£1000 discs!?
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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!?
I am using the Hawk HP Pads, so far very impressed, great stopping power with little dust
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Given them much abuse?
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Front left 225€ Zimmerman... https://m.recambioscoche.es/zimmermann-1738375.html
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An American option - perhaps not so attractive once you add duty & VAT.
https://www.girodisc.com/Girodisc-Front ... _6543.html
https://www.girodisc.com/Girodisc-Front ... _6543.html
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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.
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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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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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.
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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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 !
- s8quattro1979rs
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£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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Total bargain.
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"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
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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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Interesting. I've had dealings with them. Very nice people.
Daytona RS6 C5 Avant. Viper'd, Billies, Waggers, MTM box brain, C6 stoppers, xcarlink, R8 coolant cap (woohoo)
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
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Linky Linky pleases8quattro1979rs 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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