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wrxkilla

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Hey Fellas n gals,

Looking for a local Brisbane / Ipswich Brake distributer. Not sure what pad I would need to take off the shelf to fit my Alcons.

I am going to pull the DS3000's off and need to walk in somewhere and order a set of 'these'.

lol

anyone come highly recomended?

Cheers very much

Michael

(shat my pants when I realised the QR Nissan Shootout is on in a week!!!)

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Amec Experienced

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Hey Fellas n gals,

Looking for a local Brisbane / Ipswich Brake distributer. Not sure what pad I would need to take off the shelf to fit my Alcons.

I am going to pull the DS3000's off and need to walk in somewhere and order a set of 'these'.

lol

anyone come highly recomended?

Cheers very much

Michael

(shat my pants when I realised the QR Nissan Shootout is on in a week!!!)

wherabouts are you located in Brisbane?

FineLine Grand Master

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GEt ya finger out Mik, You gtr drivers assume you only have to think about it and it will happen. :D

I get my brembo stuff from Dan at E.R.D. pretty keen prices too but i dont know that he does the alcan stuff. Worth a try tho.

GTRgeoff Grand Master

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Michael, I get all of my brake components either off Competition Friction or Racebrakes.

http://www.compfriction.com.au/

www.racebrakes.com.au

I have no problems with AP and Brembo and surely they can get Alcon. You will probably need either the brake part number or the dimensions of the pad.

wrxkilla Mentor

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hey chaps,

lol pulled finger out of arse and pulled wheels off and have HEAPS of pad life left. rofl

I spose I should change brake fluid. I think ive done 5 track days on it. Most guys do it every 2nd track day???

Thought my heavy shuddering would have been pads, but must be fluid as pads and rotors look great. Thanks Geoff, Yeah the calliper has a little sticker on it for dimensions of the pads, so grabbed the details off that for the future.

See yas at TimeAttack, hopefully with some sort of stopping power!

Mick

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I don't see how fluid can cause shuddering?

me either... ! ?

pads and rotors (4 mont old genuine alcon rotors $700 each) :blush: look fine to me and look smooth.

trying to figure why i was short of brakes (alot of pedal travel) and getting some shuddering...

any ideas fellas?

FineLine Grand Master

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me either... ! ?

pads and rotors (4 mont old genuine alcon rotors $700 each) :) look fine to me and look smooth.

trying to figure why i was short of brakes (alot of pedal travel) and getting some shuddering...

any ideas fellas?

Get your rotors machined. Looks can be decieving. If they are even slightly warped your brakes will shudder.

The other area to check is your steering. play in the system wont neccessarily show up on acceleration or cruise but can get up a fair wobble under brakes.

wrxkilla Mentor

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cheers fellas,

doing some searching under the brakes section of the forum. some decent threads actually.

ah well, will look at it after timeattack... lol

As long as it sops for now....

:)

Amec Experienced

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trying to figure why i was short of brakes (alot of pedal travel) and getting some shuddering...

any ideas fellas?

if you have excessive pedal travel you may have boiled your brake fluid, which means it could do with a drain and refill and a bleed, not expensive and it cant hurt.

GTRgeoff Grand Master

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If you have shuddering then it is likely the pads aren't bedded properly anymore, that you may have warped them or most likely you have stopped hard after some serious brake workout and left the car sitting, maybe even with the handbrake on. This last can change the rate of cooling and you get pad material entering the disc grain structure as it cools leaving an area that is harder than the surrounding metal. This is far more common than just warping and is almost impossible to remove with a quick skim. Look for a different colour and a pad outline on the disc surface.

So is the shuddering front or rear?

When bleeding try to never allow the reservoir to drain completely. Almost drain it through normal bleeding then top up with the new fluid and continue until you get clean fluid of the new colour through. I use a hands free bleeder and can do the brakes in around an hour including wheels removed for inspection of all other components.

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BTW just ordered a set of Ferodo DS2500 pads for the GTR33 (stock Brembo) for $272 front and $161 rear and delivered fast From Competition Friction. I'm certain last time was overnight.

Be interesting to see what they can do for the 380mm x 40mm AP racing calipers (FIA GT1 class caliper) I just bought. :D

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