Greasemonkey
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Registered: 17th Apr 02
Location: Drives a Tractor
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changed my pads the 2 weeks ago i bedded them in i do allot of miles, i braked real hard tonight from 110 in my GSI and the brakes burst into flames, smoke was pouring out every where, my brakes stopped working luckily i was near my house. I pulled up the drive with smoke pourin out from my brakes, i let them cool down and they seem to work ok now.
Am i ok to leave the pads of would you change them, and did this happen cos of crap pads
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DangerousDave16v
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Registered: 20th Feb 03
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my mates astra gte 16v brakes do smoke like mad when youve been puttin it about a bit,but havent seen any fire off em.doesnt seem to bother him,just lets him know hes been rapin it.he usually lets em cool and calls it a day when they get to that stage.
the flames are quite worrying tho 
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J100RSA
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Registered: 4th Mar 01
Location: Thornhill, West Yorkshire
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i set some ebc grenstuff on fire they lasted about 800 miles as compound fooked up so i went back to standard vaux iterms and nver had any problems since but im now running veccie gsi pads
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Wolf In Welsh Clothing
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Registered: 31st Mar 03
Location: North Wales...... Cooper S on order
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I had red dot discs and pads and found them no better than vaux ones.
Got V6 up front now, well worth the cash as they wouldn't fade even from 110 about 5 mins ago!
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