Need brake upgrade advice...

Need brake upgrade advice...

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Podie

Original Poster:

46,630 posts

276 months

Wednesday 10th March 2004
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260mm disks sound good... slightly bigger but not OTT.

Batty S4C

12,268 posts

251 months

Wednesday 10th March 2004
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so mine has V8S brakes...
what size are they? i know the fronts are vented and the backs arn't.
disks all round

Podie

Original Poster:

46,630 posts

276 months

Wednesday 10th March 2004
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Batty S4C said:
so mine has V8S brakes...
what size are they? i know the fronts are vented and the backs arn't.
disks all round


Well it's your car, you go measure them!

Batty S4C

12,268 posts

251 months

Wednesday 10th March 2004
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Podie said:

Batty S4C said:
so mine has V8S brakes...
what size are they? i know the fronts are vented and the backs arn't.
disks all round



Well it's your car, you go measure them!

im scared of measuring things especially in the cold

Podie

Original Poster:

46,630 posts

276 months

Wednesday 10th March 2004
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Half pint said:

Podie said:


Batty S4C said:
so mine has V8S brakes...
what size are they? i know the fronts are vented and the backs arn't.
disks all round




Well it's your car, you go measure them!


im scared of measuring things especially in the cold


OK half pint, whatever you say

RichardR

2,892 posts

269 months

Wednesday 10th March 2004
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Batty S4C said:
so mine has V8S brakes...
i know the fronts are vented
Presumably all the S3s had vented front disks as well, since mine does?

Just wanted to check that my brakes are OE (as far as that concept applies anyway ).

Podie

Original Poster:

46,630 posts

276 months

Wednesday 10th March 2004
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RichardR said:

Batty S4C said:
so mine has V8S brakes...
i know the fronts are vented

Presumably all the S3s had vented front disks as well, since mine does?

Just wanted to check that my brakes are OE (as far as that concept applies anyway ).


Mines has vented front discs..

v8smith

3,510 posts

254 months

Thursday 11th March 2004
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My brakes have been upgraded to Granada Calipers and Disks, the disks are Black Diamond cross drilled and they are very very good!

Mike

>> Edited by V8Smith on Thursday 11th March 14:32

Podie

Original Poster:

46,630 posts

276 months

Thursday 11th March 2004
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I have a plan...

... been speaking to Austec again...