Well I bought a front set of the Repco ThermoQuiet pads this morning. Repco had a sale on and they came in slightly less than I could have got the Bendix pads for.Quote:
Originally Posted by northiam
I just need to order the DBA rotors now...
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Well I bought a front set of the Repco ThermoQuiet pads this morning. Repco had a sale on and they came in slightly less than I could have got the Bendix pads for.Quote:
Originally Posted by northiam
I just need to order the DBA rotors now...
RDA rotors, don't confuse these with DBA.Quote:
Originally Posted by twr7cx
The RDA are cheap imports, I tried a set on a BA Falcon and 12months later the grooved rotors had no grooves left and that is with minimal Kms. The Pads were crap, they melted to nothing, some compound they are made from.
Cheers,
Mario
Well after three months I've finally got round to doing the job.
In the end I went with DBA T2 rotors. I was going to get the T3s but they were priced wrong :mad:
Repco ThermoQuiet pads.
Brand new Land Rover calipers, my front right had been a bit sticky. I rebuilt it with new seals and cleaned up the guide pins some time back, but it still wasn't quite right. Found I could get brand new LR calipers (Including pads) from a main dealer in the UK for ?30 each. Postage was a bit steep at ?110 for the pair, so had them sent to my parents who removed the pads (They're bringing them out in their luggage when they visit next year) and repacked, I was able to get the postage cost down to ?60 for the pair.
After bleeding the system, and completely renewing the fluid, my first impression is its a lot 'smoother' when off the throttle. The brakes bite a lot better as well, as I'm still bedding in I haven't tried and heavy braking yet.
But so far I'm very happy with the outcome :D
I went with Rapid RS rotors and QFM Pads.
Everything is a trade off. You can't have long lasting pads and rotors and good braking. Something has to give. It's like people wanting tyres that stick like hot racing slick to hot mix but still want them to last 100,000km.
I see rotors are consumable items these days. Years ago when brake pads contained asbestos, I had never changed a rotor or drum. My last WRX, I changed a full set of rotors with every set of pads. From the originals, DBA and then I got on to Rapdi RS. A heap of weekend track racers use Rapid RS Rotors because they are cheap and they last just as long as DBA. They might not have pretty temp sensitive paint of alloy centres but they work just as well and I'm more concerned with functionality than appearance when it comes to brakes.
Happy Days.
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Originally Posted by joel0407
Ahh my good ol mate Todd;)
I have slotted and drilled rotors. Forget where they're from and had Bendix 4WD brake pads. Ever since fitting the bendix my braking was getting worse around town. I sometime even couldn't stop at intersections :eek:
I thought my booster was shot so I dropped into TRSpares in Padstow and they suggested OEM pads on the front to see if that helps. I removed them today and I had brakes again. Have since gone back and grabbed a pair of OEM pads for the rear as well.
I have used other pads as I used to find the OEM pads squeal (3 amigos causing stuff) but am happy to be able to stop again.
For note, with the bendix my pedal always felt super hard, now the pedal feels normal again with the OEM pads. I think the bendix were thicker as I had run them for a while yet didn't have to back off the calipers to install the new OEM pads.
Sorry but drilled or dimpled rotors are a **** for road going cars .Slotting is far more efficent for your needs :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by eckolsim
Yep, I think it's been common knowledge for years now. Drilled is no good but cast with holes is fine. Cast with holes is not economical for aftermarket parts.Quote:
Originally Posted by rangieman
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Rangieman,
I didn't go out of my way to get drilled and slotted. Was just looking for slotted but that's what was available. My main point was about the bendix pads being such a poor performer.
I think we all need to be aware that many manufaturers have many different compounds. To say Bendix pads were bad performers is a big statement. I know they are more of a generic everyday user kind of pad but from memory they still had 3 or 4 different compounds available when I was looking.Quote:
Originally Posted by eckolsim
FYI QFM list 12 different compounds and more are available on requiest. You can choose any of these compounds for your pads. Best to talk to them and tell them what you are trying to acheive. My request was for some thing that would work well when stone cold for when I needed traction control to work at low speed when then brakes had not been used much but then I wanted something that would still resist fade at high temp when I am pushing hard on twisty moutain roads. My trade off is they are high metal content which causes high dust and high rotor wear but you cant have have your cake and eat it too. With brakes I am more concerned with how well they work, I am happy to live with replacing rotors and I wash my Disco frequently enough that brake dust is rarely a problem.
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