Rob Virgo

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Had aps on the 3dr but now wondering if the extra expense for gen ap discs is worth it, anyone have experience of other brands on a saff 4x4.

May go s/h route depending on feedback

NEIL A

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Are you talking about just the disc to use with ap calipers and bells? If so for the price difference over the likes of compbrake discs i would get AP stuff from Reyland.

If your meaning a totaly different brake set up ?
Ive had AP's ,Brembos and now Alcons all work well but the AP's were the best looking.

If your just wanting a performance upgrade without the cost , have a look here they work really well and still fill out the wheels.

https://passionford.com/forum/ford-r...-16-wheel.html

monkeyra

I've got 330mm AP Racing discs on my ST220. They needed replacing last year, AP wanted something £600 for a pair of rotors...

Used Godspeed in the end, £350 ish.

BRAMMER

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So who uses comp brakes powervane rotors?

Eagle

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lucky you ...

i had a set custom made for my saff ... they cracked from the bell mounting holes on the disc .. ians reply .. because i brake too hard ... and then i got ignored .. no matter what i did he wouldnt talk about the problem ..

he did replace the discs first time but i had to pay ... the second time the same thing happened i got totally ignored no replies to text messages or pm's through bulletin borards ... wouldnt even answer the phone to me ..

would rather have spent the extra and went to martin hadland in hindsight ...

R5FORD

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Not something id want to skimp on tbh considering its part of the most important component on a car

gibbo frst

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try pm,ing touring car spares on here.. £150 per disk cheaper than anywhere else i tried for ap's .. worth a try..
this was for new too

ajamesc

I had a comp brake set up on my saff before going aps they were crap and would fade out very fast may be not the rotors fault more likly to be the calipers not dissipating the heat so well or i guess it could have been the rotors not cooling them selfs via the vents very well? my aps are much better they are reyland ones but were an ass to fit as i got them second hand for 500 pounds but they had been made for something else and had odd bells but got there in the end

damien roe

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this is what they cost from reyland

AP 330x28mm discs £204.25 each (straight grooves)
APO 330x28mm discs £222.30 each (curved grooves)

Fast Guy

I got a set of rear brakes of him for my Gtir. He didn't include any spacers to fill the gap between the FLAT mounting bracket and the caliper carrier and you had to grind part of the caliper carrier off to miss the nuts and bolts holding the bell to the discs
He claimed to have sent spacers 3 times. Bull!!!

ECOS95

Good (in a way) to hear that I'm not the only one to have issues with GodSpeed, shame he doesn't live up to his company name when dealing with his customers.

I wouldn't waste my hard earned on him again !!

Rob Virgo

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So the aps are still the nuts then , have a set of Porsche calipers I was goin to fit to my mk1 cossie project but may now fit to saff

NEIL A

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Porsche big reds are very good calipers and will work fine on a saff with good pads.

Rob Virgo

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Hi Neil,

They are black ones,side mounting by the looks of it
Brembos

NEIL A

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May well be similar size to the ones fitted to 406 coupe's.
I know that when the 996 turbo came out using the brembo 4 pots front and rear it was ment to have the best brakes fitted to any production car at the time.

Rob Virgo

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anyone got some AP discs for sale , 4x4 saff 330mm

Rob Virgo

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will have to check if the porsche calipers take 28 or 32 mm discs

ECOS95

pm sent.

Rob Virgo

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Any Porsche experts know the disc dia,I'll post the model numbers

monkeyra

Cheers for the heads-up, I'll keep an eye on them

Martin-Hadland

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AP are more like £190 plus vat, cheap discs are exactly that!

Staffi

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I've had AP's fitted to my 3dr recently from Martin and i have to say it's the BEST mod i've had done to the car, PERIOD, the stopping power now is imense....

monkeyra

Not for the ST220 they aren't, here's the email from AP RAcing themselves:



Part # for RH & LH discs: -

CP3580-1164SD

CP3580-1165SD

List £229.57 + vat ea.

Allow 3 weeks delivery on this disc # , parts can be ordered via APR agents listed on www.apracing.com


Mounting bolt kit #

CP3845-100K12

1 off per disc required (14Nm torque)

List £12.00 + vat ea.


Do the maths...

Rob Virgo

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Lookin like it will be cheaper to get a good s/h set of APs for the 4x4 and keep the Porsche/calipers for the project...

Tks for the advise everyone

Rob v

robnock

hi i got a focus i want to put sum pug 406 brakes on any idea what disc i have to use. thanks

xr2wishy

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Just fit focus Rs discs and pads direct fitment, 406 ones aren't and may not work without modifying for the 328mm focus Rs discs either.