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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Lazydocker on 14 July 2010, 21:58:38
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Anyone with access to TC able to check the current prices please?
Tempted to go with a Mintex set or QH... Anyone tried them?
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HTH... First price is retail, second is TC
Brake disc & pad kits, front (axle set)
All models exc. 2.0 to ’97 93175466 £109.00 £80.15
2.0 to ’97 93175467 £111.00 £80.07
Brake pads, front (axle set)
All models exc. 2.0 to ’97 9192124 £25.85 £14.72
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Anyone with access to TC able to check the current prices please?
Tempted to go with a Mintex set or QH... Anyone tried them?
had the QH on mine 3.0 and they poor Very quality.
got now GM discs and pads on 3.2 and they are very good :y
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Thanks Nige :y :y
Is my memory serving me correctly that the pads in the set are poo and not worth using? Don't want to scrimp with a trip over the Alps coming up ::) Especially as it's just been WIM'd and is such fun to drive now ::) :y
OK... Next question... How much are the wear sensors? Need 2 as they've been shorted out for the entire time I've owned it but with new discs I may as well fit new ones :y
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Anyone with access to TC able to check the current prices please?
Tempted to go with a Mintex set or QH... Anyone tried them?
had the QH on mine 3.0 and they poor Very quality.
got now GM discs and pads and they are very good :y
Thanks Serek, got QH pads and they're not too bad but wouldn't use them again with the TC price of genuine ones ;)
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I've had no problems with the pads in the set .. but I don't rally or race !!! (do tow a fairly heavy 'van though .. and had no problems at all stopping !! )
Brake lining wear sensors
All models 90495144 £10.40 £7.85
I seem to remember a thread discussing the TC pads v "normal" pads some time back, of course "normal" pad prices won't be on TC !!!
A PM to andyc might be needed :)
:)
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I've had no problems with the pads in the set .. but I don't rally or race !!! (do tow a fairly heavy 'van though .. and had no problems at all stopping !! )
Brake lining wear sensors
All models 90495144 £10.40 £7.85
I seem to remember a thread discussing the TC pads v "normal" pads some time back, of course "normal" pad prices won't be on TC !!!
A PM to andyc might be needed :)
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I don't hang about but am also generally quite light on the brakes... Think it comes from HGV driving in old chuggers with very poor brakes ::) ::)
I also tow a pretty heavy van (as you know) so don't want to scrimp too much ;)
I'll drop andyc a pm or give him a call tomorrow as it's him I'll be ordering from anyway as he's only 50 miles away :y :y
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I've got TC pads on mine and they aren't a patch on the (presumably OEM) ones I had before. They squeal, and not a lot you can do to stop them IME. They create a lot of dust and, whilst general braking performance and feel is OK, I've had them fade on me a few times without a lot of provocation (one stop from naughty speeds with a loaded car will do it :-/).
I'd say you probably wouldn't do any worse with a set of QH/Mintex pads. I'd rate the current trade club ones as being no better. If they are a cheaper option I'd go for them otherwise, you probably won't do any worse.
Kevin
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Iirc, trade club disc and pad front axle set £80 odd on tc I think.
OE pads as fitted from the factory (original equipment) are £70 for front axle set, OE rear axle set £45 on trade club, listing is difficult to find though. Steep I know, but they offer a great deal more feel than the leathery trade club pads made of wood. OE still fade when pushed hard though.
Thing is with oe, it's cheeper to buy the disc pad set than discs on their own, so can flog the tc pads on perhaps?
IMO oe are well worth the money as I find tc pads poor, until the price is taken into account or course.
Ya pays ya money......
Hth.
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They create a lot of dust
Interesting, I thought it was just in my mind that my new pads were creating a lot of dust. One issue I had when doing my discs, the Mintex pads (I think) wern't square at the edges. I could fit them in the caliper but they wouldn't move freely, ended up taking them back and getting the GM.
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The TC pads do the job, but wear fast, and can easily glaze to the point of not working at all driving halfway across Milton Keynes. But then the fluid normally goes after a couple of roundabouts more. Apparently ::)
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HI i fitted ebc disks and red stuff pads works better than the ones fitted and very little dust
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HI i fitted ebc disks and red stuff pads works better than the ones fitted and very little dust
red stuff can be problematic for road use, as they need warming before they become effective
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HI i fitted ebc disks and red stuff pads works better than the ones fitted and very little dust
red stuff can be problematic for road use, as they need warming before they become effective
Can't see that being a problem for you though ::) ::)
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The TC pads do the job, but wear fast, and can easily glaze to the point of not working at all driving halfway across Milton Keynes. But then the fluid normally goes after a couple of roundabouts more. Apparently ::)
Hmmm... The QH ones I have are still going after some 35-40k... But then I'm not hard on brakes as I've always used the engine for braking.
Think I'll go for TC discs and Pads as I doubt mine will see us through the drive to Italy and back, especially with the hills in the way ::) ::)
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The TC pads do the job, but wear fast, and can easily glaze to the point of not working at all driving halfway across Milton Keynes. But then the fluid normally goes after a couple of roundabouts more. Apparently ::)
Hmmm... The QH ones I have are still going after some 35-40k... But then I'm not hard on brakes as I've always used the engine for braking.
Think I'll go for TC discs and Pads as I doubt mine will see us through the drive to Italy and back, especially with the hills in the way ::) ::)
The TC discs are good, the pads are adequate for a fair amount of abuse. Do create an awful amount of dust though.
I have not suffered the squeak/squeal myself :-/
If you drive quite hard though, you may want to consider something better.
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The TC pads do the job, but wear fast, and can easily glaze to the point of not working at all driving halfway across Milton Keynes. But then the fluid normally goes after a couple of roundabouts more. Apparently ::)
Hmmm... The QH ones I have are still going after some 35-40k... But then I'm not hard on brakes as I've always used the engine for braking.
Think I'll go for TC discs and Pads as I doubt mine will see us through the drive to Italy and back, especially with the hills in the way ::) ::)
The TC discs are good, the pads are adequate for a fair amount of abuse. Do create an awful amount of dust though.
I have not suffered the squeak/squeal myself :-/
If you drive quite hard though, you may want to consider something better.
I must have got your share, offside front squeals like a pig despite having the leads filed back onto the pads and a liberal dose of copperslip on the backs.
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maybe the key to TC pads is to cane the chuff off them. I have put a fair number of mine (often changed prematurely due to excessive glazing ::))
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The TC pads do the job, but wear fast, and can easily glaze to the point of not working at all driving halfway across Milton Keynes. But then the fluid normally goes after a couple of roundabouts more. Apparently ::)
Hmmm... The QH ones I have are still going after some 35-40k... But then I'm not hard on brakes as I've always used the engine for braking.
Think I'll go for TC discs and Pads as I doubt mine will see us through the drive to Italy and back, especially with the hills in the way ::) ::)
The TC discs are good, the pads are adequate for a fair amount of abuse. Do create an awful amount of dust though.
I have not suffered the squeak/squeal myself :-/
If you drive quite hard though, you may want to consider something better.
QH pads are dusty too so I'll cope with that... Although I drive relatively hard I do tend to be quite kind on the brakes... Although when the "Red Mist" descends they take a beating. Like coming back from Brackley after Tunnie's conversion with a boot full of tools and teaching the muppet in the Audi a lesson or 2 :-[ ::)
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The TC pads do the job, but wear fast, and can easily glaze to the point of not working at all driving halfway across Milton Keynes. But then the fluid normally goes after a couple of roundabouts more. Apparently ::)
Hmmm... The QH ones I have are still going after some 35-40k... But then I'm not hard on brakes as I've always used the engine for braking.
Think I'll go for TC discs and Pads as I doubt mine will see us through the drive to Italy and back, especially with the hills in the way ::) ::)
The TC discs are good, the pads are adequate for a fair amount of abuse. Do create an awful amount of dust though.
I have not suffered the squeak/squeal myself :-/
If you drive quite hard though, you may want to consider something better.
QH pads are dusty too so I'll cope with that... Although I drive relatively hard I do tend to be quite kind on the brakes... Although when the "Red Mist" descends they take a beating. Like coming back from Brackley after Tunnie's conversion with a boot full of tools and teaching the muppet in the Audi a lesson or 2 :-[ ::)
Well, as the discs are pretty good imho, I would slap on a TC disc/pad kit (sensors are extra >:() and see how you get on with the pads. If you find you are regularly glazing them up, then consider OE or EBC Greens...
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The TC pads do the job, but wear fast, and can easily glaze to the point of not working at all driving halfway across Milton Keynes. But then the fluid normally goes after a couple of roundabouts more. Apparently ::)
Hmmm... The QH ones I have are still going after some 35-40k... But then I'm not hard on brakes as I've always used the engine for braking.
Think I'll go for TC discs and Pads as I doubt mine will see us through the drive to Italy and back, especially with the hills in the way ::) ::)
The TC discs are good, the pads are adequate for a fair amount of abuse. Do create an awful amount of dust though.
I have not suffered the squeak/squeal myself :-/
If you drive quite hard though, you may want to consider something better.
QH pads are dusty too so I'll cope with that... Although I drive relatively hard I do tend to be quite kind on the brakes... Although when the "Red Mist" descends they take a beating. Like coming back from Brackley after Tunnie's conversion with a boot full of tools and teaching the muppet in the Audi a lesson or 2 :-[ ::)
Well, as the discs are pretty good imho, I would slap on a TC disc/pad kit (sensors are extra >:() and see how you get on with the pads. If you find you are regularly glazing them up, then consider OE or EBC Greens...
Yep, that's pretty much what I was thinking. As I'm fitting new disc (without a massive lip) I'll fit sensors too and see how we get on. :y