barclaycard love me!

[leeincivic]

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


after a bit of bish bosh bashin\' it got to this point


then after adding these
 

to this state mmmmmmmmmm:yes


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


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

[trevtubby]

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?

[ENVYD]

they look so good mate! very nice!!!
 
 
steven

[leeincivic]

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

[hairyhoover]

did the tax man take a share of that?

[m1tch]

Bit of luck you didn\'t look on the endless site as they have 12 pot brakes lol

[Ricco_04]

:mmmm me likes them!

[SiH]

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.

[leeincivic]

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

[DR SCHNITZEL]

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

[buckman67]

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 !!

[turbo boy]

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.

[leeincivic]

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,

[bin liner]

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 !!

the grooves are pretty irrelavant...you need to check the orientation of the vanes....

[DR SCHNITZEL]

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.