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Just ordered my front brake upgrade from FTG
Can't wait to get grippy, non-wobbly brakes - my current rototrs are warped as ! Thanks Darren! 
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Just got my brakes last night from FTG.
Spray painted the calipers gold now just need to wait until some spare time to fit the new slotted discs and calipers. Thanks FTG !!  
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Age: 43 Posts: 387 Joined: 30th Nov 2007 Ride: AU111 XR6 VCT Supercharged Location: Brisbane |
JoeXR6 wrote: FAST-XR wrote: Quite a few guys are using greenstuff pads on thier falcons, but arent green stuff for smaller lightweight cars? and the redstuff for larger heavier cars? Yes, redstuff is what the website recommends, and what has been recommended to me. The older redstuff pads were prone to noise, and had to be warmed up, but apparently the newer ceramic pads are good cold, better hot and relatively quiet. I'm getting some fitted soon so will be able to let you know results. Joe Had new rotors (330mm RDA's) and EBC redstuff pads fitted yesterday. They immediately seem alot better than my previous pads which were Ferodos. So far they're quiet, smooth and have good brake feel, while still bedding in. Hopefully they won't heat up and warp the new disks like the last pads (apparently that's what caused 3 sets of RDA's to warp). They seem like good pads - they're ceramic and the box indicates they're made for the aston martin vantage!
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Hmm i am planing to get the same kind of setup for my XR6. Sounds like a good combo.
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XRFan101 wrote: Hmm i am planing to get the same kind of setup for my XR6. Sounds like a good combo. It does sound good for an AU, but it is not possible for an E Series. We are stuck with STD size slotted replacements or a big $$$ investment for a kit. BenJ
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BenJ wrote: XRFan101 wrote: Hmm i am planing to get the same kind of setup for my XR6. Sounds like a good combo. It does sound good for an AU, but it is not possible for an E Series. We are stuck with STD size slotted replacements or a big $$$ investment for a kit. BenJ Yeah i found that out the hard way lol. Got a call back from the place thats doing the braking upgrade for me.. Oh well std size slotted rotors it is.
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Still waiting to fit my kits.
But man - the front end is really really starting to get wobbly under brakes recently. I hope that it is only warped rotors, because if it isn't whell aligmnemnt and it isn't warped rotors, then it literally feel like something else has bent - it is that bad.
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Yay - fitted them Staurday morning - quite a quick job with thanks to my Dad's help.
Brilliant ! The wobbles are gone and the pedal is higher and firmer - really pleased !!!!
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Hi all,
Emergency question..... I'm trying to put my new rotors on right now, it had new cups in them but I figured the same brand would be a better idea so I knocked them out... now I can't get them back in again.... (turns out they are the same brand and model (repco).... so how do I get the bearing cups pressed back into the rotor without damaging them???? I tried a rubber mallet and a wooden block but these things are tight.... suggestions please good folks? rgds Frank |
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Do you still have the old bearing cups?
If so I use them to sit on the new ones and use a normal hammer to tap one side and then the other etc. Keep doing this until the new cups go home. The sound of the hammer will change. Hope that helps. Cheers BenJ
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you are a legend mate... to the rescue once again.. worked a treat and feeling very stupid that I didn't think of it myself.
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frankieh wrote: you are a legend mate... to the rescue once again.. worked a treat and feeling very stupid that I didn't think of it myself. No probs mate. Very pleased to be able to help. Cheers BenJ
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Ill definately steer clear of them brake upgrades then thanks, not sure what upgrade i have on my fronts but definately bigger rotor and its slotted but kind of 2 continuos ovals going around the rotor... not like your typical straight slot... on the calliper itself it says PBR, im pretty sure my rears are standard tho? i have been told its the premium brake upgrade from ford at factory, because the calliper used to be black with ford in white paint, until i sprayed it red of course. its on a ba xrt if it helps
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| BenJ |
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lukeyxr6t wrote: Ill definately steer clear of them brake upgrades then thanks, not sure what upgrade i have on my fronts but definately bigger rotor and its slotted but kind of 2 continuos ovals going around the rotor... not like your typical straight slot... on the calliper itself it says PBR, im pretty sure my rears are standard tho? i have been told its the premium brake upgrade from ford at factory, because the calliper used to be black with ford in white paint, until i sprayed it red of course. its on a ba xrt if it helps Actually, brake upgrades for AU11 and BA onwards are quite easy to do and cheap in comparison to good upgrade options for E Series Fords. Hopefully one day there will be a cost effective option to use the later model brakes on our much loved E Series. Cheers BenJ
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what cant you get big brakes for an e series? im sure there must be a way?
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