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Old Jan 26, 2021 | 08:48 AM
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Anyone used Febi brakes before?
I'm getting bored of waiting for the Zimmerman discs I've ordered from Autodoc (been over 2 weeks now). The Febi discs are similar in price to the Zimmermans and I think I've found a UK supplier - Parts in Motion Exeter (never heard of this company either but they seem to have good Google reviews).
The discs are for my E91 bmw. I've posted on a bmw forum im on but just thought the more opinions I can get the better. I've tried ECP and Carparts4less but they are way way more expensive.
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Old Jan 26, 2021 | 08:58 AM
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Febi have been around forever. Will be fine for standard use.

Parts in Motion are sound btw - used them loads
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Old Jan 26, 2021 | 11:32 AM
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Loads of problems with Autodoc delivery’s. Brexit is getting the blame.
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Old Jan 26, 2021 | 11:50 AM
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Loads of problems with Autodoc delivery’s. Brexit is getting the blame.
Yeah thats what they keep fobbing me off with and I'm not sure i believe it.
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Old Jan 26, 2021 | 03:41 PM
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Autodoc are/were cheap until you add the postage, no doubt you'll have to pay extra custom charges now too?
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Old Jan 26, 2021 | 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by GVK.
Autodoc are/were cheap until
... you want some service or need help.

I usually don't try to safe money when it comes to brake parts. But my SECOND set of (quite expensive) original front disks of the ST suffered from uneven wear when the pads got stuck and as the disks are still thick enough to get them skimmed I bought a set of TRW disks to get the car MOT'd. I didn't expect much for 20 Euros each (one Motorcraft disk for the ST costs about 140 Euros!)... I have to say I tried REALLY hard a few times but wasn't able to warp them yet

As long as you buy parts of a big brand you're usually on the safe side.
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Old Jan 27, 2021 | 10:22 AM
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Well what a coincidence. Yesterday I had a web chat with autodoc threatening to cancel my order and low and behold today I check the tracking and its finally on the move and has allegedly made it to the UK. Been led to believe it'll be with me in a few days. So fingers crossed it gets here soon and I can finally get my brakes swapped out for nice new Fx chassis brembos!
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