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| nicco |
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I am looking for new discs and pads on my car to eliminate the annoying warped rotors!!
I have looked around a bit, but am a bit unsure of a couple of things. I am looking at DBA slotted rotors for front and back, will these discs hold up a bit better than the factory ones to a bit of a flogging occasionally? Also, I have been offered either: Bendix Advance (standard grade) or EBC Greenstuffs (hi po) Is it worth stepping up to the EBCs? Will they shag out the new rotors incredibly faster than the bendixs? Are the bendixs a decent pad to start with? Cheers for that, Nic |
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| Disco Frank |
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the dba's are a way better rotor and will last ages
start with ehte bendix advance and go from there and change your brake fluid while u are at it new fluid makes a killer diff
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| Redford |
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i wouldnt use anything elese except bendix, they are an exelent pad and hastle free, no squeaks exelent grip.
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| rushed |
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i have dba slotted all round, they last around 10>15000 before they go wonkie, but i give my car a caning.
as for pads, i use lucas (alot of members here do) HEAPS of dust, but ive had them steaming and they still pulled up great. |
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| madmax |
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I had DBA Slotted and Bendix Advance on my EL. Good combination IMO
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| x3ros |
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ive got DBA slotted and bendix advance all round, as well as the braided brake lines.... pulls up very nicely and has saved my a** a couple of times in very hairy situations (commodores pulling out infront of me while im doing 80 etc etc etc)
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| fiftyone |
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the big diff is that rda and dba make the rotor out of good material. even the standard dba will give a longer life then the stock ford.
guy on ebay, onlineperformance sells RDA (they are pritty much the same as DBA) slotteds for $100 a corner with stock rda pads free. i got that. planning to go to a better pad when ive shagged them good and true. or he sells the standard for $300 and pads allround i think
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| rushed |
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ahghem....
guy on ebay, pfft, pimp the sponsor dude pimp the sponsor. HIGHTEK BRAKES, does them for $99 a corner (fordmods special, although they advitise the SAME price in the trader....) yeah, but dont pay over $99 a corner for the rotors, i have picked them up at that price from repco. |
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| nicco |
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cool, thanks guys. I'm thinking I'll just stick with the Bendix pads then if i go down that path.
couple more things, are RDA disc and pads any good? Cause i had seen the ebay ones too. ^^^ The thing with hightek over ebay is the extra $55 a corner for bendix pads!! that adds up quickly. But, that said, i'm still seriously considering getting them through hightek. |
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| fiftyone |
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rushed wrote: ahghem....
guy on ebay, pfft, pimp the sponsor dude pimp the sponsor. HIGHTEK BRAKES, does them for $99 a corner (fordmods special, although they advitise the SAME price in the trader....) yeah, but dont pay over $99 a corner for the rotors, i have picked them up at that price from repco. sorry home bro, my bad. i didn't know about any of that when i got mine. get in touch with them and find out what the go is
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| madmax |
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nicco wrote: cool, thanks guys. I'm thinking I'll just stick with the Bendix pads then if i go down that path.
couple more things, are RDA disc and pads any good? Cause i had seen the ebay ones too. ^^^ The thing with hightek over ebay is the extra $55 a corner for bendix pads!! that adds up quickly. But, that said, i'm still seriously considering getting them through hightek. $55 per corner!!!!!! shouldn't be more than $45 a set. (two wheels)
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| nicco |
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ohh, bugger me, it says set!! So that is all 4 fronts? or all 4 rears?
Schweet!! lol |
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| BOSXR8 |
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i used to swear by bendix although not anymore, i have had continuos issues with them not just in my car but in my dads falcon and my other halfs astra, from squeaking to dust to everything... i dont know what to go with now as i always used to use bendix. tried bosch on the fronts in the old mans car, not too impressed.
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| madmax |
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nicco wrote: ohh, bugger me, it says set!! So that is all 4 fronts? or all 4 rears?
Schweet!! lol A set is 2 pair of brakes pads (4 pads total) ie 2 pair of fronts or 2 pair of rears. So if its $55 per set it will cost you $110 in pads all up.
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| MR XR |
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Hey man!
Im also in the process of getting my new brakes (Slotteds and bendix advance) Cam (sponser) is very helpful when it comes to brakes, i reccomend him 100%. I will be ordering my stuff on friday from him, all up its costing me $551 delivered, which i think is F**k cheap! Send him an email, and just say ur affliated with FM and im sure he can do you a good deal!
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