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[old cruiser]

Found this morning that discs appear to have warped again for the fact that I was getting steering wheel shake under braking, only changed them a couple of months ago for the same reason and previously back in January, so decided to get Genuine Vx ones along with new pads for £81 on Trade club , so good price that, hopefully now after fitting these they might last a bit longer!! one thing I noticed with New Vx discs was that there was no cleaning to do as such,  as they weren't coated in any oil preservative at all which did save a bit of time, anyone else found this with the Genuine ones? unlike the Pattern ones I bought, caked in the stuff!! hopefully no more wobble ,not unless I've now got a sticky caliper!
Cheers Pete

[Andy B]

I'm sure that you'll have the brakes sorted, now that you have a set of OEM discs fitted. I & others have been down the road of cheap pattern discs (on my Senator) and have had to do the job again.

[old cruiser]

hopefully you're right Andy, just annoying that I've had to do it three times this year , the last set of pattern ones were  exchanged for the ones I fitted in January they were National Discs , never had trouble with these before until this car.
Cheers Pete

[hotel21]

There will still be a rust preventative of some sort on the disc surfaces that should be removed before use.  Unlikely that VX or any supplier will rely only on the brown waxed paper and silica gel packs...  A petrol dampened rag works but brake cleaner spray may be better.  

[Andy B]

hopefully you're right Andy, just annoying that I've had to do it three times this year , the last set of pattern ones were  exchanged for the ones I fitted in January they were National Discs , never had trouble with these before until this car.
Cheers Pete

 ... but were the other a foot in diameter?
Going back a few years I changed the discs on my Senator & they lasted 3/4000 miles before one of them ran out. I changed that one on its own. Another 3/4000 miles later I was back in the same position so I put my hand deep in my pocket & paid Vx to change them (pre ABS Trade Club prices  ) I didn't have any more problems after that. (apart from selling the car  )

[Tony H]

hopefully you're right Andy, just annoying that I've had to do it three times this year , the last set of pattern ones were  exchanged for the ones I fitted in January they were National Discs , never had trouble with these before until this car.
Cheers Pete

Did your other cars weigh 1.7 tons though? Its been said many times that pattern plate aren't up to the job on barges. I believe also that some well known manufacturers (who's parts you would think would be top quality) produce more than one level of quality, some made to a price.
Hopefully now thats a job you will not have to repeat for a long time now you've used VX parts

[tunnie]

had pattern discs on mine, switched to GM, massive difference  

[sassanach]

genuine gm is the way to go

[Taxi_Driver]

There will still be a rust preventative of some sort on the disc surfaces that should be removed before use.  Unlikely that VX or any supplier will rely only on the brown waxed paper and silica gel packs...  A petrol dampened rag works but brake cleaner spray may be better.  

Agree with H21........they would have had some sort of treatment (prolly light coating of oil)......when I changed my disks i used gen VX and i think there was a light coating of something on them......no waxed paper or silica jel packs in the box and they were nice and shiney.......i cleaned em using white spirit iirc

[mahony]

I used mintex discs and pad in 2006 and still fine,£86 for discs and pads.

[Markjay]

I am on my third set of discs&pads in the 6 years I owned the car, all were original Vx...

A few months ago while still on the second set, started having vibration while braking at Motorway speeds. Changed last April again (third set), as per usual used original Vx on TC, and all was well again. For a while, anyway... the vibration came back six months later... very annoying.

And yes, the Vx discs seemed clean but I gave them a good wash with brake cleaner anyway.

[old cruiser]

I expect I'll get the same in another few months time it seems that anything you do with these damn cars the problems always come back (the design for these cars should have stayed on the drawing board), be glad to see the back of this damn car , once I've saved up enough for something decent!!
Cheers Pete

[Golfbuddy]

I expect I'll get the same in another few months time it seems that anything you do with these damn cars the problems always come back (the design for these cars should have stayed on the drawing board), be glad to see the back of this damn car , once I've saved up enough for something decent!!
Cheers Pete

I think you are probably right. You'll be much happier with something else.  

[pauln]

I've just fitted a set of e-bay discs and green stuff pads. I wonder if they will hold up ok, it currently stops better than anything else i've driven.

[Markjay]

I expect I'll get the same in another few months time it seems that anything you do with these damn cars the problems always come back (the design for these cars should have stayed on the drawing board), be glad to see the back of this damn car , once I've saved up enough for something decent!!
Cheers Pete

I would be interested to know if the problem came back with the new discs... while you still have the car that is.