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Don't know if this helps anyone but a guy on the M3 forum has posted up about ceramic disc refurbishment at £700 approx per disc. Brings them like new allegedly.

http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.php?t=127582

ccfj1 on M3cutters wrote:You have pm mate.

Thread closed as needs to be a Site Sponsor.

Wow, those moderators don't eff about over there, do they?

bam_bam wrote:

ccfj1 on M3cutters wrote:You have pm mate.

Thread closed as needs to be a Site Sponsor.

Wow, those moderators don't eff about over there, do they?

Nope can't as it's really busy

It only gets 3 posts a thread more than here which is self moderated.

Surrey Sam wrote:It only gets 3 posts a thread more than here which is self moderated.

I don't know what you mean?

I understand with the warping of the steel brakes, but why would you need Ceramics skimmed?

Outtlaw wrote:I understand with the warping of the steel brakes, but why would you need Ceramics skimmed?

I think it's instead of replacement

stuartk wrote:

Outtlaw wrote:I understand with the warping of the steel brakes, but why would you need Ceramics skimmed?

I think it's instead of replacement

But if they needed replacing then you'd need to replace them?

I thought that Ceramic discs were weighed and measured to determine whether they needed replacing,
so if they needed to be replaced then there wouldn't be enough ceramic material to skim?

Any ideas anyone?

Outtlaw wrote:

stuartk wrote:

Outtlaw wrote:I understand with the warping of the steel brakes, but why would you need Ceramics skimmed?

I think it's instead of replacement

But if they needed replacing then you'd need to replace them?

I thought that Ceramic discs were weighed and measured to determine whether they needed replacing,
so if they needed to be replaced then there wouldn't be enough ceramic material to skim?

Any ideas anyone?

I don't really know a Lot about ceramics but apparently this refurb process means they can go again

Maybe they slap some more material on and then skim...

The process SICOM use (which is the company shown on the M3 Forum, is to skim the surface from the disc, and then relayer it with a new surface. It's the top layer on a Carbon Ceramic disc that provides the performance, the rest of the disc material is just there for weight saving and better heat dissipation. The cracks you see on a lot of CC discs is the surface finish and not usually the disc itself. If you crack the disc itself, it's funked, but the surface can be redone is my understanding

Ah, I now understand
Cheers Graeme