Well the cosmetic improvements have just started - had the windscreen replaced by Autoglass using my £115 insurance "excess".
Picked up my new car this weekend........955hp V10 Audi RS6! (HP figure updated 08/10/22)
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The new front brakes arrived today, and with an obligatory "pint pot" measurement device to show scale (410mm = approx 16.5 inch). Another great job by BG Developments on the custom made mounting bell, with a nice "unique" design to ID thats its been custom made for me. Now just need to fit them -
Don
They're 1/2" smaller than my wheels!
Don
They're bigger than mine! (15")
wow that looks awesome. Let us know if you have any additional noise with theseThe new front brakes arrived today, and with an obligatory "pint pot" measurement device to show scale (410mm = approx 16.5 inch). Another great job by BG Developments on the custom made mounting bell, with a nice "unique" design to ID thats its been custom made for me. Now just need to fit them -
Finally got around to getting these Discs fitted - The old ones were fairly heavily crazed on both sides and the surface crazing was starting to get deep enough to be felt with a nail and be considered cracked I'd say. The new ones, TBH, feel no different under "normal use" nor sound any different so far but I think thats pretty obvious as, unless your pushing hard (or on a track), I doubt the difference between the same metallic composition discs - with the only difference being swept curves vs J-Hooks - would be that noticeable, but they do look cool 
And on the car -
And extreme close-up of the crazing - definitely got some good use out of these!!!
And on the car -
And extreme close-up of the crazing - definitely got some good use out of these!!!
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Ha, yes, I think those were done!
More brake goodness this week - usually when you replace the discs you add a new set of pads at the same time, but the particular set I'd wanted hadn't arrived in time so I was "stuck" with the old DS2500 pads and, as these had been used with the old AP discs for 3000 miles or so, they'd been shaped by rippled surface on the old disc quite severely. You can see that in the pics above where there are only two contact "rings" on the disc rather than a "flat" pad touching all the disc. I knew this situation wouldn't be for long so I parked the car and just used my little C1 until the new pads arrived.
I'd only used DS2500 pads (Pt No FRP3147H) with my AP Racing caliper/disc setup since I bought it all back in mid '17 but I decided, after a late night internet session, to have a look what else was available as I'd had a few niggly things with my brakes since I came home in mid '21 that just knocked my confidence in them a little. I'd replaced the fluid and the pads had been replaced with other DS2500 pads twice but the initial bite just never felt as strong as it did when everything was new back in mid '17 and after repeated high speed braking I just wasn't 100% confident in them as much as I was before, even though they were still fine for everyday driving.
So, as I'd just replaced the discs I thought I'd try a different set of pads to match the new discs. The AP Racing pad shape is CP7555D70 and there are lots and lots of aftermarket pads for these from all the usual suspects, but the vast majority were track-only pads i.e. either very noisy, extremely hard on the discs, poor performance when cold (under 200'c) or a combination of all three, which obviously put me off those. However, one "track" pad kept coming back as not only great on the track, but also worked well on a "fast road" car, and so after reading about 15-20 different reviews I decided to give them a go. After a very, very long delivery period (no idea if they're "custom made to order" or similar but it was nearly 2 months) they finally arrived and I fitted them last week.
The pad is the Ferodo FRP3147W which cost just a tadge more than the DS2500 pads did and it uses their DS1.11 compound which, despite being a "track pad", suffers from none of the usual track pad issues - no noise at all, as good as DS2500 when cold, good disc life and, as a bonus for me, a higher Mu so a crisper initial bite. I've given the car a few limited "hoons" as the weathers not been great but I'm now getting that confidence back and being happier to lean a little harder into the brakes now.
Next up is MOT and another service all before Christmas - I'll look at changing the diff fluids this time around - and the car could still do with those cosmetic fixes, for both of the rear arches and all 4 alloys I mentioned earlier, maybe as a Christmas present to myself?
I'd only used DS2500 pads (Pt No FRP3147H) with my AP Racing caliper/disc setup since I bought it all back in mid '17 but I decided, after a late night internet session, to have a look what else was available as I'd had a few niggly things with my brakes since I came home in mid '21 that just knocked my confidence in them a little. I'd replaced the fluid and the pads had been replaced with other DS2500 pads twice but the initial bite just never felt as strong as it did when everything was new back in mid '17 and after repeated high speed braking I just wasn't 100% confident in them as much as I was before, even though they were still fine for everyday driving.
So, as I'd just replaced the discs I thought I'd try a different set of pads to match the new discs. The AP Racing pad shape is CP7555D70 and there are lots and lots of aftermarket pads for these from all the usual suspects, but the vast majority were track-only pads i.e. either very noisy, extremely hard on the discs, poor performance when cold (under 200'c) or a combination of all three, which obviously put me off those. However, one "track" pad kept coming back as not only great on the track, but also worked well on a "fast road" car, and so after reading about 15-20 different reviews I decided to give them a go. After a very, very long delivery period (no idea if they're "custom made to order" or similar but it was nearly 2 months) they finally arrived and I fitted them last week.
The pad is the Ferodo FRP3147W which cost just a tadge more than the DS2500 pads did and it uses their DS1.11 compound which, despite being a "track pad", suffers from none of the usual track pad issues - no noise at all, as good as DS2500 when cold, good disc life and, as a bonus for me, a higher Mu so a crisper initial bite. I've given the car a few limited "hoons" as the weathers not been great but I'm now getting that confidence back and being happier to lean a little harder into the brakes now.
Next up is MOT and another service all before Christmas - I'll look at changing the diff fluids this time around - and the car could still do with those cosmetic fixes, for both of the rear arches and all 4 alloys I mentioned earlier, maybe as a Christmas present to myself?