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CorsaSport14

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15th Nov 07 at 21:12

I bought my Corsa sport 1.4 and on way home noticed it had brake judder so i thought Fook-Eht! I went on ebay and brought me some EBC vented and grooved disc's gold plated, and some EBC green stuff pads,,,,,all for 85qwid (discs alone are 120 qwid for the pair) so im quite appy there, gon put em on tomoro at work so ill tell u how well i stop

Apparently best road brakes you can buy (according to Max Power)

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[Edited on 15-11-2007 by Ian]

Hamish

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15th Nov 07 at 21:13

quote:
Originally posted by CorsaSport14
Apparently best road brakes you can buy (according to Max Power)

that means there gunna be gash then

Alex16v

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15th Nov 07 at 21:14

quote:
Originally posted by CorsaSport14

Apparently best road brakes you can buy (according to Max Power)

Remove that quick before someone sees!

CorsaSi

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15th Nov 07 at 21:14

max power... says it all

Pete_vxl

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15th Nov 07 at 21:14

..... it must be true

Dave A

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15th Nov 07 at 21:16

gold plated brakes

no better than standard really, discs wont do anything over standards, greenstuff pads arent any better than standards either really.

Ben G

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15th Nov 07 at 21:22

less brakedust, dave?

CorsaSport14

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15th Nov 07 at 21:22

lol probs,,,but o well i needed nu brakes and dats what i got

Warren G

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15th Nov 07 at 21:24

quote:
Originally posted by Dave A
gold plated brakes

no better than standard really, discs wont do anything over standards, greenstuff pads arent any better than standards either really.

greenstuff pads are crap

should of ungraded to 2.0l brakes

Hamish

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15th Nov 07 at 21:24

should have saved your money

AndyCorsaSport

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15th Nov 07 at 21:31

quote:
Originally posted by CorsaSport14
gon put em on tomoro at work so ill tell u how well i stop

Hope you plan on bedding them in before you test them

Get Cally brakes.

Pete_vxl

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15th Nov 07 at 21:34

a guy i know is splitting a 1.6 sport, will his 1.6 breaks be bigger and better than my 1.4, im guessing if they are better it will be minimal??

CorsaSport14

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15th Nov 07 at 21:36

Urm not too sure,,,im newish to corsa's only had mine bout 2 weeks, my mates got redtop astra brake son hes 1.4 he stops like a biatch lol i reccomend those

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15th Nov 07 at 21:48

best brakes

Jenko_Sport

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15th Nov 07 at 22:12

Should of gone a scrappy and got some cav/calibre calipers and just bought new discs and pads would be about what you've paid for them.

Superlite Ltd.

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15th Nov 07 at 22:18

quote:
Originally posted by CorsaSport14
Urm not too sure,,,im newish to corsa's only had mine bout 2 weeks, my mates got redtop astra brake son hes 1.4 he stops like a biatch lol i reccomend those

Had astra 16v brakes on my old corsa.

Still rubbish compared to most cars on the road

chrex

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15th Nov 07 at 23:25

Iv got 1.7td cav brakes on mine, calipers, discs and pads for bout £10

Stops on a dime everytime, even in wet!
Nicely fill ma GSi alloys too!

Dean_W

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15th Nov 07 at 23:27

Should have changed them for 2 litre ones tbh.

Eck

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15th Nov 07 at 23:30

quote:
Originally posted by Superlite Ltd.

quote:
Originally posted by CorsaSport14
Urm not too sure,,,im newish to corsa's only had mine bout 2 weeks, my mates got redtop astra brake son hes 1.4 he stops like a biatch lol i reccomend those

Had astra 16v brakes on my old corsa.

Still rubbish compared to most cars on the road

That is utter bollocks

Superlite Ltd.

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16th Nov 07 at 09:24

Even after bleeding them they were still poo compared to a car with disc brakes all round

I think v6 brakes would have been better

Daimo B

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16th Nov 07 at 09:29

quote:
Originally posted by Dave A
gold plated brakes

no better than standard really, discs wont do anything over standards, greenstuff pads arent any better than standards either really.

Disagree. Although they arn't great, they vastly improve the brakes.

Greenstuffs, arn't much better than standard, but they are better, and give bugger all dust compared to standard items.

I bought the same setup years ago, then bought V6 setup and sold onto my friend. His car stopped so much better, and from flat out speeds it didn't suffer fade at all.

I still rated it as a much better setup than a V6 288mm jobbie. Better pedal feel, and less fade after hard usage.

Sounds like he got it for cheap anyway, so a good buy i'd say. Just beware of the discs warping.

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16th Nov 07 at 11:27

discs dont really warp... its just incorrect bedding, pad deposits etc

nik

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16th Nov 07 at 11:29

I think AP, Alcon and Brembo might have something to say about some off the shelf chav stuff being best

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16th Nov 07 at 11:31

i wish i could get discs and pads at those prices... (that worked)

aroudn 300 a set of front discs, and 180 for pads

nik

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16th Nov 07 at 11:38

Same here, my old AP's were pretty dear. Think my current AP discs/pads retail for £580+vat just for the fronts!

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