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Old Dec 28, 2004 | 09:00 AM
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Hi,

i was talking to a bloke which keep saying stoptech brakes 4pots are as good as the AP6pot...

he says after one year racing the discs and the pads are still good.
he says AP's arent after one year racing...

is the guy talking crap or are these stoptech brakes good...

does someone knows something about these brakes...
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Old Dec 28, 2004 | 09:24 AM
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erm ive never heard of em, never seen em on the side of touring cars either




mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, let me think about it
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Old Dec 28, 2004 | 10:02 AM
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They are that good that no-one over here has heard of Stoptech yet AP are known over there in Holland!! Hmmm..

I know who I would spend my money with!
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Old Dec 28, 2004 | 10:04 AM
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you wont go wrong with ap's
but you could go very wrong with stoptech
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Old Dec 28, 2004 | 10:06 AM
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im going for AP's.....RSJP did me a good price for AP4pots and 330mm...

for me AP is one off the best....

just wondering...
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Old Dec 28, 2004 | 10:07 AM
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I know who I would spend my money with!


stoptechs on order then daz #



btw daz ya alreasy got AP's


gareth what brakes ya got ?


martin uses ?, brembos are very good btw, dont forget them, not sure if there as good as stoptech though
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Old Dec 28, 2004 | 10:07 AM
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gareth what brakes ya got ?
ap's
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Old Dec 28, 2004 | 10:10 AM
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AP's on my car as well!
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Old Dec 28, 2004 | 10:13 AM
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mmmmmm wonder who to go for then ?????













dont supose ya got a number for stoptech handy
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Old Dec 28, 2004 | 10:17 AM
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Stoptech are big in the US. I was approached around a year ago for UK distribution, but didn't think that highly of the product. I have never tried them in a back-to-back test with AP's, so cannot really say either way. I would stick with the known quantity i.e. AP's

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Old Dec 28, 2004 | 10:34 AM
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ap's for me im afraid anything else just isent worth it
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Old Dec 28, 2004 | 11:56 AM
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AP = better then stoptech
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Old Dec 28, 2004 | 12:02 PM
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here these are what you want
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Old Dec 28, 2004 | 12:03 PM
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stop showing off gus!
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Old Dec 28, 2004 | 12:29 PM
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Old Dec 28, 2004 | 12:51 PM
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One of my mates has them on his RSX they were a huge improvement over the stockers but I don't think they would be as good as AP's. He did find it hard to get a decent pad compound that wouldn't destroy the rotors at track days. For my money I would spend the 30% more to get the AP's.
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