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Foghorn Leghorn · Post by **Foghorn Leghorn** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:15 am

Strip and lube the guide pins, then throw some fast road pads on, makes a world of difference

Fog

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:20 am

niz406 wrote:Next weekend should be ok for the Sunday if that is any good to you?

Sounds good mate. Drop me a pm

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:40 pm

Welton wrote:
Eric wrote:shite braking
Dude, they won't improve much with 'new' brakes

Of course they will........... with brembo 4 pot new brakes lol

Post by **Welly** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:56 pm

Is the Brembo caliper a straight swap or are the mountings on the suspension leg different *(suspects the latter)*.

I'd love to have some brakes I could really hammer as part of my fast road use without them fading.

The brakes on her indoors E36 are fantastic, mahoosive discs and ducted cooling

Foghorn Leghorn · Post by **Foghorn Leghorn** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 3:12 pm

Straight swap.....ish

The brembos bolt straight on, then you need the bigger disks (304mm) then you need bigger wheels, and there arent many aftermarket wheels that take the brembos. V6 coupe wheels are the best option.

The other problem is the cost

Brembos off eBay £200+
Disks £40-50 ish
V6 wheels off eBay £200+
Decent pads £50.

If you get some fast road pads they do improve quite alot, goodridge hoses should help considerably too.

Fog

Post by **Welly** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 3:34 pm

I can but dream I suppose.

The trouble is, if you uprate the fronts it makes the backs lazy and you end up with out of balance braking (not nice at high speed). Ultimately you would have to do something? with the backs to keep them busy.

My rear discs run really clean, I get the impression the standard set up uses the rears more that you would think.

Eric · Post by **Eric** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 4:32 pm

Welton wrote:I can but dream I suppose.

The trouble is, if you uprate the fronts it makes the backs lazy and you end up with out of balance braking (not nice at high speed). Ultimately you would have to do something? with the backs to keep them busy.

My rear discs run really clean, I get the impression the standard set up uses the rears more that you would think.

My rears are also clean.
The 406 brakes really are woefully poor for such a heavy car.
Even if mine are a bit shot they are still poor.

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:14 am

Eric wrote:The 406 brakes really are woefully poor for such a heavy car.

Mine are fine. Can lock the wheels up at over 70, what more do you want?

darrenwall · Post by **darrenwall** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:44 pm

mjb wrote:
Eric wrote:The 406 brakes really are woefully poor for such a heavy car.
Mine are fine. Can lock the wheels up at over 70, what more do you want?

ABS if it does that

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:22 am

darrenwall wrote:
mjb wrote:
Eric wrote:The 406 brakes really are woefully poor for such a heavy car.
Mine are fine. Can lock the wheels up at over 70, what more do you want?
ABS if it does that

Heh. Thankfully I've recently put my ABS fuse back in after I took it out during the snow and forgot about it

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:52 pm

and didnt notice the light glaring at you after all that time?

ThePrisoner · Post by **ThePrisoner** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:16 pm

Today I kicked off my rubber door seal and bust all the clips.

Another job for the list...

Pris.

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:03 pm

i noticed my front tyres are almost shot after only 10k miles, so they'll be on the shopping list, still got the bottom engine mount to fit and i need to change the brake fluid, oh and i still have to get round to replacing the front door cards

Foghorn Leghorn · Post by **Foghorn Leghorn** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:10 pm

ThePrisoner wrote:Today I kicked off my rubber door seal and bust all the clips.

Another job for the list...

Pris.

Pain in the arse those strips, at least the clips are onlyy £0.06 each from the dealer (Just bought another dozen of the bloody things)

Fog

Post by **DaiRees** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:26 am

Jobs to do on my Zook:

Finish body lift...
Weld up big hole in the boot and wheel arch.
primer / seam sealer / underseal / paint welded bit.
Repair or replace rear bumper brackets.
Fit replacement bumper.
Modify front bumper brackets
Fit front bumper and grille
Modify bull bar brackets
fit bull bar
strip replacement rear diff
fit "locker" to diff
rebuild diff
remove rear wheels
drain diff oil
pull out rear half shafts
remove prop shaft
remove diff.
fit replacement diff
pop the shafts back in
fill diff oil
refit prop shaft
replace wheels
go and have some fun!!!!

So the real question is, why the fek am I sitting here????