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Re: Central newbie

Post by Digital » Tue May 05, 2009 10:15 pm

DJ wrote: :welcome

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Re: Central newbie

Post by LittleMorvy » Tue May 05, 2009 11:24 pm

:welcome
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Re: Central newbie

Post by AJT » Wed May 06, 2009 8:42 am

Digital wrote:
DJ wrote: :welcome

From the other side of Falkirk.
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Re: Central newbie

Post by sja » Wed May 06, 2009 9:37 am

AJT wrote:
Digital wrote:
DJ wrote: :welcome

From the other side of Falkirk.
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Re: Central newbie

Post by s29ttc » Wed May 06, 2009 12:56 pm

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Re: Central newbie

Post by holly » Wed May 06, 2009 2:12 pm

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Re: Central newbie

Post by Matelotman » Thu May 07, 2009 8:28 pm

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Post by g1zmo26 » Sun May 10, 2009 12:18 pm

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Post by Jinty » Sun May 10, 2009 2:56 pm

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Re: Central newbie

Post by cstrachan » Sun May 10, 2009 4:11 pm

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Post by Corranga » Sun May 10, 2009 8:24 pm

Welcome! :drive
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Re: Central newbie

Post by Dominic » Tue May 12, 2009 9:47 am

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Re: Central newbie

Post by dov » Tue May 12, 2009 10:13 am

Thx to all for the welcome.

I've been busy fitting the ebc ultimax disc/yellow pad/goodridge brake combo, I must say its an improvement on what I had but not the bite I had been hoping for. As expected the brakes take the first application to warm and then response is better. I was trying to justify a big disc 4 pot conversion but couldn't...are the pagid pads REALLY worth the money? has anyone ditched the yellow stuff in favour of pagids and can heartedly comment? SHould I have gone for ally bells and 4 pots......

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Re: Central newbie

Post by Shug » Tue May 12, 2009 10:18 am

Padgids are better, but I'll bet your issue with bite is more to do with the fact that the car doesn't have a brake servo. It's the one thing that drives me mental hopping between mine (S1) and Elaine's (111R) - I always end up over-braking in Elaine's and cursing away, much prefer mine.

The brakes actually have plenty of power and the fact that you have to lean on them a bit harder means you can modulate them more easily. Also, how many miles have you done? - you may not have worn off the bed-in layer yet, which isn't as good as the actual pad material.
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