[Si]

hey peeps,

can someone settle this little argument between me and chris_dpg:

am i right in thinking that at the moment there are NO pattern'd alternatives available other than the original OE ones from mgr them selves????

cheers, simon


p.s. with the exception of the altered originals from steve B

 

[XPower Gray]

currently there are not any avaiable, lots of places advertise the EBC ones, but I have phoned them and they admit, they are not available at the moment

 

[chris_dpg]

This is assuming that when I speak to these people 2mrw

http://www.ebcbrakesdirect.com/car/parts_disc.asp?part=disc&make=ROVER&model=MGZS&year=2.5+(2001-)

that they say...

'erm, we cant sell those....cos si, says so!'

 

[Steve220]

they won't sell them. They're not entitled to.

there is an alternative to the mg-rover ones. Honda 'BB4' Prelude disks. 282mm ones. Then get them re-drilled for the right PCD by a local engineering company. Saves yourself a bob or 2.
Steve

 

[JonnyCoupe]

Have you seen teh price of Honda parts...?

Prelude ones are only 23mm wide though. Also could use the Integra ones and the ones from a Mb6 Civic VTI-s

 

[Si]

what sort of money are the integra ones jonny???

suppose it offeres the option of after market disc's (drilled and vented etc)

they the 25mm thickness ones???

i don't think i could use 23mm as i have managed to warp a set of 25mm zs180 ones on me vi with a bit enthousiastic driving :twak2:

 

[JonnyCoupe]

Actually avoid the teg ones, there 5 stud.

You havent warped the ZS ones either. You simply used the wrong pads and the ZS disks well and truely saw to baking the pads to leave cermatite deposits on the disk as the pad material gets 'own3d'.

I never warped mine at donnington after 12 laps. I had proper pads for the application though.

YOur disks are vented away, you dont get that option from going aftermarket and drilled offers NOTHING to road cars. Its just for race cars and reducing unsprung mass.

Theres far too many myths floating about regarding brakes. Warping them is a common one.

 

[Ice D]

wasnt there another thread not long back saying about this, that cermatite deposits on the disc, cause the 'judder' effect when braking and makes the driver seem to believe his discs are screwed

 

[Si]

ahhh so if i cleaned up the surface of the disc you think that would sort it

worth a shot for nothing i suppsose

 

[Ice D]

yes because it is actually quite hard to warp a disc, get better pads though

 

[Si]

yes because it is actually quite hard to warp a disc, get better pads though

there direct ones :O :boxedin: :lol:

i was skint at the time, what pads you lot recomend????

 

[gary.r]

You could try this place,
I got mine for the 160 from here. They're OEM but had been grooved and drilled.

http://www.jrt-automotive.com/

http://www.rovermart.co.uk/jrt.html

regards

gary.r

 

[chris_dpg]

If they're not useless then si, lets talk again :dddc: :lol:

 

[Si]

If they're not useless then si, lets talk again :dddc: :lol:

lol re-negotiate the price then

 

[Steve B]

hey peeps,

can someone settle this little argument between me and chris_dpg:

am i right in thinking that at the moment there are NO pattern'd alternatives available other than the original OE ones from mgr them selves????

cheers, simon


p.s. with the exception of the altered originals from steve B

Yes there is if you know where to come

Steve

 

[moonscale]

282mm discs

these will be available from www.brakes4u.co.uk as from the end of next week just placed my order there they will have all Rover discs hopefully they are taking names now as to whom wants what as it is a first come first serve basis

 

[sheddist]

This company seems to have discs for just about everything

http://www.brake-eng.com/

The discs for ZS 180 are listed. I do not think they do mail order but they will probably tell you your local stockist. I know that Car spares in Birmingham carry their range

 

[Si]

it seems the pattern for the disc' have been released as ebc are starting to manufacture the disc's aswell

 

[Stu]

brake-eng have had them listed for a very long time, but always out of stock. EBC have also had them listed IIRC and again couldn't supply them.

I guess it depends if it was MGR or Xparts that were stopping them being made as paten parts.

 

[Darwin]

Surely you can get Rotor discs for the ZR160 and ZS180 ?