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Originally posted by nik
Same here, my old AP's were pretty dear. Think my current AP discs/pads retail for £580+vat just for the fronts!
That is just silly
Just bought new discs and pads all around for mine
Under £60 total 
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Daimo B
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Discs can warp if your doing a lot of hard braking and keeping the brakes well up high in the temperature range.
Warped the standard 236's on the Corsa, but they were pants brakes, they really were poo 
Nik, i've not said they are the best, i've mearly said better than standard. And on a 1.4 16v brakes, its not hard, they are awful...
Thats a cheap easy upgrade, will have noticable difference, and if they needed replacing, its much cheaper than a 4 pot setup.
Although i'd have gone for a GTE setup tbh
Oh hold up, i think I know why the brakes were so much better, they WERE for a 2.0 16v brake setup, not the 1.4 16v setup... :doh:
Still worked a lot better.
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nik
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Originally posted by VXR
Discs can warp if your doing a lot of hard braking and keeping the brakes well up high in the temperature range.
Warped the standard 236's on the Corsa, but they were pants brakes, they really were poo
Nik, i've not said they are the best, i've mearly said better than standard. And on a 1.4 16v brakes, its not hard, they are awful...
Thats a cheap easy upgrade, will have noticable difference, and if they needed replacing, its much cheaper than a 4 pot setup.
Although i'd have gone for a GTE setup tbh
Oh hold up, i think I know why the brakes were so much better, they WERE for a 2.0 16v brake setup, not the 1.4 16v setup... :doh:
Still worked a lot better.
I was talking about the ref. to the max power statement in the opening post 
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Daimo B
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Ahhhhhhhh
What, you mean you don't highly rate Max Power and Fast Car for technical advise on how to increase your cars performance
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AK
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that would have to be some very very very very very hot brakes to warp/distort 20-30mm thick lumps of Iron
pad deposits...
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nik
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No I do listen to them. The otherday I did some mods to my car and was over taken by an oap on a fold up push bike. I think the new chip needs mapping by an expert 
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Daimo B
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Originally posted by AK
that would have to be some very very very very very hot brakes to warp/distort 20-30mm thick lumps of Iron
pad deposits...
Its all about the braking, not about the top speed baby
The astras suffered much worse abuse though, and they are fine. I reckon it was just the pooey brakes...
1.4 16v are 236mm x 17mm wide... About the size of a small plate...
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