OLA!!! just thought i would post some pics from what av been upto this weekend, treated myself (well mr barclays did haha) to a nice shiney set of d2 8 pot front brakes, had a bit of an OH CRAP moment the other week when my brakes started fading as i came up to a roundabout so i thought it was best get new pads, but when i saw these i was drawn to their awseomeness!!! haha
anyways here is how my brakes looked at 10am yesterday morning
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after a bit of bish bosh bashin\' it got to this point
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then after adding these
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to this state mmmmmmmmmm:yes
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then at 7pm yesterday they now look like this, gotta say that they feel so much more soild and cant wait to bed em in properly to give em some stick,:Thumbs-up
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noticed when bleeding the brakes and clutch that when i bled from the clutch the fluid was black!!! had a new clutch fitted at wgt bout 1000 miles ago so thinkin he never bled the system, the clutch feels so much nicer now i bled it ya see, big thank out to kav me mate for doin the brakes with me:WaveBye
my mate has these on his supra, good stopping power but they squeeled a bit....any signs of yours doing that?
maybe it was his pads though....
how much were they btw mate?
they look so good mate! very nice!!!
steven
no sqeeling at the minute mate, lathered the backs of the pads in coppergrease coz this seems to help, i paid £750 delivered from new zealand and it took 3 days to get here!!! how quick is that! takes 3 days to get something delivered from 20 miles away!! haha
did the tax man take a share of that?
Bit of luck you didn\'t look on the endless site as they have 12 pot brakes lol
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:mmmm me likes them!
You need to make sure you keep these clean dude - Unless they\'ve changed the design, they don\'t have any dust seals, just fluid seals, so are succeptible to grit and corrosion affecting the pistons.
cheers for the heads up mate its always good to know some prone problems i might come across
as for the tax man i aint heard anythin as yet but am sure i will do soon, they stung me when i bought some mirrors from the states and thought i got away with it till they sent me a letter 2 months later!:Grrr
Nice lee very nice. mines back from mapping tomorrow if your up for a spin, pending me getting insurance and tax in the week sometime. ive no job now so anytime after 2pm
Am I right in thinking you\'ve got those discs on the wrong rotation ???
I believe the idea is that the air is picked up in the groove and thrown outwards to disperse the heat and any dust created by the pads trapped in the groove is thrown out likewise. The way that discs is rotating any air picked up by the outer groove will transmit the heat back to the centre of the wheel !!
Nice brakes, did you get them off ebay? I`ve always been tempted by these because their so cheap compared to other brands. How big are the discs? Are they 8pot front 4pot rear? Time to start saving then.
cheers kris, gonna have to sort out a new battery before i take it out coz its stuffed:2Mad will have to go up to a meet or sumfin soon tho before the weather gets any worse
going off the manufacturers instructions the disc is mounted as i have done, i have seen a few pics tho that have them the other way tho,
yeah i did get them off ebay, i have just got the 330mm rotor up front and will be getting the 6 pot rears soon, at the min i have just got the stock rears coz they seem to cope well enough,
Quote from: buckman67;539339Am I right in thinking you\'ve got those discs on the wrong rotation ???
I believe the idea is that the air is picked up in the groove and thrown outwards to disperse the heat and any dust created by the pads trapped in the groove is thrown out likewise. The way that discs is rotating any air picked up by the outer groove will transmit the heat back to the centre of the wheel !!
the grooves are pretty irrelavant...you need to check the orientation of the vanes....
ive go a couple of batteries knocking round my garage mate, you can use one of these, if you want. as far a rotation goes, the way they are on your car looks the right way for max performance, looks like you would generate more friction that way.
got me customs duty letter through yesterday, £27 !! :mmmmwoop woop
how good is that!!! considerin it cost me £60 the other month for some £200 mirrors from the states
you running the standard d2 pads that come with??
just a word of warning that its 100% worth while upgrading to the race pads, higher grade ones as the standard ones they supply with the brake kit have a tendancy to go on fire under hard work.
Quote from: buckman67;539339Am I right in thinking you\'ve got those discs on the wrong rotation ???
I believe the idea is that the air is picked up in the groove and thrown outwards to disperse the heat and any dust created by the pads trapped in the groove is thrown out likewise. The way that discs is rotating any air picked up by the outer groove will transmit the heat back to the centre of the wheel !!
the grooves on the discs are not really for heat they are designed to stop the pad glazing from hard use. as far as forwards or backwards on the grooves some manufacturers specify which way round some dont but it does vary make to make.
My mate has these on his celica... But he has Carbon Lorraine pads for them(â,¬600)
We were at the ring there a little while ago and i cant believe how good they were.. Altho with the carbon pads he completely removed the groves from the left disc....!!!
He\'s gonna get better floating disc\'s next time... And a harder compound!
The pads will always squeak until they come up to temp...
cheers for the word of warning hammy, i will look out for masses of smoke haha
but as for squeekin it still aint doin it?? but the power of them is much better for sure