Conor Harrington

hi there guys long time no speak

currently own a escort 1.8si

getting a mate to do the conversion for the st170 brakes

bit of a dilema, have found to different brands and wanted to really know what you would suggest of the 2 or any other suggestions and what the differnce is between the price

cheers
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-FOCUS-Dri...50578915637893

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-FOCUS-Dri...50578915637893

STeve

iTrader: (11)

not a bad budget set of discs not really any good if your hard on your brakes or wanna do track days etc

Conor Harrington

right ok then mate, what would you suggest for an all round good set that can take some abuse i know for a road car its pointless just like the idea of having the stopping power if it is ever needed

Chaz888

Have used ebc green stuff an groved discs on X2 X3 mgb v8 very good and tarox with greenstuff on the X2 and black dimond allso all have been good.

scoooby slayer

iTrader: (4)

i dont buy drilled discs anymore they always seem to crack on the edge of the drill holes, just grooved would be my choice.

Chaz888

yer Ill second that have allways gone for groved have seen the cracking on mates cars kind of put me off using them

tabetha

Some people like ebc just put a dimple in the disc, with or without grooving as well, so they don't crack.
Either dimpled or grooved will make a big difference keeping the pads clean, but combined will be even better, pad choice I wouldn't use greenstuff, I fade these every week even on the gf's 1.4 astra auto with 84bhp, I would get redstuff, or even yellows if really hard on the brakes.
The problem I had with brakes was the drilled ones SPLIT, a gap of 2-3mm would open up from the hole outwards to the edge of the disc in s straight line and be about 2-3mm wide at the outer edge, but I'm mentally hard on the brakes.

tabetha

Conor Harrington

ive purchased the grooved and dimple disks and calipers as a whole complete set, they are massive compared to my ones on the escort atm,
i beleieve the bloke said it was ebc pads in them,