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Re: Price Check - Front Discs and Pads
« Reply #15 on: 15 July 2010, 22:38:55 »
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The TC pads do the job, but wear fast, and can easily glaze to the point of not working at all driving halfway across Milton Keynes.  But then the fluid normally goes after a couple of roundabouts more. Apparently ::)

Hmmm... The QH ones I have are still going after some 35-40k... But then I'm not hard on brakes as I've always used the engine for braking.

Think I'll go for TC discs and Pads as I doubt mine will see us through the drive to Italy and back, especially with the hills in the way ::) ::)
The TC discs are good, the pads are adequate for a fair amount of abuse.  Do create an awful amount of dust though.


I have not suffered the squeak/squeal myself  :-/


If you drive quite hard though, you may want to consider something better. 
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Re: Price Check - Front Discs and Pads
« Reply #16 on: 15 July 2010, 22:41:38 »
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The TC pads do the job, but wear fast, and can easily glaze to the point of not working at all driving halfway across Milton Keynes.  But then the fluid normally goes after a couple of roundabouts more. Apparently ::)

Hmmm... The QH ones I have are still going after some 35-40k... But then I'm not hard on brakes as I've always used the engine for braking.

Think I'll go for TC discs and Pads as I doubt mine will see us through the drive to Italy and back, especially with the hills in the way ::) ::)
The TC discs are good, the pads are adequate for a fair amount of abuse.  Do create an awful amount of dust though.


I have not suffered the squeak/squeal myself  :-/


If you drive quite hard though, you may want to consider something better. 
I must have got your share, offside front squeals like a pig despite having the leads filed back onto the pads and a liberal dose of copperslip on the backs.
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Re: Price Check - Front Discs and Pads
« Reply #17 on: 15 July 2010, 22:44:15 »
maybe the key to TC pads is to cane the chuff off them.  I have put a fair number of mine (often changed prematurely due to excessive glazing ::))
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Re: Price Check - Front Discs and Pads
« Reply #18 on: 15 July 2010, 22:51:39 »
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The TC pads do the job, but wear fast, and can easily glaze to the point of not working at all driving halfway across Milton Keynes.  But then the fluid normally goes after a couple of roundabouts more. Apparently ::)

Hmmm... The QH ones I have are still going after some 35-40k... But then I'm not hard on brakes as I've always used the engine for braking.

Think I'll go for TC discs and Pads as I doubt mine will see us through the drive to Italy and back, especially with the hills in the way ::) ::)
The TC discs are good, the pads are adequate for a fair amount of abuse.  Do create an awful amount of dust though.


I have not suffered the squeak/squeal myself  :-/


If you drive quite hard though, you may want to consider something better. 

QH pads are dusty too so I'll cope with that... Although I drive relatively hard I do tend to be quite kind on the brakes... Although when the "Red Mist" descends they take a beating. Like coming back from Brackley after Tunnie's conversion with a boot full of tools and teaching the muppet in the Audi a lesson or 2 :-[ ::)
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Re: Price Check - Front Discs and Pads
« Reply #19 on: 16 July 2010, 09:15:23 »
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The TC pads do the job, but wear fast, and can easily glaze to the point of not working at all driving halfway across Milton Keynes.  But then the fluid normally goes after a couple of roundabouts more. Apparently ::)

Hmmm... The QH ones I have are still going after some 35-40k... But then I'm not hard on brakes as I've always used the engine for braking.

Think I'll go for TC discs and Pads as I doubt mine will see us through the drive to Italy and back, especially with the hills in the way ::) ::)
The TC discs are good, the pads are adequate for a fair amount of abuse.  Do create an awful amount of dust though.


I have not suffered the squeak/squeal myself  :-/


If you drive quite hard though, you may want to consider something better. 

QH pads are dusty too so I'll cope with that... Although I drive relatively hard I do tend to be quite kind on the brakes... Although when the "Red Mist" descends they take a beating. Like coming back from Brackley after Tunnie's conversion with a boot full of tools and teaching the muppet in the Audi a lesson or 2 :-[ ::)
Well, as the discs are pretty good imho, I would slap on a TC disc/pad kit (sensors are extra  >:() and see how you get on with the pads.  If you find you are regularly glazing them up, then consider OE or EBC Greens...
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Re: Price Check - Front Discs and Pads
« Reply #20 on: 16 July 2010, 10:11:21 »
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The TC pads do the job, but wear fast, and can easily glaze to the point of not working at all driving halfway across Milton Keynes.  But then the fluid normally goes after a couple of roundabouts more. Apparently ::)

Hmmm... The QH ones I have are still going after some 35-40k... But then I'm not hard on brakes as I've always used the engine for braking.

Think I'll go for TC discs and Pads as I doubt mine will see us through the drive to Italy and back, especially with the hills in the way ::) ::)
The TC discs are good, the pads are adequate for a fair amount of abuse.  Do create an awful amount of dust though.


I have not suffered the squeak/squeal myself  :-/


If you drive quite hard though, you may want to consider something better. 

QH pads are dusty too so I'll cope with that... Although I drive relatively hard I do tend to be quite kind on the brakes... Although when the "Red Mist" descends they take a beating. Like coming back from Brackley after Tunnie's conversion with a boot full of tools and teaching the muppet in the Audi a lesson or 2 :-[ ::)
Well, as the discs are pretty good imho, I would slap on a TC disc/pad kit (sensors are extra  >:() and see how you get on with the pads.  If you find you are regularly glazing them up, then consider OE or EBC Greens...

Yep, that's pretty much what I was thinking. As I'm fitting new disc (without a massive lip) I'll fit sensors too and see how we get on. :y
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