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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: sticka_v8_init on 18 January 2012, 19:51:01
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Hiya fellas, hope you can help.
Currently working long hours in London and the wife's phoned to say the front brakes on her MK3 Mondeo are "grinding". I need a set of front brake pads to be delivered before Saturday (48hrs from buying tonight). Won't even make Hellfrauds in time let alone but their pads.
Not a problem till Saturday, she can use my Mondeo and i can use the Mig. Can anyone recommend a website/company that provides a fast delivery of decent pads (Ferodo, Mintex etc).
Any help much appreciated. :y
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http://www.brakes4u.co.uk/ were fast for me last time I used them, not sure if they stock Ferodo or Mintex, though.
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Cheers for that Aaron, just ordered some nice pads at a good price :y :y
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Euro Car Parts, next day delivery for £3.95, they stock good pads too, PAGID are an excellent brand, just as good as OEM I've found :y
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Euro Car Parts, next day delivery for £3.95, they stock good pads too, PAGID are an excellent brand, just as good as OEM I've found :y
Did have a look on Euro Parts Del but didn't know the Pagid brand. Googled it and do now!! Got some EBC Ultimax for the same money....hope they turn up in time. Cheers anyway fella, appreciated!
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Used ECP 5 times, 3 times I have had to go back and replace faulty parts. There wont be a 6th time.
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Euro Car Parts, next day delivery for £3.95, they stock good pads too, PAGID are an excellent brand, just as good as OEM I've found :y
Did have a look on Euro Parts Del but didn't know the Pagid brand. Googled it and do now!! Got some EBC Ultimax for the same money....hope they turn up in time. Cheers anyway fella, appreciated!
Welcome mate :y
Used ECP 5 times, 3 times I have had to go back and replace faulty parts. There wont be a 6th time.
Never had a problem down here, used them hundreds of times too :o
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Used ECP 5 times, 3 times I have had to go back and replace faulty parts. There wont be a 6th time.
I've had similar problems from several of the big factors. Tend to use a local independent place if they aren't too much more expensive as it's a 30+ mile round trip to get parts replaced with the right ones otherwise ::)
This little place I use are great... Give me a discount anyway which normally brings them within a few quid of the bigger places price and never have problems :y
Plus, seem to hold a massive range of stock, especially for older/obscure vehicles :y
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Good to see you ordered your pads; hope you get them before the weekend :y
Do you guys never order pads from Vx? If so are they good?
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Do you guys never order pads from Vx? If so are they good?
Trade Club brake pads are used by many here ................ I know some don't though (Chris) and don't have a problem with them and they're cheap! :y
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Do you guys never order pads from Vx? If so are they good?
Trade Club brake pads are used by many here ................ I know some don't though (Chris) and don't have a problem with them and they're cheap! :y
Good quality @ cheap price. I likes that :y
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Good to see you ordered your pads; hope you get them before the weekend :y
Do you guys never order pads from Vx? If so are they good?
I use GM pads. Mainly because they are cheap, and I have to replace them every 4k or so. They are pretty good, much better than the junk most factors pedal. Generate an awful lot of dust though - go play in the ice with TC switched on, and mirrors pointing down at the rear wheels ::)
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Good to see you ordered your pads; hope you get them before the weekend :y
Do you guys never order pads from Vx? If so are they good?
I use GM pads. Mainly because they are cheap, and I have to replace them every 4k or so. They are pretty good, much better than the junk most factors pedal. Generate an awful lot of dust though - go play in the ice with TC switched on, and mirrors pointing down at the rear wheels ::)
Granted they are cheap, but everyone has their own preferences for different reasons. I prefer (whatever the car) to buy good pads (along with good tyres) from respected brake manufacturers like Mintex, Ferodo etc.Each to their own. :y
Never seen "Genuine GM Brakes" slapped over a Touring or Rally car tho ;D ;D
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Good to see you ordered your pads; hope you get them before the weekend :y
Do you guys never order pads from Vx? If so are they good?
I use GM pads. Mainly because they are cheap, and I have to replace them every 4k or so. They are pretty good, much better than the junk most factors pedal. Generate an awful lot of dust though - go play in the ice with TC switched on, and mirrors pointing down at the rear wheels ::)
Granted they are cheap, but everyone has their own preferences for different reasons. I prefer (whatever the car) to buy good pads (along with good tyres) from respected brake manufacturers like Mintex, Ferodo etc.Each to their own. :y
Never seen "Genuine GM Brakes" slapped over a Touring or Rally car tho ;D ;D
I agree, I like need 'good' pads. Thats precisely why I won't use the Mintex/Ferodo shite as sold by most factors and Hellfrauds (for Ferodo). Tried both those brands on the Omega, I really didn't get on with either (and both were binned within a couple of months), disappointing performance for both.
I find the TC ones have better stopping power, and last longer before fading to the point of not stopping. They are certainly not a trackday pad, but I need a pad that works when cold as well, so the likes of Red Stuff by EBC are out for me. And any pad that can fire the ABS at 3 digit speeds in the dry on excellent, soft tyres, and Irmscher suspension clearly has enough stopping ability. And can keep doing this about a dozen times in the time it takes to get back to speed before failing. Admittedly after that sort of abuse, they're utterly spent, and never fully recover enough for my preferences.
Not sure I would see the extra benefit of OE pads to make the cost worthwhile - many say there is better feel from them, but I don't seem to suffer from not knowing the braking threshold with TC pads.
What I will say about TC pads, once they are half worn, they can't take as many big stops in quick succession before fading badly.
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Mintex, Ferodo, Pagid, etc. all make some excellent pads. Pagid in particular, IMHO, if you can afford their better pads. They also make bog standard budget pads too, of course. ;)
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Mintex, Ferodo, Pagid, etc. all make some excellent pads. Pagid in particular, IMHO, if you can afford their better pads. They also make bog standard budget pads too, of course. ;)
Indeed, thats my point. They make good stuff, but that ain't what factors sell you ;)
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ive been looking for some nice discs and pads all round for my car,working fine but after some heavy braking getting wobbles and brake fade what about brabus stuff.
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ive been looking for some nice discs and pads all round for my car,working fine but after some heavy braking getting wobbles and brake fade what about brabus stuff.
OE discs & pads are plenty good enough to stop your car & if bought on Trade Club are very good value for money. :y :y
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Gm front axle set for omega consists of two discs and four pads, for £80 on trade club.
There is nothing cheaper that works this well. Don't get me wrong there is better available, obviously, but at considerably more money. There will be some excess brake dust and a very slight squeal under gentle braking IME. But for the money, they offer good life, ESP of discs de greased and painted silver to keep the rust at bay as much as possible, and they won't warp.
Tc pads at £14 a set, came into being because lease company s would not pay the price of oe pads, andyc informed us. These are in the region of £150 a set retail and used to be on tc for about £90 or something like, and are made by jurid. They have superior feel at the pedal, don't squeal, and there is minimal dust. But they are not worth the extra money to a lot of people, for obvious reasons.
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I have the GM discs and TC pads fitted to my car. The stopping power is pretty good and the car doesnt wobble during heavy braking which the Mintex disc/pads set used (but that may not be down to brakes?). However I can't live with the brake squeal that comes with normal braking. Andyc got me a set of OE pads at a very reasonable price so hope they cure the squeal and they are said to stop better too.
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Sorry to hijack my own thread fellas ;D ;D
My pads arrived at 1pm today (rocket fuel delivery) which means internal management will now be off mt back when i fit them later tonight. Cheers again for the link Aaron and the advice by others :y :y
Carry on chatting now ;D
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This squeal that has been mentioned... is this under ''normal'' breaking? :-\
If so I'm not sure I could cope with that!
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This squeal that has been mentioned... is this under ''normal'' breaking? :-\
Yes and I am not alone. There is no squeal under heavy braking though so if you are thinking of buying a set you might need to change your driving style.
Other people had no such issues.
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This squeal that has been mentioned... is this under ''normal'' breaking? :-\
Yes and I am not alone. There is no squeal under heavy braking though so if you are thinking of buying a set you might need to change your driving style.
Other people had no such issues.
Hmmm. I don't think I could cope with that! :y
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don't suffer with the squeal myself. I little copper grease in the usual areas on fitting works for me
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don't suffer with the squeal myself. I little copper grease in the usual areas on fitting works for me
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Sorry to hijack my own thread fellas ;D ;D
My pads arrived at 1pm today (rocket fuel delivery) which means internal management will now be off mt back when i fit them later tonight. Cheers again for the link Aaron and the advice by others :y :y
Carry on chatting now ;D
was thinking that myself ;D ;D
contuim.. apec pads squeal like a pig. i only fit ferodo at least now, the difference between premium and other ferodo being the absence of stainless fitting shims and stuff.