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Re: front brake pad recommendations

Post by steve2003rs6 » Thu Aug 10, 2023 5:51 pm

IMVHO. the Zimmermans are really good discs.
On my 3rd set and I have just bought another set for when I need them.

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Re: front brake pad recommendations

Post by stuartbarriskell » Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:17 pm

steve2003rs6 wrote:IMVHO. the Zimmermans are really good discs.
On my 3rd set and I have just bought another set for when I need them.
That's good enough for me.

Only thing is I've a brand new set of OE discs and pads waiting to be fitted when needed, I bought for a steal last year lol..

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Re: front brake pad recommendations

Post by steve2003rs6 » Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:19 pm

Then sell them to me for another steal lol.
Zimmermans are a personal choice.
I like and have always bought the drilled and grooved.
Some like the drilled.
Really good discs. They were recommended to me years ago by a fellow member.
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Post by stuartbarriskell » Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:21 pm

Nae chance haha..

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Re: front brake pad recommendations

Post by steve2003rs6 » Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:24 pm

Nae chance. The last time I heard that was when I was working for a Glasgow company.
Denholm ship management.
Princess Road iirc.
On super tankers, engine room in the gulf with no air conditioning.
After some beers “no nae never” used to echo all around the ship til the early hours.

Those were the days. 10p for a pint and 8p for a double short.

Great memories.

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Re: front brake pad recommendations

Post by Shoppinit » Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:47 pm

I’ve been using zimmies for years. Great disks.
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Re: front brake pad recommendations

Post by stuartbarriskell » Thu Aug 10, 2023 9:15 pm


steve2003rs6 wrote:Nae chance. The last time I heard that was when I was working for a Glasgow company.
Denholm ship management.
Princess Road iirc.
On super tankers, engine room in the gulf with no air conditioning.
After some beers “no nae never” used to echo all around the ship til the early hours.




THIS......Those were the days. 10p for a pint and 8p for a double short.


Great memories.
10p a pint and 8p for a glass.. ffs..when was that 1955 lol Image

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Post by stuartbarriskell » Thu Aug 10, 2023 9:20 pm

Shoppinit wrote:I’ve been using zimmies for years. Great disks.
Another reason to buy... Good to hear positive reviews on these..

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Re: front brake pad recommendations

Post by steve2003rs6 » Thu Aug 10, 2023 9:49 pm

Stuart. It was in 1978
Obviously in international waters and exempt from any form of tax.

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Post by stuartbarriskell » Thu Aug 10, 2023 9:55 pm

steve2003rs6 wrote:Stuart. It was in 1978
Obviously in international waters and exempt from any form of tax.
Ahhh them were the days Steve, petrol was 2 Bob a gallon and 20 fags were under a quid.. anyone got a time machine handy Image

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Re: front brake pad recommendations

Post by steve2003rs6 » Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:05 pm

Oh yes I remember it well Stuart.
1970 wasn’t too bad either.
Out on a Friday night with a pound in yer pocket.
Get ratarsed in the local and fish and chips on the way home and still have change.
IIRC. A pint was two shillings (10p) brew 10 !
That’s when I was a barnpot????????
Forgive the spelling if it’s wrong
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Re: front brake pad recommendations

Post by stuartbarriskell » Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:08 pm

steve2003rs6 wrote:Oh yes I remember it well Stuart.
That’s when I was a barnpot????????
Forgive the spelling if it’s wrong
Bampot is correct.. we have our own language up here, very often interspersed with profanities.. and of course, our favourite word is cxxt.

As in he's a great cxxt, our term of endearment !

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Re: front brake pad recommendations

Post by steve2003rs6 » Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:14 pm

Appreciate the banter mate.
Really nice trip down memory lane.
A bucket full of languistines for a dollar in Sardinia.
All you could eat and drink for 5 dollars in the middle of a desert in Iraq and Iran.
My mate mugged in Lisbon for his watch.
Name your price for a empty oil drum with tribes in the Orinoco.

Ah yes I remember it well !

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Re: front brake pad recommendations

Post by stuartbarriskell » Fri Aug 11, 2023 12:11 am


steve2003rs6 wrote:Appreciate the banter mate.
Really nice trip down memory lane.
A bucket full of languistines for a dollar in Sardinia.
All you could eat and drink for 5 dollars in the middle of a desert in Iraq and Iran.
My mate mugged in Lisbon for his watch.
Name your price for a empty oil drum with tribes in the Orinoco.

Ah yes I remember it well !
Good fun mate !.. better times were pre social media and mobile phones.. nothings a secret any longer, well for about 10 seconds that is Image

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Re: front brake pad recommendations

Post by norwichphoto » Sat Aug 26, 2023 8:34 pm

All fitted. Passenger side easy, driver side put up a fight - the pins would not shift...

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