It would be interesting to hear the reason for this and to see the evidence.
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****. You must be really heavy on the middle pedal...
Pump the tyres up to 60psi, empty the boot, spray some WD 40 on the tyres. Both wheels will lock = automatic pass.
I phoned up my auto factor once for a set of discs and pads and asked them what brands they had in stock. "We've only got 'iron back' in stock at the moment" they said. "WTF are those - I’ve never heard of them?” I said. They had just started selling them and when they spelled it out, I realised what they were trying to say. I remember thinking at the time that ‘iron back' is a wrong choice of name for brake pads!
Pump the tyres up to 60psi, empty the boot, spray some WD 40 on the tyres. Both wheels will lock = automatic pass.
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I’ve tried all sorts of brake brands over the years, from the well-known OEM stuff to some lesser-known aftermarket ones. Honestly, I’ve had better luck with some aftermarket brands when it comes to daily driving and even a bit of spirited weekend use. The key thing for me is to check reviews and see what other owners say, but sometimes you just have to test a few until you find a brand you trust. I’ve had coated discs on my own car and they actually seemed to resist rust better than some pricier options.
Brembo pads for me all the way.
And ATE calipers.
And ATE calipers.
I worry about some of the Brembo stuff these days. I think it might have gone a bit downmarket? Doesn't seem as good as it used to.
Febi / Blueprint discs and pads for me.
As for calipers, they don't seem to be exchange any more so whatever comes my way.......no issues at all so far.
John
As for calipers, they don't seem to be exchange any more so whatever comes my way.......no issues at all so far.
John
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Fitted National front discs/pads to my sister's 2019 Fiesta over a year ago and still going strong.
01.2024 I fitted a Juratek front discs/pads set to my Bora TDI and over the past few months, with only 13k covered by the discs/pads fitted, started to get steering wheel shake when braking. Have changed them for National and that's solved the problem.
01.2024 I fitted a Juratek front discs/pads set to my Bora TDI and over the past few months, with only 13k covered by the discs/pads fitted, started to get steering wheel shake when braking. Have changed them for National and that's solved the problem.
Presumably, they only engage if you're about to run over a white person?
Aftermarket brake pads suitable for the road are supposed to comply with the R90 regs that mean that brake pads have to perform within +-15% of what was originally supplied with the car.
Did you bed them in before you hammered them? You might have just glazed them.
Yes, I did follow all the instructions on bedding them in. It's quite hard to "hammer" rear discs and pads to be honest. It's not a heavy car and the rears have very little work to do.
The Reg 90 requirements only came in in 1999 and mine is a 1980s car. Prior to 1972, there's no legal requirement to fit Reg 90 approved brake linings. Between 1973 and 1999 is a bit of a grey area where the car has to comply (when fitted with the replacement brake linings) with whatever braking regulations it had to meet when it was new. I suspect mine probably DID comply with ECE Reg 13 when it was built, but I've no way of knowing. It might have complied with the equivalent EC Directive at the time, (one of the many amendments to 71/320/EC - whichever was current when it was type approved in the mid 1980s). It meets the footbrake requirements on the rear wheels, but struggles with the handbrake requirements. An extra 15% would turn a very marginal pass into a reasonably solid pass though.
It can be quite easy to hammer rear pads. Overheat the fronts enough that they fade and all of a sudden the rears are doing a lot more work. I've trashed a set of rear pads in less than 40 minutes driving doing that, albeit on a trackday
They completely overheated before they'd had a chance to gas off and literally just turned to dust. I didn't register the age of the car when i made the R90 comment.
