Best Discs ?

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Best Discs ?

Postby Rs_Andy on Wed Oct 12, 2005 5:57 pm

Does any one have any good recommendations for front Discs ?

I want to change mine but not too sure what to go for. Was thinking going for the Red Dot, Either 20 grove or holes ?

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Postby wildheart on Thu Oct 13, 2005 2:23 pm

x-drilled are utter rubbish and have been known to crack.

And the more grooves you have the worse it is as you dont have as much pad to disc contact.

Ive used red dot 6 groove on a couple of my cars and abused them on track and there still good as new.
Pad compound will always make a huge difference too :wink:
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Postby c8rwt on Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:17 pm

dunno if its true, but i heard for fiestas a really good combo is greenstuff pads and black diamond grooved discs. think i read it in a rs tuning guide in fast ford... :-?
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Postby wildheart on Mon Oct 17, 2005 12:27 am

I know of LOTS of people that have used Greenstuff pads and every one of them ended with warped discs.
When changed to other pads they had no problems!
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Postby whitey20 on Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:15 am

I was looking at black diamond grooved discs and black diamond predator pads for my 2i.

Heard the same things about greenstuff pads warping discs so im staying away from them.
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Postby c8rwt on Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:25 pm

wow this is news to me. will stay away from them then when i come round to upgradin mine

cheers guys :P
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Postby chumkila on Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:59 pm

wildheart :I know of LOTS of people that have used Greenstuff pads and every one of them ended with warped discs.
When changed to other pads they had no problems!


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Postby Rusey on Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:39 pm

Ive got Black Diamond disc and pads on the RST amd personally think there the nads :D
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Postby whitey20 on Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:46 pm

Rusey: what discs have you got? X-drilled/grooved/combi?
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Postby Hartza on Thu Oct 20, 2005 11:49 pm

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ATE powerdisc with braided hoses. Pads are made by Remsa. Pretty good for everyday use. Most of all, not too expensive :)
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Postby Rusey on Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:52 pm

Combi :devil:
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Postby j7aoc on Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:00 pm

wildheart :I know of LOTS of people that have used Greenstuff pads and every one of them ended with warped discs.
When changed to other pads they had no problems!
That happened to me i had hi-spec big discs cost me loads then chaged to green stuff pads they warped them big time in the bin now i will never use EBC ever again
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