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dannymccann
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2nd Sep 08 at 14:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Ive got discs all round, but I thought they only got pitted when they werent in use for a little while?

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Its on every corner It also appears to be worse the further towards the bottom of the disc you get, i.e. contrast pic 2 vs 3
Ellis
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Just brake hard and clean them up :?
dannymccann
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Well I have been braking hard (i thought), it keeps giving me whiplash if i brake much harder

[Edited on 02-09-2008 by dannymccann]
B3KAN
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A good blast with some hard braking will get rid off that
Ellis
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quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann
Well I have been braking hard (i thought), it keeps giving me whiplash if i brake much harder

[Edited on 02-09-2008 by dannymccann]
There's no way that car has been driven with brakes like that, unless you somehow managed not to use the brakes!
dannymccann
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Ive been down to London and back (300 miles) and we use it everyday? It brakes really well?

edit - Also << see the avatar, ive been transporting furniture around with it also with thebrakes like that?

[Edited on 02-09-2008 by dannymccann]
tom_simes
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Is that after being parked up during last nights heavy rain?

Thats just surface rust from water getting on the discs, its always noticeably worse after heavy rain.

As said, just go for a drive, just normal braking will solve that, only four or five applications and they will be fine again.
dannymccann
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Ah ok yea it could be down to the weather last night, was awful. As said though, they have been pitted like that for at least since we got it, back in May....
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Go out for a drive, doesn't have to be far, just a couple of miles, then take pics very soon afterwards so there is no chance for water to settle on the surface.

Then show us the results, at the moment all I can see on those pictures above is surface rust.
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Yep just surface thats all it was, I cant have looked at them after a drive. Back to almost shiny, few black lines on them but nothing worrying, cheers
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Just looked at your avatar haha!
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Its amazing what you can fit in cars these days aint it

-edit well, just about fit in

[Edited on 02-09-2008 by dannymccann]

 
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