New Brakes Which ones??

[Sharpshooter]

Hi All. I need new brakes for my Disco. Its a 1992 200Tdi with Alisport Full width intercooler and Insa Dakar tyres. What do i go for as a replacement. I have seen the new Britpart Drilled and grooved and EBC Greenstuff which i like the look of.

Waht do you think??

Cheers. :lol:

[python]

hi mate, i personally wouldn't recomend drilled, groved or even ventilated discs as mud and other cr'p gets stuck in the holes and groves, it will wear down your pads in no time. stick with good solid discs.

[Sharpshooter]

hi mate, i personally wouldn't recomend drilled, groved or even ventilated discs as mud and other cr'p gets stuck in the holes and groves, it will wear down your pads in no time. stick with good solid discs.

Good thinking. Didnt think of that. :)

[Range Rover Blues]

Dissagree, grooved disks will wear your pads a bit more, but dust and dirt aren't really a problem, no more than normal.

However running on EBC disks and pads has given me better braking performance, the grooves help maintain that performance by preventing the pads glazing over.

You can do the whole car for a little over £200, it cost me that for the front end of my Cavalier.  Don't even ask what the Micra costs :shock:

[SteveGoodz]

I've got grooved and drilled discs on the font of my 97 300Tdi with standard pads ~ stops like you've hit a brick wall  ~ No! I didn't believe that either  :lol:

It does stop pretty good though and I haven't noticed any shortening of the pad life due to mud and crap getting into the discs.

[skip]

Hi guys, I've noticed that on my 300 v8 It does pull up in a reasonable fashion but I can't lock up the brakes at all. No it hasn't got ABS :dance:  but are they all this bad in standard spec :-k Or is there a problem?

[SteveGoodz]

Hi guys, I've noticed that on my 300 v8 It does pull up in a reasonable fashion but I can't lock up the brakes at all. No it hasn't got ABS :dance:  but are they all this bad in standard spec :-k Or is there a problem?

I've never been able to lock up the brakes on any of the four Discoveries I've owned, except on wet/slippery surfaces. This current one (with drilled and slotted front discs) is the best I've had and I can get the ABS to chatter briefly (less than 3 seconds) if I really stamp on the pedal hard ~ only ever done this to try it out; never in a real driving situation  [-o<

[Range Rover Blues]

You really struggle to get the wheels to lock up, and be thankfull because when it happens it's not funny at all.  These things are not cars after all.

Part of the reason your family car will lock up is the way the suspension behaves but another factor is the mechanical advantage the rubber has over the brakes, ie in comparison we have car sized brakes but truck sized tyres.

Also I find that the OEM pads are damned good, the EBC are very little better in my opinion, I just like to have the best I can buy and as EBC cost the same it's a no-brainer.

[skip]

As long as nothing is actuall wrong I'm happy :), it does surprise me that a vehicle that can tow 3.5 tonnes only has barely sufficient brakes . I've been towing that kind of weight with my works LR Defenders for eight years and never found them to be lacking :clap:

[Sharpshooter]

Thats funny. I can lock up my Disco with the standard setup. Not for long, but it does do it. I think the main prob is the pads are glazed. But if im taking them off, i might aswell do the lot.