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a little brake upgrade
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a little brake upgrade
with my mot fast approaching and my x5 suffering from brake judder time to fit new discs and pads picked up some mtec discs and pads at a good price , when they arrived it was then i found out that my car falls right on the change over period for front brakes being fitted with the smaller 332mm not the larger 356mm i had brought so i opted to change the calipers aswell to upgrade to the bigger brakes , heres a pic showing my old and new discs and a before and after not sure why its flipped the last two pics ![Surprised :o](./images/smilies/shocked.gif)
need to paint my calipers but cant decide on a colour , the only thing i did find surprising was my old pad that had the wear sensor on it was the most worn pad down to less than 3mm but the sensor was untouched , so how low do the pads need to be before the warning comes on my guess is almost metal to metal ![Surprised :o](./images/smilies/shocked.gif)
Re: a little brake upgrade
A good and worthwhile improvement and Id suggest performance blue like the newer Bmw's have the calipers painted would look nice ![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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Re: a little brake upgrade
Nice upgrade and post.
How was the brake judder post fitment?
Caliper Colour.
Racing Red of course.
Brembo Red
How could you not![😁](//cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@latest/assets/svg/1f601.svg)
How was the brake judder post fitment?
Caliper Colour.
Racing Red of course.
Brembo Red
How could you not
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Re: a little brake upgrade
no more brake judder , i also have the matching discs and pads for the rear but will put these on once its moted , as for blue and red not sure thats for me heres a pic of the calipers i have on my other car
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Re: a little brake upgrade
Eco Green or maybe a Ford.
Porsche put them on their Hybrid cars
not on a V8 X5, You need anti Green.
Tasty slots. I like those.
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Porsche put them on their Hybrid cars
not on a V8 X5, You need anti Green.
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Tasty slots. I like those.
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Re: a little brake upgrade
they are on a V8 not a X5 but my V8 toyota soarer i do like the bright colours
i have considered yellow , purple maybe bronze ![Shify :shifty:](./images/smilies/shifty.gif)
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