Front discs on my 4x4 just WON'T come off. Been hitting them SO hard, and not a whisper of them taking any notice whatsoever. Tried lots of heat, too.

So it looks like I'm going to need new hubs....

It's not the time for me to be spending, but I'm wondering if now isn't the time to sort the brakes out properly anyway. Tighten my belt and get the money from somewhere. I've never been happy with them. Don't get me wrong, they're really top class brakes up to a point. Progressive, strong, nicely balanced. Up to a point. And the point is the speeds I drive, and if I do eventually get round to the promised 24v swop then I'd want to upgrade first anyway.

It only takes a couple of hard goes braking from 100+ down to fifty odd and they heat up, stop sliding properly, then warp the disc. And after four or five such slows they fade completely. I guess they've been getting so hot there's no chance they're gonna come off.

So new hubs.

OR...... Cosworth hubs, calipers , plus the discs and pads I'd need anyway. But first I need bigger wheels, as I think they won't fit in a 14". Sure, bigger wheels is on the list of future changes, but.... It's all mounting up round the three hundred mark, and all I needed was new pads.

Are there any other simple upgrades I've missed? I don't know Fords that well, to be honest, being a recent convert from Italian exotica. Any other way of getting a twin pot (at least) caliper on them?