Steel Lynx Posted April 11, 2014 Posted April 11, 2014 Having my braided brake lines put on, new Ferodo DS2500 pads all round and 4 wheel alignment. And slightly less exciting, M.O.T is being done as well. Can't wait! Quote
GMballistic Posted April 11, 2014 Posted April 11, 2014 Good luck bud. Should handle much better afterwards. Quote
Darren-B Posted April 11, 2014 Posted April 11, 2014 Hope you have a good day Jon, say Hi to Sly for me, I keep meaning to pop by & see him, but been so busy of late Quote
GMballistic Posted April 12, 2014 Posted April 12, 2014 Hope you have a good day Jon, say Hi to Sly for me, I keep meaning to pop by & see him, but been so busy of late No doubt just driving around enjoying that awesome supercharged Zed. Quote
glrnet Posted April 12, 2014 Posted April 12, 2014 Tell him I'll be down for an MOT and a 4 wheel alignment soon too Quote
spursmaddave Posted April 12, 2014 Posted April 12, 2014 Tell him I'll be down for an MOT and a 4 wheel alignment soon too I will be there before you Dropping my car off monday afternoon Quote
gstraw Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 Having my braided brake lines put on, new Ferodo DS2500 pads all round and 4 wheel alignment. And slightly less exciting, M.O.T is being done as well. Can't wait! How was the car after alignment? Quote
spursmaddave Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 Having my braided brake lines put on, new Ferodo DS2500 pads all round and 4 wheel alignment. And slightly less exciting, M.O.T is being done as well. Can't wait! How was the car after alignment? Aligned Sent from the golf club... 1 Quote
Steel Lynx Posted June 8, 2014 Author Posted June 8, 2014 Having my braided brake lines put on, new Ferodo DS2500 pads all round and 4 wheel alignment. And slightly less exciting, M.O.T is being done as well. Can't wait! How was the car after alignment? Sorry for the late reply, I've only just seen this. To be honest, when it was being aligned it was pretty much bang on already, the only thing Sly did was change the camber on the rear wheels to improve tyre wear as it looked like they'd been tilted in a bit more than standard and was already showing some wear on the inner edge of the tyres. I didn't really notice any difference. The brakes however are lovely now they're bedded in Quote
Dynamic Turtle Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 Been a bit disappointed with the DS2500s. Only done 2,500 miles on them but they seem to lack both initial bite (oem brembos were good) and hot bite (pagid RS29s were great). Would be interested to hear your opinions once you've put some miles on them. Quote
spursmaddave Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 Been a bit disappointed with the DS2500s. Only done 2,500 miles on them but they seem to lack both initial bite (oem brembos were good) and hot bite (pagid RS29s were great). Would be interested to hear your opinions once you've put some miles on them. DS2500 are track pads, they will not have intial bite until they are warmed up, once they are warmed up they are very very good, my only complaint about them is they seem to squeal a bit at times, pretty much everyone I know that has had them fitted gets some noise at some point... 1 Quote
GMballistic Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 ^^ What he said. I have DS2500 pads on my Zed and tbh I think they're great. Much better than the pads I had before (standard OEMs) although as Dave mentioned occasionally they can whistle/squeel but it's not a problem. Quote
gstraw Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 I love the ds2500 on my celica however I've noticed that they say not for legal road use! Meaning is insurance void if your running better pads? Lol Quote
Dynamic Turtle Posted June 9, 2014 Posted June 9, 2014 Been a bit disappointed with the DS2500s. Only done 2,500 miles on them but they seem to lack both initial bite (oem brembos were good) and hot bite (pagid RS29s were great). Would be interested to hear your opinions once you've put some miles on them. DS2500 are track pads, they will not have intial bite until they are warmed up, once they are warmed up they are very very good, my only complaint about them is they seem to squeal a bit at times, pretty much everyone I know that has had them fitted gets some noise at some point... Well in that case they must be very biased towards high operating temps because even with some seriously fast road use they're still not biting as well as the pagids or brembos IMHO. And the squeal is bloody awful sometimes but I know it's par for the course with fixed calipers and metallic pads. 1 Quote
GIXXERUK Posted June 9, 2014 Posted June 9, 2014 Been a bit disappointed with the DS2500s. Only done 2,500 miles on them but they seem to lack both initial bite (oem brembos were good) and hot bite (pagid RS29s were great). Would be interested to hear your opinions once you've put some miles on them. DS2500 are track pads, they will not have intial bite until they are warmed up, once they are warmed up they are very very good, my only complaint about them is they seem to squeal a bit at times, pretty much everyone I know that has had them fitted gets some noise at some point... Well in that case they must be very biased towards high operating temps because even with some seriously fast road use they're still not biting as well as the pagids or brembos IMHO. And the squeal is bloody awful sometimes but I know it's par for the course with fixed calipers and metallic pads. Or is it that you can stop quicker than the car behind you ? And my encourage faster driving ? Quote
spursmaddave Posted June 9, 2014 Posted June 9, 2014 Been a bit disappointed with the DS2500s. Only done 2,500 miles on them but they seem to lack both initial bite (oem brembos were good) and hot bite (pagid RS29s were great). Would be interested to hear your opinions once you've put some miles on them. DS2500 are track pads, they will not have intial bite until they are warmed up, once they are warmed up they are very very good, my only complaint about them is they seem to squeal a bit at times, pretty much everyone I know that has had them fitted gets some noise at some point... Well in that case they must be very biased towards high operating temps because even with some seriously fast road use they're still not biting as well as the pagids or brembos IMHO. And the squeal is bloody awful sometimes but I know it's par for the course with fixed calipers and metallic pads. Something not quite right then as they are a great pad, superior in every way possible to brembo & pagid, as I said only issue is not the best from cold and can be noisy Sent from the golf club... Quote
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