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    On 11/7/2016 at 7:19 PM, Mike said:

    ES pads in stock?

    They were until earlier. New stock will be here in about 10 days and Z types are on shelf

    4 hours ago, KevinA said:

    What would you consider your fast road / track pad to be.

    Z type for true street/circuit pad 

    ES a great for fast road but we have many people that do use them on the track. 

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    On 30/12/2015 at 7:06 PM, Gringosteve said:

     

    All fitted, too early for a review as they are not bedded in. A few things worth noting if you are moving from OEM pads

    1) They don't come with shims. You can reuse the OEM shins, easy with the rear pads as they clip off. Front shims are glued on so need to be prized off.. No big issue :)

    2) My annoying squeal at low speed has gone!!!

    3) My mechanic remarked how good they look, especially the sintered surface

    4) one of the rear pads was missing the low pad warning device, again no big issue.. But a bit random

    Can't wait to bed them in!!!

     

    How are you getting on? 

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    Right, had my alignment done on Saturday, I'll try to post the before and after figures when I get time... Given that it has taken me this long (i.e. since December when I said I couldn't commit until after Christmas, and my little man was born) to get the alignment done, it might take me a while to get the collars fitted and then have the alignment checked again, but if that sort of timeframe is not too much of a problem then send a set over and I'll have them fitted and organized from there...!

     

    Oh, and can anyone point me in the right direction for the torque requirements for the bolts to be removed in the instructions??

     

    Replied to PM :) 

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    Rob went for a set up way beyond OEM and cannot be compared in price of performance. We can offer pads to outperform OEM for about £120 front and rear and high quality OEM discs for reasonable prices. If your interested drop me a message and I will price tomorrow.

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    Yes think so, the thing is standard car is so good I can't see a way to beef up the brakes without changing balance. I guess that's what the hand brake is for.

    The answer to this is in my earlier post. Balance the upgrades you carry out on the front and rear.

    I.e use the same compound of pads and match the rotors.

    It doesn't sound particularly like you are exceeding the performance of the standard brakes so simply use better brake fluid, brake lines and pads.

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    So if I've got this right, if you are just a daily driver with no track use then the OEM brakes and pads are fantastic, last ages and hard to beat; if you are a daily driver and go on track runs for up to 10 mins then the OEM brakes and pads are fantastic, last ages and hard to better; but if you drive on a track for 11 minutes or more you may wish to upgrade either pads, brakes or both? Glad that's sorted ;)

    I think Lauren is trying to say for many people they will be fine. Which is true. Not that they can't be improved on.

    For me they would probably be okay on the road. But on the track they would not. I have faded the standard brakes on many higher performance cars within shorter time frames on the circuit. I don't want to pit for a cool down every ten minutes as I generally drive track sessions of about 30 minutes. Sessions of over 20 minutes will be very hard on a car. And ware rates on everything will be dramatically accelerated - brakes, oil, tyres etc.

    For what can be spent on the classic BBK you can afford the set of better tyres and that extra oil change. Then get better value from your track time. Which is ultimately what I am looking for.

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