£1000 discs!?

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Re: £1000 discs!?

Post by IchBautAuto » Mon Oct 21, 2019 10:12 pm

Appreciate VAT and import duty are an issue but Zimmerman rotors seem to be widely available from the US at OK prices.
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Re: £1000 discs!?

Post by RS6Rottweiler » Tue Oct 22, 2019 7:44 am

I am using the Hawk HP Pads, so far very impressed, great stopping power with little dust

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Re: £1000 discs!?

Post by Shoppinit » Tue Oct 22, 2019 9:51 am

Given them much abuse?
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Re: £1000 discs!?

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Re: £1000 discs!?

Post by Capt Ric » Sun Oct 27, 2019 7:19 pm

An American option - perhaps not so attractive once you add duty & VAT.

https://www.girodisc.com/Girodisc-Front ... _6543.html

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Re: £1000 discs!?

Post by srichards » Mon Oct 28, 2019 9:28 am

https://www.girodisc.com/Dealers_ep_42.html

They do have dealers in the UK and Europe. Someone like Autodoc might be able to get a good deal as I'm sure they'd want a suitable replacement if Zimmermans have gone AWOL now.

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Re: £1000 discs!?

Post by Mɐʇʇ » Mon Oct 28, 2019 10:37 am

I've left my front disks alone since I bought it until the pads needed doing. So anyway - time for pads, hence I measured the old disks last night now they're off. 29mm. IIRC "spec" minimum is 32.4? @29 there's still plenty of meat left - but certainly time to bin them. Thankfully, I have a pair of zimmermans on the shelf ready to go.
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Re: £1000 discs!?

Post by Mɐʇʇ » Mon Jan 06, 2020 8:23 pm

I didn't know at the time, but my old pads were yellow stuff.
They worked fine, but were quite dusty.

I now have red stuff fitted - mostly because I've persuaded myself that if they're a softer compound, they might last a little less well,but that they're perhaps also less abrasive on the disks, so they might last a little longer.
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Re: £1000 discs!?

Post by Mark-RS » Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:40 pm

Haha ! Look at that pic ! I'm still amazed at how small the hub is given the weight of the car. It looks so small !

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Re: £1000 discs!?

Post by s8quattro1979rs » Thu Mar 12, 2020 5:47 pm

£150 each side for the fronts, on a german website. i posted it in the general section a couple of days ago, oe quality zimmerman too.

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Re: £1000 discs!?

Post by Shoppinit » Fri Mar 13, 2020 8:49 am

Total bargain.
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Re: £1000 discs!?

Post by Mark-RS » Fri Mar 13, 2020 1:08 pm

Might be worth grabbing a set at that price, even if not needed right now. In my ownership, that's the cheapest I have seen them !

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Re: £1000 discs!?

Post by audi_driver79 » Fri Mar 13, 2020 5:19 pm

Ultimot.de again contact them direct?

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Re: £1000 discs!?

Post by Shoppinit » Fri Mar 13, 2020 5:42 pm

Interesting. I've had dealings with them. Very nice people.
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Re: £1000 discs!?

Post by Siph3r » Tue Mar 17, 2020 12:54 pm

s8quattro1979rs wrote:
Thu Mar 12, 2020 5:47 pm
£150 each side for the fronts, on a german website. i posted it in the general section a couple of days ago, oe quality zimmerman too.
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