gordonbrown Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 failed my mot today ): need my front pads replacing and a new tyre will i just get the garage to buy some pads in or should i upgrade a bit? dont know too much about brakes, educate me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonbrown Posted January 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 You can get upgraded pads, but they are considerably more expensive than normal ones. Up to you really, I have never bothered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoorsy Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 could upgrade them if you want , you going to do the disks at the same time? becasue you can get vented brembo ones from GSF, thats what ive got and there not too expensive either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonbrown Posted January 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 well i dont know, just need them to get through the mot. define 'not too expensive' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperWeight1 Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Just get standards tbh.Standards ~£20-30Greenstuffs ~£40Red dot fast roads ~£60DS2500's ~£120 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammo Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 I wouldn't up-rate the pads. If you want to up-rate anything just do the discs. That will improve braking performance. Its all down to how you drive really, if your only driving steady to and from work or what ever just put standards on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 do disks really make that much of a difference? I appreciate that dimpled and grooved will, but is one slab of metal really that different to another? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonbrown Posted January 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 sweet, wey its only a 1.0 anyway, a slight nosewind stops me in my tracks aha hardly need extra stopping powerstandard it is (: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperWeight1 Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 I wouldn't up-rate the pads. If you want to up-rate anything just do the discs. That will improve braking performance. Its all down to how you drive really, if your only driving steady to and from work or what ever just put standards on.Disagree with you totally.Pad compound should be changed before discs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99hjhm Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 Disagree with you totally.Pad compound should be changed before discs.Same.Discs do bugger all, unless you change the size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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