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Don't know if anyone's interested but I phoned KAD today to get a price on a set of front discs (330x28) and they worked out at about 380 quid for fronts and about 90 quid for front pads. I use them on mine with six pot KAD calipers and they do have good stopping power.
linky: www.kad-uk.com/kad-caliper-h.htm
linky: www.kad-uk.com/kad-caliper-h.htm
No just an example I suppose. On mine is vented 330 mm discs on front with 6 pot calipers. I've never had any warping issues. I never found out what caliper price was but surely the discs can be mated to other calipers anyway. When I spoke to them they didn't seem surprised that they are on our cars. I thought I'd mention these coz of the 700 quid asking price for ap's. I've driven on kad discs and calipers for 12000 miles now and they were already on when I got it. No warping and pull issues to speak of.
Edited by sneakygloworm on Wednesday 17th March 21:08
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Ha Ha, thought this thread had died a death! I've never tried ap's but at the price, i can vouch for these babies. They've slowed me from a ton to 30 VERY quickly. Good solid performance. I'm no salesman for them. It's obviously a very personal feel for stopping power. But on the old stock vxr they do the biz. They could be a less pricey alternative to ap's. But it's of course what you like and trust.
Wolfracer said:
Sneaky, do they suffer from corrosion, similar to the AP's with high iron content? what about pad and disc life? any comments?
Everybocy is always looking for more cost effective alternatives. lets hear some feedback. How much for the whole set? APs are about £2100 aren't they?
Everybocy is always looking for more cost effective alternatives. lets hear some feedback. How much for the whole set? APs are about £2100 aren't they?
Wolfy, I never priced anything else apart fromt the front discs and pads. Discs are 185 each. Plus you need some sort of bolt kit? 16 quid. (Didn't ask coz I was in a bit of a rush.) Pads were about 90 to 100 quid. They do 2 types of pad : Road and track. I assume track pads are very abrasive and not recommended. Mine (discs and pads) have lasted me 12000 miles so far. According to my mechanic guy, I have 25% pad left. Discs have a lip on them now so i assume there probably gonna fail the mot. Rust hasn't been to much of a problem. They look in pretty good nick. I leave mine stood all week then use at weekends. The pads do bind so if left long best to leave handbrake off if poss. They didn't seem to fade after bouts of fairly heavy braking and i do drive quite hard when possible. No balance issues to speak of. I'll give them a ring monday and find out what full price is for everything. By the way are rear discs 280mm?
gsd2000 said:
One advantage of 330mm discs is that you could run 17" alloys so you reduce the unsprung weight by a large amount, and cheaper tyres 
Yeah i suppose it all comes down to stopping power. I assume the larger the disc, the more heat can be dispersed so the pad remains effective. is that right? Depending on how you (all drivers) drive and brake really indicates how good your brakes should be. If you like to stop from huge speeds to zero quickly then your brakes have to be the best. For me these are very effective and give the same reversed feel as hard acceleration. where all your blood surges forward. So in my case a larger disc wouldn't be of any use unless I was braking and accelerating and then braking again in quick steps. I.e on tracks and stuff.
Very interestingly thread. My car has been uprated to VXR brakes by a previous owner. However I suspect the brake discs are warped as they cause a slight wheel wobble, especially at slow speed. The dealer tried to convince me that all VXR discs were the same.
I checked the price of VXR discs and the are circa £750. The discs you mention might be a better option. Do they supply direct replacement VXR discs that use the standard VXR calipers? (can't check their site as I am at my dad`s using my work BlackBerry).
Quite disappointed by the VXR brakes. They need quite a lot of pedal pressure to slow me down and initial bite is poor. I can't afford AP setup but it would be good to cure the wobble for under 400 notes.
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I checked the price of VXR discs and the are circa £750. The discs you mention might be a better option. Do they supply direct replacement VXR discs that use the standard VXR calipers? (can't check their site as I am at my dad`s using my work BlackBerry).
Quite disappointed by the VXR brakes. They need quite a lot of pedal pressure to slow me down and initial bite is poor. I can't afford AP setup but it would be good to cure the wobble for under 400 notes.
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