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I'll be interested to see how you get on with the drilled discs, given the propensity for drilled holes to act as stress risers more than cast ones do. Keep us posted.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
Bellerophon (2024 grello van daily
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
No great news yet, got to bed them in over a few hundred miles....... All feels good and even, I've got the normal braided hose "dead pedal" where you loose a bit of feel, but you haven't, it's flex in the old lines thats gone. The braking effort reduces and looses a bit of sponge, just different and takes some getting used to.
They have certainly helped with acceleration...... strange thing driving forwards while the car is holding you back...
I hadn't realised how much the old callipers were dragging, the new set up is as it should be.... completely free with no drag evident.
The greenstuff pads appear to work well but they need to be warmed up a little, the T junction 10yds from my drive was a bit scary on the first morning. The usual touch of the brakes to stop from 5mph didn't work very well..... A couple of early slow brake applications and they are fine.
I have only had one B road thrash with some heavy braking in it and there was no fade at all. A good 20mins of 50-60mph driving with lots of severe bends and hard braking.
I dab my brakes going into most fast corners, lets me feel where the car is on it's tyres and gets them in full contact with the road. Something I picked up on a days tuition and it's ingrained now. The braided hoses have made doing this, have less feel. Sometimes over braking. I suppose I will get used to it but it is quite a change.
It appears to have been a little over-due to be done, floating callipers do need to be floating..... freely.
Callipers £98
Greenstuff pads £34
HEL braided hoses £64
Mintex drilled/grooved disks £125 (std Mintex disks are £50, so £75 for the machining, seems pricey)
Fitting at my local workshop £72, I thought that would be a better option with all lines needing to be bled.
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