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[Andy B]

just clean up and use the old pins and retainer. bit of copper anti-seize paste. done 

but the anti-rattle retainer doesn't last for ever & rots away  They're available separately from Vauxhall for not very much. 

[Webby the Bear]

just clean up and use the old pins and retainer. bit of copper anti-seize paste. done 

but the anti-rattle retainer doesn't last for ever & rots away  They're available separately from Vauxhall for not very much. 

 

[tigers_gonads]

just clean up and use the old pins and retainer. bit of copper anti-seize paste. done 

but the anti-rattle retainer doesn't last for ever & rots away  They're available separately from Vauxhall for not very much. 

Don't need them, our lasses gob drowns out the sound anyway 

[Andy B]

just clean up and use the old pins and retainer. bit of copper anti-seize paste. done 

but the anti-rattle retainer doesn't last for ever & rots away  They're available separately from Vauxhall for not very much. 

Don't need them, our lasses gob drowns out the sound anyway 

I couldn't comment ...... 

[TheBoy]

FFS, lets settle this once and for all.

The rear pads are identical across the range, if buying pads only.

GM supply two difference compounds of pad:
Tradeclub - about £10 + VAT, comes as pad only
OE - about £50 + VAT, comes as pads and fitting kit (Pins and spring)


Because the OE include the fitting kit, they are tailored to either solid or vent discs, as the pins and spring are larger on vented discs.

IMHO, no need to use OE rear pads, making the extra cost not worthwhile, unless you need the fitting kit (which does come to around £35+VAT now).  Being a softer pad, I actually prefer the TC rear pads.

[TheBoy]

Rear pads aren't on the useless website anyway.

got mine from europarts. £15 iirc. but that's good for my driving. I know you like to drive more, err, spirited so you prob need stronger ones 

Rears get more of a hammering when accelerating than braking, so you could fit chocolate ones if you never visited the local BP in Brackley. God they are useless retards.

Why?

The abs trying to stop him burning his tyres up on the way out of the forecourt 

For the age of system, its actually pretty effective, as long as you're not a complete loser.

The BP forecourt is getting pretty rubbered in now

[tigers_gonads]

FFS, lets settle this once and for all.

The rear pads are identical across the range, if buying pads only.

GM supply two difference compounds of pad:
Tradeclub - about £10 + VAT, comes as pad only
OE - about £50 + VAT, comes as pads and fitting kit (Pins and spring)


Because the OE include the fitting kit, they are tailored to either solid or vent discs, as the pins and spring are larger on vented discs.

IMHO, no need to use OE rear pads, making the extra cost not worthwhile, unless you need the fitting kit (which does come to around £35+VAT now).  Being a softer pad, I actually prefer the TC rear pads.

Might be a good idea to have a section somewhere with part numbers for general maintenance items 
Just a thought ................ If i'm allowed 

[TheBoy]

I thought there was, somewhere?

[aaronjb]

Rear pads aren't on the useless website anyway.

got mine from europarts. £15 iirc. but that's good for my driving. I know you like to drive more, err, spirited so you prob need stronger ones 

Rears get more of a hammering when accelerating than braking, so you could fit chocolate ones if you never visited the local BP in Brackley. God they are useless retards.

Why?

The abs trying to stop him burning his tyres up on the way out of the forecourt 

For the age of system, its actually pretty effective, as long as you're not a complete loser.

The BP forecourt is getting pretty rubbered in now

I think mine forgot how to work yesterday when I rounded a roundabout with, er, let's say a "high degree of slip angle"

[TheBoy]

Rear pads aren't on the useless website anyway.

got mine from europarts. £15 iirc. but that's good for my driving. I know you like to drive more, err, spirited so you prob need stronger ones 

Rears get more of a hammering when accelerating than braking, so you could fit chocolate ones if you never visited the local BP in Brackley. God they are useless retards.

Why?

The abs trying to stop him burning his tyres up on the way out of the forecourt 

For the age of system, its actually pretty effective, as long as you're not a complete loser.

The BP forecourt is getting pretty rubbered in now

I think mine forgot how to work yesterday when I rounded a roundabout with, er, let's say a "high degree of slip angle"

If mine's enabled, I really struggle to get it to misbehave - going in to a corner/roundabout very hard on the brakes so you get something no dissimilar to lift off oversteer seems to be only way.  Brakes are already tightly on, so its options of applying brake or cutting power are both useless

Though others have complained that their's isn't that good - in particular, Andy B says his is too intrusive.  Not suffered that myself, short of being a cock on slippery surfaces, and Andy B is old enough and ugly enough not to do that...  ...well, of course there are times for such childishness, but you know what I mean.

[aaronjb]

I may have barrelled into a roundabout at a rather high entry speed, stabbed the brakes, nailed the throttle and the rest, as they say, could be used in a court of law against me 

[edit] I'm just going to take it as a sign that I should put the summer wheels back on ..

[Andy B]

... short of being a cock on slippery surfaces, and Andy B is old enough and ugly enough not to do that...  ...well, of course there are times for such childishness, but you know what I mean.

I can leave the Omega at home during snow/etc now that I have a 4x4   

[TheBoy]

... short of being a cock on slippery surfaces, and Andy B is old enough and ugly enough not to do that...  ...well, of course there are times for such childishness, but you know what I mean.

I can leave the Omega at home during snow/etc now that I have a 4x4   

Not a proper one

[Andy B]

....
Not a proper one

It's proper enough for me  ...... and I doubt other 'proper' 4x4s ever go anywhere they'd need high/low range or diff locks - half of the green ovals go as far on a flat bed as they do on the road anyway! 

[the alarming man]

nothing wrong with a landy and mine don't go anywhere near a flat bed.....diff lock is ideal in the snow though...you will never get stuck