how much were the tarox disks, how do they compare in performance to the black diamond ones

i got a 1.4 sport and brought tarox disc, drilled and grooved with EBC green stuff brakes...................waste of money IMO, only good thing was the pads don't have brake dust.

do you know anything about the EBC set up with the GREEN STUFF pads that won that award or something they are in most cars mags as an advert.....how do they compare to the black diamond disks and mintesx pads


[Edited on 20-03-2003 by FLYING CORSA]

if you drive a 1.6 sport then you already have 256 x 20mm brake setup, astra gte is 256 x 24mm

so never worry about the gte calipers. just get a decent set of disc's and pads

mintex 1144's or pagid fast road pads are what you want

how much am i looking at for gte callipers......do i have to get them from a scrap yrad or can i buy them new, also what year astra are they the ones that fit corsas, cheers

If you like, but dont use GM pads, they were designed for GM discs and will eat away quickly.

Dave

what do you suggest then astra GTE callipers and then some cross drilled disks

no point going for grooved, as you have no real need for grooved disc's and they will just eat brake pads like they are going out of fashion.

a set of cross-drilled is what you want to help disapate the heat but not eat your pads

where do i go about getiin these callipers from the astra GTE.....do i have to go to a scrap yard or can i buy them new......is it cheaper then to buy GTE callipers and disks and pads than it is to buy black diamond disks and those mintesx pads

Exactly dogz.

It would be cheaper to buy astra GTE callipers and VAUXHALL pads n discs then it would to buy these black diamond discs. The astra GTE callipers will give for better breaking.

I would stick with GTE discs and calipers.Much cheaper and good enough to stop you on your nose.

Dave

Saving him cash? Hes going to fork out mega bucks on black diamond disks...

near enough! If he isn't running a 2.0 in it thety will be good enough. :) just trying to save the guy a bit of cash. ;)

cheers chap, is that £147 for the disks

look in max power. hang on i'll look for you (lazy cnut) 147£

how much dollar am i looking at for a set of black diamond disks

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Originally posted by Matty Hall
astra set up is very similar to 1.6 sport anyway so IO wouldn't bother. just get some drilled and grooved disks with decent pads.

E.g Black diamond combi disks with mintesx fastroad pads. :)

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if u get astra disks then they are the same diameter (256mm) but are wider (1.6 sport is 20mm, astra 24mm), astras come with better calipers anyway

astra set up is very similar to 1.6 sport anyway so IO wouldn't bother. just get some drilled and grooved disks with decent pads.

E.g Black diamond combi disks with mintesx fastroad pads. :)

Id get an Astra setup on there.

EBC/black diamond disks are popular and also get vauxhall pads as the performance pads r not worth the money

i am about to uprate my disks and pads on my 1.6 sport and i want grooved/cross drilled disks and better pads but there are so many ive no idea what to get....what do you suggest?