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13-10-2011, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by rst in breaking

i have a pedal box which currently needs looking at as when you press the accelerator the pedal mech bends and jambs wo need to fabricate something for it annoyingly.

That's the least of your problems wait till you brake and the pedal hits the floor

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13-10-2011, 07:26 PM

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That's the least of your problems wait till you brake and the pedal hits the floor

Dont forget your clutch pedal folding in half

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14-10-2011, 10:14 AM

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This place makes me laugh.
I started a thread about 3 months ago asking if compbrake where any good and I don't think there was one bad word said.
Then someone has a problem and everyones out the woodwork, glad I never went for them now

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14-10-2011, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by A16X_TM

Several people basically telling you to go AP/Brembo instead:

https://passionford.com/forum/genera...d-reviews.html

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14-10-2011, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BIG WULL

I am another victum of the Compbrake bandit! These guys should wear a mask, I mean really. My 6pot 350mm kit brake is a joke. I'm not sure what the problem is basically it don't fit. Spacers wrong size? Bolts too long? Holes drilled out of llne? etc etc
I'll post some pics up later.

Steer clear folks!! Pay the extra and get a decent brand.

Can anyone help me and post a pic of Compbrake kit fitted please?

Yeah AP Wull,don't fuck about with compbrake etc fit the best.Got the AP 6 pots with 362mm rotors on my saph and they are fucking awesome mate.

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14-10-2011, 01:01 PM

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to save a few quid i went for evo 8 brembos and forcus rs disks cost well under £500 for 324mm. Car's not back together yet so can't say how well they work but they look good lol!!!!!

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14-10-2011, 01:38 PM

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ive got the bmw brembos and will be fitting 324mm focus rs discs. i got the brackets from caprisport about £40 i think.
i dealt with compbrake once and it took them ages to send me the track rod ends i ordered.
loads of compbrake stuff fitted so is this just a small number of faults being highlighted or oare they substandard?

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14-10-2011, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by AquariousRS

Tony is a proper Gent but Compbrake are a bunch of useless morons who unfortunetly tarnish his good name with crap products imo.

Absolutely agreed.

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14-10-2011, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Ridgey

The 4 pot caliper (Brembo) as in the pics above does work well though.
Well impressed with mine, but again i got mine from Tony, who made sure all was OK.

Hi ... I also got mine from tony

I also find the calipers ok. So what pads do you use ... the Hawk ones or .. ?

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14-10-2011, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Warren

That's the least of your problems wait till you brake and the pedal hits the floor

wouldnt make much diff, best i can get them is to double pump, useless or maybe missing knowledge, either way very unhappy and its getting removed for origional set up which was safe, waiting on tony to deal with prob now, touch wood it'll get sorted

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14-10-2011, 06:25 PM

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I noticed the other day the compbrake ebay shop has nothing for sale.
Tony is 100% spot on, even delivering stuff to my door before payment had been made!

. Is he still selling stuff?

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14-10-2011, 06:26 PM

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2wd - I use Hawk HP+ and have found them very good, quite happy to continue using them.

If i was to change i think it would be to Ferodo DS2500 or DS3000, as i used to use the 2500's when i had std 2wd calipers.

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14-10-2011, 06:38 PM

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Ok .. the HP+ .. was that the ones in the kit itself ?? About the Ferodo's .. would they be ok for road use ??

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14-10-2011, 07:06 PM

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Tony is 100% spot on, even delivering stuff to my door before payment had been made!

. Is he still selling stuff?

Yes still selling and 100% helpful .I have not a single complain about Tony .

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14-10-2011, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by 2wd

As I wrote earlier I run the 4 pot/335mm setup

and I'm quite interested in what you and others have to say about these and other CompBrake produkts ?

Also I see that people dont like the Hawk pads ...can anyone tell me what the problem is and if you should find some replacements, what would be the best for fast road and a ocatioanally track session ???

Those are Brembo calipers by the looks of it, so not really a compbrake product at all?

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14-10-2011, 07:24 PM

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I've bought several Compbrake big brake kits (at least 5 sets), adjustable TCAs, compression struts, pedal boxes and some other bits and pieces, never had any problems. Some of these are being used on rally cars and perform very well.
Everything has been bought through Tony though, which has always been extremely helpful, cant thank him enough for good help and advice

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14-10-2011, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul_RS

Those are Brembo calipers by the looks of it, so not really a compbrake product at all?

Well I know that they looks like Brembos ... but if you look closely on the pic it says compbrake on the side. But I got the understanding from the dokumentation that the cal's was from a "Well known brake company" .. and they looks like Brembos and as I said .. they work well (only thing is about the pads ... people write differet things ... dont know what to think, but until now I have done 7 traks and the car is still here

)!!!

Could it be that Comp get them from Brembo and then "drill" (dont know the right word in english) Compbrake on the sides ?

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14-10-2011, 08:03 PM

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2wd - I think the std kits come with the Hawk HPS (fast road), i requested a more track orientated pad (HP+).

DS2500 are great road pads that work well on track too.

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14-10-2011, 08:06 PM

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2wd - I think the std kits come with the Hawk HPS (fast road), i requested a more track orientated pad (HP+).

DS2500 are great road pads that work well on track too.

Ok and thanks

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14-10-2011, 10:15 PM

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its brembos compbrake use aye

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15-10-2011, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by smokinjoe

its brembos compbrake use aye

Ok ... so they cant be that bad ..

Thanks.

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15-10-2011, 08:28 AM

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agree about tony, he is a proper gent, proper helpful and gets it delivered to you pronto.. just a shame tony doesnt own compbrake as i think we would see a difference

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15-10-2011, 08:58 AM

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and yes .. Tony was very helpful at the time I dealt with him .. a sleight problem with the disks for my brakekit but he solved it quickly and all has been good since,

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