Originally Posted by
WongRS
Bugger, mine came fairly quick and seems to be doing ok at the mo, i have heard bad reports though.
Delivery if sorted by Tony is normally A1, aftersales if done by Compbrake is normally Z1 Billion, or whatever the opposite of A1 is
Powervane rotors (which were the ones Compbrake supply) are made of crap metal. On my friend's Cossie kit, using DS2500s as he normally did with his AP bells and calipers, they warped and hotspotted something cronic. Skimmed them and then used pads that I use all the time on the Evo - turned the discs into a load of metal filings that stuck to his polished wheels, and to the immaculate paint down the side of the car.
I had the same problem with their discs on my last Evo, using their "Hawk Blue" pads. Everytime I braked, you could see the sparks flying down the side of the car at night like some kind of comet / Catherine wheel
Took ages to sort the paintwork on my Evo.
And like said, the Evo brake kit I had has been back to Compbrake 3 times - split brake line that could have killed me, leaking pistons that fall out when you take the brake pads out (as if that's right
?)...
Still waiting a refund or complete replacement, and they've had them back over a year and a half. Probably 2 years now, they went back last time I was at RS Croft
I'll let you make your own mind up about them
Originally Posted by
tabetha
Maybe need bigger brakes ?, I know Roosie has 380mm with 6 pots ex le mans car but were still pricey.
tabetha
I think 362mm is large enough for now, but yeah, could get 380s in there if I had too, think there's enough clearance under the wheels.
Originally Posted by
dave cos4x4
could try Martin or Mike Simon.
Cheers Dave, yep Martin sorted out some AP discs and DS3000 pads for me after the Compbrake crap fooked up my good mates Cossie mentioned in the story above.
Originally Posted by
Ben M
can tony at touring cars nit help? might be worth a call or look on his site
Have emailed him and had one back, just need to get some proper measurements back to him. Sadly no ex touring cars use my size, so looks like new ones are going to be needed.
Originally Posted by
COCHYN
How old are they Si, I'm guessing they don't come under any sort of warranty then?
Pass on the age, but not new by any means... and they have been well hammered to be fair
I need to meaure them, nut I suspect they were coming to the end of their life minimum thickness wise anyway.
Originally Posted by
Touring Car Spares
Disc size and age has virtually no bearing on this , the clamping forces exerted in the varying temperature ranges of use between general road car use and trackday use is what creates these issues. Discs are consumables,expensive ones but nevertheless consumable and need changing frequently , the bigger they are the more expensive sadly .
Cheers for the email earlier Tony, will mail you back when I know the size / PCD info you need.
Originally Posted by
Martin-Reyland
Si, dont buy any until you've called me!
I'll call on Tuesday Martin
On the MLR they suggested trying GGR of all places. Called them and they can do them for £420 the pair inc VAT. Much less than I feared they would be. Need to check PCD to see if the discs they use are the same as mine.
Would rather direct my money to one of the traders on here though if they can do cheap!! Was hoping someone had a tired old pair they could sell me cheap in the short term, as I don't think I can afford £420 this month
