are they any good?

and who is cheapest for a pair for a focus rs?

ta

 

Wouldnt use EBC...

 

EBC = pish. Sorry.

 

Auto panels western on Kiln lane swindon

Had a quote on focus RS discs and pads around Ł170 they were the gold dimpled and grooved type

Paul

 

cheers lads, ive since found out that ford do the focus rs disc for about Ł40 each, so ill get some of them

cheers

 

Thats cheap i don't think so Fudge

Paul

 

ill find out tomoz when i ring ford lol

 

Let us know as woodford are doing genuine for Ł275

Paul

 

oh, i could have quite possibly been mislead then!

 

Your cheapest bet is what i said before m8
What are you running now ur selling your cals??

Paul

 

ive just bought a set of evo 8 callipers mate, front and rear.

i think the fronts are pretty much the same as the focus rs ones (and alfa gvt/fiat coupe turbo/406 coupe etc)

im hoping to use the focus rs disc on the front, and the std 2wd disc on the rear.

 

I'd try to go for a bigger rotor as the caliper would be mounted at a funny angle with the focus discs imo

I was going to go this route but as the caliper would look wrong i didnt bother

One of my brake conversions made it into classic ford mag on my mates capriwhich is a focus RS conversion which i designed for my cortina


Paul

 

well, ive got 17" ultralight wheels, and i dont know what size disc they can take etc

the frs disc is 330mm or thereabouts isnt it?

what other discs would fit?

 

Ebc = Extremly Bloody Crap

 

spikey, i know their old suff is, i had turbo groove discs and green stuff pads on my old cabby when i bought it, then crashed it into the back of a land rover

they were soon changed lol

 

ive never had any issues or problems using ebc discs and red pads.

 

well, i drove SECS old esc cos around llandow circuit, that thing had 440+bhp and redstuff pads iirc, dont know what discs, but it stopped ok

 

Fudge thats going to be the max size disc really 325mm

do a search on here and u will see what i mean about the caliper position

Other options include 300x24mm st 170 focus discs and std 4 pot cos if a bracket can be made to suit (enough room)

Which you have prob thought about

Unless u have std front hub carriers and not cossie ones??

Paul

 

Heres a pic of my Tina brakes 325mm focus inside a 17" rim

 

cheers paul, i think i know what you mean about calliper position, they are a bit low arnt they?

surely tho if they are low, they could go high if you get me?

im using 3dr cossie front hubs.

do you live in swindon? i might be popping round for a look lol

 

I use EBC and i've had no issues at all with them, they are made by EFi who supply OE to the Lorry industry...

A few years ago EBC got a bad rep due to there Biggest supplier selling cheap import discs from china as EBC but they where put out of business... I do wonder how many people who Slag off EBC have actually tried them recently? or (as I'd be more inclined to believe) Jump on the bandwaggon cuz they heard someone else say they are crap, so it has to be true?

 

never had any issues with there later stuff.have ultimax discs and yellowstuff pads on the front of mine and there usual dimpled and grooved with yellowstuff on the rear.

 

Yes mate,those brakes in the pic are now on my mates capri due to me changing my mind again.

i could come over at some point and have a look and try to sort something thats cheap but affective

 

cheers paul, i wont have the callipers till at least tuesday, so it wont be beofre next weekend that ill get to have a look.

i will still use the frs discs, simply as they are the bigges that will fit.

i know will look a bit gay, but function over form and all that lol.

ill let you know when ill be having a fiddle, and if you pop over, that would be a bonus

cheers bud

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-FOCUS-RS-...742.m153.l1262

this is the brakes that paul did
http://s293.photobucket.com/albums/m...t=DSC00394.flv

you can pop over a see them if you like
i am in swindon

stu

 

DONT USE EBC's !!!!!!!!

Mate of mine had ebc ultimax and red stuff pads on his FRS and he felt his brakes were poor so he took them off to see why :



These had only done 8k used as his daily commute to work and back and they had warped, yet he doesnt even drive it fast.

 

Nice one Stu

 

cheers stu, is that where the calliper will sit on 3dr cossie hubs then?

andy, maybe not then lol thems fucked!

 

Gotta say Andy thats shocked me... has he done anything about it? Took them back to the retailer and complained? I'm not suggesting the retailer is in anyway at fault but it would be interesting too get them sent back to EBC to find out what they say?

I run an ST170 set up on my focus, ok it's not quite FRS standards but I do tend to be quite hard on my brakes, i've managed to warp both a set of genuine and mintex discs, the mintex ones lasted less than a month, and so far the EBC Discs have stood up well to anything I can give them...

That said I use the turbo groove discs as the ultimax are intended more for the exec/show market that dont want rusty discs.

 

same with me. my ebc discs and red pads get abused daily to no ill effects and thats standard sized brakes in a car with double the power it was designed to run with. there can always be the odd bad apple in the barrel with anything i suppose.

 

Fudgey there not thats on his capriwhich were on my tina

Cals sit round at approx 4 o'clock on a cossie due to the bracket


paul

 

paul, i thought as much lol. i have seen lenny from the bristol rsoc's 3dr witht he frs callipers and discs, they do sit low as you said, but if the sit low, why cant they sit high lol?

ill sort something out i guess

 

Due to the strut cos u need the bit lump at the top for the shock

Thats the only reason i can think of i also have a spare 2wd hub which can be played with in the Garage/shed to save messing with the car

could make life a bit easier

Paul

 

One of the pad material totally fell apart from the backing plate and then caused the damage to the discs. The discs might have been ok if not used with ebc pads.

He sent those pictures to ebc and asked for a full refund but without purchasing another set of their brakes (he has bought AP's) and i think they argeed and refunded him. I guess they didnt want him making a fuss about poor quality brakes that could have caused an accident

I wouldnt use ebc brakes to stop my lawn mower let alone my car, i had 2 sets that became hardened on my RS Turbo years ago and both times it was because i was using ebc pads on ebc discs. I changed to mintex pads on ebc discs and the problem didnt reoccure on the 3rd set.