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Nismo

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26th Feb 03 at 10:09

travelling down the Bypass come up to the junction doing abou 80, put the brakes on and.............. NO BRAKES a big whinning noise and i go straight through the junction, finally manage to stop using gears and handbrake - get out look at my Newish EBC Turbo brakes and there F****D the Green stuff pads crumbled up and it was just bare metal on the disks!!!!!!!!

Pays to check these thing regularly

More Freekin Money

Claire

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26th Feb 03 at 10:12

I have EBC turbo groove disks and noticed a ridge on the disks after 2 months! so i figured green stuff pads were to hard. When i took them out they only had like 2 mm pad left!!!!

and-m

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26th Feb 03 at 10:13

Im sticking with Vaux stuff...

Nismo

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26th Feb 03 at 10:14

There crap, so much for "voted best street pad" wont be getting them again.

Claire

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26th Feb 03 at 10:17

Ive just got Ferodo pads on EBC disks now - but i check them regularly!!

Nismo

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26th Feb 03 at 10:33

how much were they.

Claire

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26th Feb 03 at 10:35

The Ferodo pads were £25. They're just direct replacement (not high performance) but they still stop u pretty well with grooved disks

3CorsaMeal

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26th Feb 03 at 10:37

I've had Tarox discs with green stuff pads, and they fcuked up real quick, was left without brakes

Nismo

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26th Feb 03 at 11:17

its so annoying cus i took a halfday today to go to bridgewater to get the interior stripped and retrim and now i cant use the freekin car!!!!!!!!

Half Pint

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26th Feb 03 at 12:25

I had Green stuff on my corsa with standard disks, didn't have any trouble at all

Gambit

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26th Feb 03 at 12:37

when you say newish, how new & how many miles?

with grooved disks you are going to go thru brake pads a lot quicker as the grooves are there to skim of the top layer of the pad

whereas standard disks just wear down

[Edited on 26-02-2003 by Gambit]

Nismo

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26th Feb 03 at 12:41

the disks and pads about 6 months.

Daimo B

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26th Feb 03 at 12:50

I think it must be how some people drive

Pel never had any problems with my old brake setup at all. Worked a treat, no brake dust, no probs at all. Hence why i highly reccommend them.

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