280mm brake disc upgrade

CJJ;11253 wrote: When you fit the rears it will be interesting to see how they wear. At the minute I have a wear ring (shiny bit) only half the width of the pad. Will try and take some pics tomorrow. They may be better when worn in.

Is that with the new pads in?

CJJ;11253 wrote: When you fit the rears it will be interesting to see how they wear. At the minute I have a wear ring (shiny bit) only half the width of the pad. Will try and take some pics tomorrow. They may be better when worn in.

Hmm, that's a little bit worrying :confused:

Are the pads sitting in the calipers ok? Does that mean that the brackets might be slightly out of line with the disc perhaps? I don't plan on fitting mine until I've rebuilt a set of rear calipers so need to get hold of them first :yesnod:

Not sure mate. Will be keeping an eye on them.

For it to be the adaptors I think I would have noticed if they were out of square when I was measuring them. I will give them a while before making any drastic moves on trying to find a cause.

gotenks1321;11249 wrote: They've arrived :yesnod:

Rear kit not yet arrived but was collected from the seller on Wednesday so I'm hoping for tomorrow

I'll get the...erm..."info" for you as soon as I can David :whistle:

Wooo Black Diamond discs ! They are really very good.
Chris

Quicksilver;11264 wrote: Wooo Black Diamond discs ! They are really very good.
Chris

Yep :yesnod: They should be looking at the price to replace them too, £145 plus the maching cost Makes sense as to why the kit costs so much now though

CJJ;11257 wrote: Not sure mate. Will be keeping an eye on them.

For it to be the adaptors I think I would have noticed if they were out of square when I was measuring them. I will give them a while before making any drastic moves on trying to find a cause.

Cool. Mine have just turned up so I'll get out tomorrow and attempt to fit them when I stick the 15"s back on, depending on weather of course and whether I feel any better or not

BobScot (Robert) has today experienced my brakes and was stunned. But that may have been due to him hitting the dash.

CJJ;11313 wrote: BobScot (Robert) has today experienced my brakes and was stunned. But that may have been due to him hitting the dash.

A :banghead2:head injury will do that:lollol:

This looks like a bargain for someone

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MGF-MG-TF-Trophy-4POT-AP-Racing-Front-Calipers-Discs_W0QQitemZ350320928095QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item5190c1255f#ht_3103wt_1026

CJJ;11253 wrote: When you fit the rears it will be interesting to see how they wear. At the minute I have a wear ring (shiny bit) only half the width of the pad. Will try and take some pics tomorrow. They may be better when worn in.

Hi Gran, I've got a couple of eggs here if you'd like to wrap your gums round........was just having a thought, but the caliper pistons are in straight aren't they? If they were wound in to facilitate the new pads, maybe the locating dowel on the piston is c@ck-eyeing the pad causing it to only bite on half its surface...:sofa:

CheesyReich;11373 wrote: Hi Gran, I've got a couple of eggs here if you'd like to wrap your gums round........was just having a thought, but the caliper pistons are in straight aren't they? If they were wound in to facilitate the new pads, maybe the locating dowel on the piston is c@ck-eyeing the pad causing it to only bite on half its surface...:sofa:

Hmmm. I did think that so I took the calipers off last thursday and checked that the dowel was located in one of the piston recesses.

I don't mind sucking eggs, it was only earlier in the week I found out about this from PeteVick.

Just thinking further on the possible 280mm front upgrade.
Does fitting the bigger disc mean that the standard 14" spare wheel will no longer fit?
Meaning, I suppose, that a new full sized spare will need to be purchased. :dunno: