feb 03 at 10:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
how much were they.
Claire
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26th Feb 03 at 10:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The Ferodo pads were £25. They're just direct replacement (not high performance) but they still stop u pretty well with grooved disks
3CorsaMeal
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26th Feb 03 at 10:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've had Tarox discs with green stuff pads, and they fcuked up real quick, was left without brakes

Nismo
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its so annoying cus i took a halfday today to go to bridgewater to get the interior stripped and retrim and now i cant use the freekin car!!!!!!!!
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26th Feb 03 at 12:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I had Green stuff on my corsa with standard disks, didn't have any trouble at all
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26th Feb 03 at 12:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
when you say newish, how new & how many miles?


with grooved disks you are going to go thru brake pads a lot quicker as the grooves are there to skim of the top layer of the pad

whereas standard disks just wear down



[Edited on 26-02-2003 by Gambit]
Nismo
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26th Feb 03 at 12:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the disks and pads about 6 months.
Daimo B
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26th Feb 03 at 12:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I think it must be how some people drive

Pel never had any problems with my old brake setup at all. Worked a treat, no brake dust, no probs at all. Hence why i highly reccommend them.

 
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