Disk Skimming

[SP6 Animal]

Need to get my front disks skimmened i think can anyone recommend a place Derby/Notts.
Thanks

[Milky Bar Kid]

Are new ones really that expensive then? Unless the pads and disks are miles out from each other, pattern-wise, I've never seen the point of doing this, unless it is to reduce unsprung weight. I await correction though!

[SP6 Animal]

£300 for a set mate AP Racing ones for my Tuscan.
After googling spoke to Spot Auto (Derby) £25 a disk so will be giving them a try.
Thanks

[pikeyboy]

Dont waste your time and money just buy new disks. to skim them they'll no doubt go under their min thickness. You have a nice car look after the important parts of it brakes are on top of the list, and this is coming from a pikey!

[Balmoral Green]

I know there's a fair difference between £50 to get a pair of discs skimmed, and £300 for a pair of new ones. But is it really that much more for decent brakes?

[Mars]

My Scooby tends to ruin disks quickly. It gets friction hot-spots causing a warped-feel to the pedal after about 10K miles. A new set of disks and pads is a couple of hundred but Subaru themselves (Crossroads, Tredington, near to Stratford-upon-Avon) skimmed them for a fraction of that price and they were absolutely fine - still well within the thickness tolerance.

Anyone lathing disks will only do so if the end result leaves enough meat on the disk. They wouldn't set themselves up for a claim against them, so I'd say go for it.

[SP6 Animal]

Car has stood for a while it's 7 years old and now done 5k ive done 1.5k miles and had the car 6 months.
So disks are hardly worn must have some pad wear marks on them due to standing.
Car brakes ok just this slight judder under light braking.

[Balmoral Green]

Hmm, perhaps skimming is the way to go then. Just had a new set of discs and pads all round on my car, but boy was the old bus ready for them. The old ones were in a shocking state.

[SP6 Animal]

Bit the bullet and bought a pair of disks £330

Pedal so smooth now and that's immediate effect.

Did drop by my local garage on the way home for his advice and he agrees they are knackered 5 pad marks on the inside of 1 disk.

So will see but i reckon i guessed right

[pikeyboy]

SP6 Animal said:

Bit the bullet and bought a pair of disks £330

Pedal so smooth now and that's immediate effect.

Did drop by my local garage on the way home for his advice and he agrees they are knackered 5 pad marks on the inside of 1 disk.

So will see but i reckon i guessed right

good choice bed them in gently and dont hold onto the brakes at junctions etc after hard braking and they'll last ages.