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Brake disc thickness?
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 10:21 am
by jbourne
Hi all,
Seem to be having an issue finding the answer - probably because it's printed on the discs, but I can't tell because mine are rusted
What's the minimum thickness of front/rear discs?
My fronts are at 34mm, rears at 26mm, I think I'm at end of useful life for them?
Cheers!
Re: Brake disc thickness?
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 10:58 am
by Jim Haseltine
Min thickness is listed as 34.4 & 26.4 if I recall correctly.
Re: Brake disc thickness?
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 2:52 pm
by jbourne
Yikes. So both fronts and rears are gone? Argh...
I've never had discs go past their min thickness, but how much further can I go on these realistically? I just got the oil leak sorted, I need some air before I drop $3K on brakes. Heh.
Re: Brake disc thickness?
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 3:05 pm
by Stiggles
jbourne wrote: ↑Sat Nov 09, 2019 2:52 pm
Yikes. So both fronts and rears are gone? Argh...
I've never had discs go past their min thickness, but how much further can I go on these realistically? I just got the oil leak sorted, I need some air before I drop $3K on brakes. Heh.
Front and rear discs and pads can be had for £1122 through carparts4less if that's any help
I have no idea why but euro seem to think it's acceptable to charge such a markup on them, nearly every other brake product for any other car is usually within a few percent different between the two companies, maybe it's the RS models only but why can cp4l charge 60% less on something so expensive
Re: Brake disc thickness?
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:58 am
by jbourne
Stiggles wrote: ↑Sat Nov 09, 2019 3:05 pm
jbourne wrote: ↑Sat Nov 09, 2019 2:52 pm
Yikes. So both fronts and rears are gone? Argh...
I've never had discs go past their min thickness, but how much further can I go on these realistically? I just got the oil leak sorted, I need some air before I drop $3K on brakes. Heh.
Front and rear discs and pads can be had for £1122 through carparts4less if that's any help
I have no idea why but euro seem to think it's acceptable to charge such a markup on them, nearly every other brake product for any other car is usually within a few percent different between the two companies, maybe it's the RS models only but why can cp4l charge 60% less on something so expensive
Wow, that's actually a pretty decent price, thanks! And it's the elusive Pagid discs that I've been looking for! Cheers. I was basically almost set to buy the AP Racing discs, I know they're quite good, but the absolute cheapest I found them with the bells was £400ea ex VAT for fronts only, which is .... a lot. This might work better now, if only I can figure out how to get them out to the Far East... heh.
Re: Brake disc thickness?
Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 12:25 am
by Stiggles
jbourne wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:58 am
Stiggles wrote: ↑Sat Nov 09, 2019 3:05 pm
jbourne wrote: ↑Sat Nov 09, 2019 2:52 pm
Yikes. So both fronts and rears are gone? Argh...
I've never had discs go past their min thickness, but how much further can I go on these realistically? I just got the oil leak sorted, I need some air before I drop $3K on brakes. Heh.
Front and rear discs and pads can be had for £1122 through carparts4less if that's any help
I have no idea why but euro seem to think it's acceptable to charge such a markup on them, nearly every other brake product for any other car is usually within a few percent different between the two companies, maybe it's the RS models only but why can cp4l charge 60% less on something so expensive
Wow, that's actually a pretty decent price, thanks! And it's the elusive Pagid discs that I've been looking for! Cheers. I was basically almost set to buy the AP Racing discs, I know they're quite good, but the absolute cheapest I found them with the bells was £400ea ex VAT for fronts only, which is .... a lot. This might work better now, if only I can figure out how to get them out to the Far East... heh.
I've AP calipers, discs and Ferodo ds2500 on the front of mine, with ap discs and ds2500 coming for the rear shortly. They're a fantastic piece of kit, and if you can manage to stretch to the ap pieces you'll not be disappointed.
However the pagid stuff is cheap and cheerful with oem quality which isn't terrible