Looking forward to Monday.

[cymatty]

Its service time on monday, things being done include:

New oil
New oil filter/ air filter/ fuel filter
New Brembo discs all round (max on front, normal rear)
New pads all round (Mintex 1144's)
New plugs
Knocking in suspension sorted
Tighten clutch cable.

Should be like new come monday night.

 

[cymatty]

Phwoar! Those discs are a bit sexy!

The back ones are just boring plain ones.

 

[cymatty]

nice discs, how much were they i am using greenstuff pads at the moment how much were the mintex 1144s

thedazman

Disks were
Front £70
Rear £35

Pads
Front £60
Rear £40

 

[cymatty]

How big are those discs? I'm also looking forward as I get some new toys as well

Standard size (Disc Size: 247mm), cant fit any bigger without increasing the wheel size.

 

[cymatty]

Must say I'm a fan on the Mintex pads. Mintex pads with Ali-belled front discs have changed my brakes from wooden to amazing

Thats what im hoping, the brakes on the VTR imo are poop.

 

[cymatty]

Yes you can, late 306 xsi or early 206 gti (both 266mm) ones fit fine under 14" rims, you do of course need new calipers and carriers though

One thing I will say, don't expect miracles from different pads and new same size discs. You will notice a difference but don't expect to be outbraking evo's

Oh yeah i understand the size of the disc is the most important factor in increasing braking performance, i feel this will be the best improvment i will get without upping the size.

 

[cymatty]

247mm discs Mine are 238! Thought the Saxo's discs were much bigger than that.

Nah the car only weighs 920kg so doesnt really need massive discs.

 

[cymatty]

Fitting new disks and pads may help but you really need to cure the underlining problem -->

If the VTR layout is anything like my non VTR saxo was, instead of mouting the master cylinder on the drivers side for RHD cars they kept it as per the LHD car, this means a rod from the pedal to cylinder, very poor feel in the pedal and little confidence in the brakes at all.

Can this be cured, and if so what kind of cost are we looking at?

 

[cymatty]

Lots..... and i doubt it would be possible due to other things being in the way on the drivers side bulkhead.

Damm.

Well hope this cures the problem of it not wanting ot stop, hopefully the feel may improve if not i will have to live with it.

 

[cymatty]

its a saxo surley all those parts cost more than the car is worth

I am of course joking

Nearly.


Joking.

 

[cymatty]

Braided lines may help firm up the pedal when your braking.

Do they actually make a difference, i dont want to go to the garage to get them fitted looking like a chav.

 

[cymatty]

I doubt chavs have even heard of braided brake hoses

You'll find braided hoses on a lot of performance cars.

I see what you mean, i just dont want to turn up at the garage and the guy says wtf are these for n00b, you dont need them and they are crap etc etc.

 

[cymatty]

If any garage said that to me, I would take my business else where.

Braided hoses are there for a purpose, no matter what car you have. The garage doesn't know whether they'd be for road use or track use.

Now, LED washer jets are another matter altogether...

LED washer jets are bling.

Yeah i see what you mean, although if i guy in a garage says xy is useless i believe them as i am a car novice, and dont want to appear silly buying unecessary parts for my motor.

 

[cymatty]

cymatty make sure you fit the shims to the back of the M1144s or you will probably be removing them again in the future to fit shims. If you phone TMD friction today they will send them out to you and you should get them by tomorow or monday at the latest. The pads screach without them and it will probably soon get on your nerves, with them they are nearly silent.(This is all assuming like me you didnt get the shims your were supposed to with the pads).

Lashout_UK mmm shiney.

Yeah i got the shims, will tell the garage to fit them when they do the pads.

 

[cymatty]

Wooo, the car has gone in i hope they can find what the knocking noise is at the front suspension. Will let you know what the damage is later on

 

[cymatty]

Bet you wont beat sams bill

I hope not.

Just hope my poor suspension is ok.

 

[cymatty]

Just got back £75 not bad imo. They cant find the knocking noise said it had stopped when the brakes had been replaced. Will wait and see.

 

[cymatty]

Took the car for a drive when i got back to gently warm up and bed in the new brakes, whilst out i noticed a rattle at around 3k rpm. Took it back and the guy who serviced it aint in until tomorrow so have to take it back then. One of the other workers took it out and heard the noise but didnt know what it was. Hope it can be sorted as its damm annoying.

On a better note although i was being super super gentle with the brakes they were still very hot when i got back which i thought was strange, however they seem to bite better now and you can feel them start to work much further up the pedal which is good.

Will report back tomorrow with the outcome of the rattle.

GT3 well it has stopped now the brakes have been changed so i dunno.

 

[cymatty]

I had a knocking noise when I first got my car in July 05, it was the rear suspension bushes...but I'm no mechanic.

Hope you get it sorted out anyway, and take it gently on those brakes for a few hundred miles!

Yeah i was very gentle with them, like stupidly gentle with them, however after a 20min drive i burnt my finger on the rear brake disc.

 

[cymatty]

Just out of interest cymatty how much did your brake mods put your insurance up by? Mine went up by £57.

I havent modded them as they are the same size etc, the parts are just non citroen.