Sam
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My Astra has these unfortunately, and takes about 5 years to brake, whereas I get in my brother's mk4, which has 256mm brakes, and you only have to lightly put your foot on the brake and it stops. His car is only a 'Club' which I guess is equivalent to an LS?
Stupid General Motors! 
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Robin
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236mm 
i've NEVER had brakes that small 
not even on my corsa which had the same engine as you
actually.... what size are corsa sri ones?
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Sam
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What idiot at GM thought it would be a good idea to put 236mm brakes on an ASTRA!
I thought the only Corsa models that came with 256mm brakes were the 1.6 Sport and GSi?
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Robin
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dunno. cant remember my sport ones being that small tbh. 288mm all the way 
but yes. GM are stupid, and we all know that.
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Gaz
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i have a 1.6 sport, do i have big brakes?
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CorsAsh
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My original brakes were 20mm 
Think they came off a toy car Not like you needed them with 44/45bhp, can just open the door and put a foot out to stop.
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Sam
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For the record, the 256mm Corsa brakes aren't as good as the Astra ones (discs on the Astra version are thicker I believe).
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Dave A
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and the caliper is more powerfull
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Sam
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ATE calipers?
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Robin
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pffffffft
ive always found 2 litre brakes to be really crap. and ive always found v6 ones to be really good, and not spongey. must be cos my car got the best servo.
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Sam
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Braking in my brother's old V6 Cavalier (284mm brakes) was interesting... Think of hitting a brick wall at speed... One day I will have braking power that good! 
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Eck
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
My original brakes were 20mm
Think they came off a toy car Not like you needed them with 44/45bhp, can just open the door and put a foot out to stop.
pmsfl the scary thing is you're right  feels like the brakes on my 1.2 8v are made of wood 
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ainsley_brader
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quote:
Originally posted by robmarriott
236mm
i've NEVER had brakes that small
not even on my corsa which had the same engine as you
actually.... what size are corsa sri ones?
236mm
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Robin
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thought they might be. will have to whack the V6's onm then
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Adam_B
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why would any car manufacturer bother putting decent brakes on there not quite bottom of the range family wagon
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Sam
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Well they have on the mk4... Minimum brakes on the mk4 are 256mm.
Maybe they realised they need to take safety aspects of their cars more seriously...
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X 60RSA
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My 1.2 16v has these, being the sort of person who brakes late, this is not good!
I'm off for v6 calipers and 288mm discs.
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CorsAsh
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quote:
Originally posted by Eckmcmann
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Originally posted by CorsAsh
My original brakes were 20mm
Think they came off a toy car Not like you needed them with 44/45bhp, can just open the door and put a foot out to stop.
pmsfl the scary thing is you're right feels like the brakes on my 1.2 8v are made of wood
Wood? Wow, you musta had a special edition upgrade. Think mine were made entirely from soap.
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Eck
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
quote:
Originally posted by Eckmcmann
quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
My original brakes were 20mm
Think they came off a toy car Not like you needed them with 44/45bhp, can just open the door and put a foot out to stop.
pmsfl the scary thing is you're right feels like the brakes on my 1.2 8v are made of wood
Wood? Wow, you musta had a special edition upgrade. Think mine were made entirely from soap.
yup, the corsa trip is a special editio so that must be why they're wood tbh though I'd rather just have an anchor nd throw that out whenever sharp braking was needed
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davcohen
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236 are terd, 256's are pretty good value as a used upgrade
on my gsi they feel shit due to the ABS on my 5 door sleeper they stop on the dot and has much more feel it has no abs tho
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my 236 mm brakes where the bollox's, but they did have competition mintex pads on them
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Sam
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I can get new discs and pads fairly cheap through Vauxhall Trade Club, but where is the best place to get reconditioned calipers? Vauxhall sell them as well but they charge a surcharge (anyone happen to know what it is out of interest?).
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Marc
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Performance Vauxhall Spares?
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