oem discs or drilled?

1. user_58998 Infrequent Poster Joined: May 2012 oswestry Posts: 233 Saxo VTR 2003

   #1 28th January 2013, 22:35

   needing new discs and pads soon as current ones are knackered!
   opinions or whether i should just get a good replacement or drilled and or grooved? standard callipers.
   A friend of mine just runs standard discs with ferodo ds2500 pads on his road rally car and thinks its enough but whats peoples opinions and advice
   cheerssss
2. user_16747 Banned Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 4328

   #2 28th January 2013, 22:40

   Go with your mate!!!
3. user_58998 Infrequent Poster Joined: May 2012 oswestry Posts: 233 Saxo VTR 2003

   #3 28th January 2013, 22:45

   what about a brembo or ebc replacement? price is pretty similar to oem ones.
4. Gordzilla Established Member Joined: Mar 2007 Edinburgh Posts: 2369

   #4 28th January 2013, 23:00

   After my mates accident with EBC ( the disc broke in two ) and my own personal opinion of them ( over rated ) I wouldn't touch them again. Go for a good set of pads like your mate has.
5. user_58998 Infrequent Poster Joined: May 2012 oswestry Posts: 233 Saxo VTR 2003

   #5 28th January 2013, 23:06

   your takin the piss? snapped....
   
   what about these http://www.kamracing.co.uk/car-tunin...ake-discs.html
   
   along with some ds2500
6. markj_vtr Infrequent Poster Joined: Apr 2007 West Sussex Posts: 134 VTS with minor mods (Rotrex C30-74 etc)

   #6 29th January 2013, 19:04

   Budget?
7. AlexBp West Midlands Joined: Dec 2007 West mids Posts: 23149 Supra,civic GL

   #7 29th January 2013, 19:07

   I only ever run standard discs from motor factors
   
   Its all thats needed tbh unless you wanna save weight and go belled rotors lol
   
   Saxos dobt generate enough heat to warrant fancy discs
8. DanTvts Established Member Joined: Mar 2011 Torbay Posts: 1285 Mauritius Vts, 206 Gti 180

   #8 29th January 2013, 19:08

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by kb_pricevtr your takin the piss? snapped.... what about these http://www.kamracing.co.uk/car-tunin...ake-discs.html along with some ds2500

   That will be a perfectly good set up. Cant go far wrong with that!
9. markj_vtr Infrequent Poster Joined: Apr 2007 West Sussex Posts: 134 VTS with minor mods (Rotrex C30-74 etc)

   #9 29th January 2013, 19:11

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by AlexB Saxos dobt generate enough heat to warrant fancy discs

   I'm sure I'm not the only person on here who's experienced brake fade on a Saxo (admittedly only on the track).
10. m4tt274 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Sep 2011 Doncaster Posts: 2627 Fabia VRS, mk1 fiesta + some others

    #10 29th January 2013, 19:13

    Back when, my dad fitted a pair of drilled and vented discs on his RX7, i can remember (bare in mind being about 14) there were some hair line cracks from the drilled holes.
    Im guessing they had heated and contracted funny.
    Since then never had a set.
    
    Ive warped a set of really cheap discs i bought from DMA, but just your normal discs and pads have always been fine on my saxo, like Alex said really.
11. AlexBp West Midlands Joined: Dec 2007 West mids Posts: 23149 Supra,civic GL

    #11 29th January 2013, 19:17

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by markj_vtr I'm sure I'm not the only person on here who's experienced brake fade on a Saxo (admittedly only on the track).

    Thats a pad problem
    Not discs
    I tracked my saxo plenty last year on standard 247mm brakes and discs
    Ap racing 5.1 fluid
    Cl brakes rc5+ pads
    No fade
    
    Then swapped to high spec 285mm 4 pots and again stock material discs and mintex 1155
12. KamRacing Saxperience Addict Joined: Nov 2006 A farm shed in Aylesbury Posts: 14916 Corolla AE86 Peugeot 205 B18C (in bits)

    #12 29th January 2013, 20:07

    Brakes are not as easy a subject as you might think. Stick with a 'quality' brand. These companies make sure their raw materials have a consistent iron content. You therefore do not get mismatched discs, or a set from a 'bad' batch.
    
    Drilled discs are a waste of time. All you will do is increase wear on your pads, and decrease the disc life as they will crack eventually.
    
    Get the best pads you can afford. These will cope with high temperatures without fading. I'd be using Ferodo DS2500 on a road car or Mintex M1144.
13. user_58998 Infrequent Poster Joined: May 2012 oswestry Posts: 233 Saxo VTR 2003

    #13 29th January 2013, 23:09

    cheers for all the advice! ordering some new oem brembos from Kam soon!
14. Waz1992 Newbie Joined: Jan 2013 Derbyshire Posts: 17 Saxo vtr road rally car

    #14 6th February 2013, 10:26

    I get break fade everytime I drive my favourite road its kinda scary to the end of the last few corners tbh.