Need Brakes

[tnjj]

Hey, need some advice, got as S2, 2001 with Drilled Disks (think came with touring package) which are coming to the end of there life after 30K.

What should i got for, infro needed in regards to front and rear disks and pads????? i am not prepaired to spend crazy prices, but please let me know from experience which are the best value and HOW MUCH I SHOULD PAY AND WHO TO GET IT FROM. I guess you should never get disks from a braker yard?

thanks

Tom

[TIPPER]

Check out Eliseparts and Eliseshop website.
I've got EBC spotted and grooved with Mintex 1144 pads. Fine for fast road use and occasional track days.
I wouldn't go near a breakers yard for brake parts. Buy the best you can afford - brakes and tyres keep you safe.

[Hollywood Wheels]

TIPPER said:

Check out Eliseparts and Eliseshop website.

No need to spend silly money. EBC make good discs. Get new pads as well to be safe. Mintex 1144 are an excellent budget option. DON'T go anywhere near a Lotus dealer, they will ask you to assume the position and you'll hear zips being undone.....

[Chadders]

TIPPER said:

Check out Eliseparts and Eliseshop website.
I've got EBC spotted and grooved with Mintex 1144 pads. Fine for fast road use and occasional track days.

Exactly the combination i'm going for after xmas.

[tnjj]

so around the £390 mark with fitting them myself? is there anywhere cheeper than the specif lotus website or is that it, sounds like the best choice is guess? will def not go to brakers yard, and i think that will be this years present for the car.

Thanks, ps let me know if you know any cheep suppliers or other ideas

tom

[Pied Piper]

You need a set of these

http://www.eliseparts.com/shop/index.php?main_page...

and some mintex1144.

Edited by Pied Piper on Wednesday 5th December 21:32

[Lawrence5]

I have Mintex fronts and greenstuff rear....... not sure why the mix but it was recommended !

[TIPPER]

Lawrence5 said:

I have Mintex fronts and greenstuff rear....... not sure why the mix but it was recommended !

I wouldn't! But can understand why it was suggested. I suppose most of the feel comes from the front brakes, and IMO the Greenstuffs aren't up to much in this area more, so why spend more than necessary. Others, that would know better than myself, have said they wouldn't touch Greenstuffs.
Given the lack aids in the braking sytem and the fact that the Elise is a light mid engined car I'd use the same pads all round in the best effort to keep the distribution of braking forces as intended (on the road anyway).

[tom_allen]

EBC grooved and dimpled disks with Mintex 1144 pads

I got my disks from Ebay and the pads came from www.motorsportworld.co.uk

Best budget set up I've found, don't waste your money on EBC Greenstuff pads, they're pretty useless.

[Cuzza]

Lawrence5 said:

I have Mintex fronts and greenstuff rear....... not sure why the mix but it was recommended !

Elises are overbraked at the rear so using a less aggressive pads (albeit only slightly) at the back will change the bias - I do the same on the Caterham to give more front bias but with Pagids rather than Mintex/Greenstuff, in fact I know quite a few Elise owners who use RS14s on the front and RS42s on the back.

Anyone who uses brake consumables from a breakers should be shot - that applies to any car, not just a Lotus.

[Mark B]

JRT Automotive on Ebay have supplied all my brakes to date. I have EBC disks and currently use standard Mintex pads, but will go over to 1144 as part of the winter refresh.

Disks are circa £120 a pair and pads are about £55 an axle set... So, should be about the £350 mark...

[Cuzza]

Hi Mark - did I see your car up for sale? Sorry for the thread drift.

[village idiot]

another vote for JRT Automotive... great service and the cheapest out there.

[Mark B]

Pied Piper said:

You need a set of these

http://www.eliseparts.com/shop/index.php?main_page...

and some mintex1144.

Edited by Pied Piper on Wednesday 5th December 21:32

How are they going to fit??

[Mark B]

Cuzza said:

Hi Mark - did I see your car up for sale? Sorry for the thread drift.

Yep... But lukily no one wanted to pay my over inflated pries and I have it tucked away for winter now...

Not selling any longer, it's no longer everyday transport, more of a toy and will be tracked a little more..

[crackthatoff]

Mark B said:

Cuzza said:

Hi Mark - did I see your car up for sale? Sorry for the thread drift.

Yep... But lukily no one wanted to pay my over inflated pries and I have it tucked away for winter now...

Not selling any longer, it's no longer everyday transport, more of a toy and will be tracked a little more..

love the profile pic ..... a bit artistic..... a shower of shit with a ray of light in the foreground

[Mark B]

Reminded me to change it too

Edited by Mark B on Friday 7th December 20:51

[R.P.M]

My car came with the cross drilled discs. Thought about replacing them with the grooved and dimpled jobbies off eliseparts, but in the end I put the lotus sport cross drilled back on. Not cheap mind, over £500 fitted with 1144's all round if my memory serves me correct. Given the choice again think i would go with the ebc's.



RPM

[crackthatoff]

R.P.M said:

My car came with the cross drilled discs. Thought about replacing them with the grooved and dimpled jobbies off eliseparts, but in the end I put the lotus sport cross drilled back on. Not cheap mind, over £500 fitted with 1144's all round if my memory serves me correct. Given the choice again think i would go with the ebc's.



RPM

cough ... splutter splutter wtf !

[tnjj]

crackthatoff said:

R.P.M said:

My car came with the cross drilled discs. Thought about replacing them with the grooved and dimpled jobbies off eliseparts, but in the end I put the lotus sport cross drilled back on. Not cheap mind, over £500 fitted with 1144's all round if my memory serves me correct. Given the choice again think i would go with the ebc's.

lol, random