nessi
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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Shall i get some EBC drilled & grooved brake discs & some EBC greenstuff pads?
Please help me decide whether or not to get these. Or shall i get some standard vaux ones, or another make like black diamond.
Cheers Ness 
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J100RSA
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Location: Thornhill, West Yorkshire
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Chris220
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Oxford, Oxon Drives: Corsa C 1.8 SRi
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I bought the EBC 'Turbo-grooved' discs with Greenstuff pads and was initially very happy with the result. You get the 'whirring' noise everytime you step on the brakes from the grooves and the stopping power felt improved. Although, I found they do not like very hot operating temperatures and bend a tad too easily for my liking. Mine were on for nearly 8 months and one disc had cracked slightly causing juddering, along with increasing 'brake fade'. This may have been an anomaly but I would not buy them again based on this experience.
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Gambit
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Registered: 5th Jun 00
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dont get grooved disks, they are a waste of time on a road car
get a decent set of cross drilled disks
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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EBC discs are absolute cack. They warp far too easily. If you are not pushing big power, stick to astra GTE discs and calipers with GM pads.
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carnoisseurcraig
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Registered: 4th Jun 03
Location: Inverness
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No no no. If you want decent disc go with brembo or tarox. Both very expensive but evos and skylines have em as standard for a good reason.
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TOMAS
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Registered: 7th Aug 02
Location: Nottinghamshire
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Not that expensive! Agreed EBC are utter sh1te. Brembo Maxi discs - £80 fot the 2.0l ATE and Mintex 1144 pads are £65 - miles better setup
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carnoisseurcraig
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Registered: 4th Jun 03
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Thats the max kit. thats their budget kit. I only sell the discs for £60 quid. its the brembo sport kits.
Drilled discs and pads for a cracking price of £214.00
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carnoisseurcraig
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Registered: 4th Jun 03
Location: Inverness
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These are the brakes described above
these are the daddies. £1400 for 14" discs, alloy 8 pot calipers, pads and metal braided hoses
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nessi
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: West Yorkshire
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Thanks for all your advice! Im going down to Southampton in the morning to visit Regal autosport, so if ive got enough dosh then i might buy some brembo drilled discs & pads.
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