teebone Member 183 Member For: 21y 1m 19d Location: South of Melbourne, near the sea Posted 25/07/07 12:36 PM Share Posted 25/07/07 12:36 PM I am soon to pick up my new phoon (stock BFII) but wanted to get some feedback on how many kilometres to expect from the brake pads, front rotors and tyres under normal (read relatively sedate) driving conditions and what I should budget for replacement?Also for the pads and rotors are there aftermarket alternatives available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageF6 Donating Members 1,622 Member For: 20y 8m 1d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 25/07/07 02:07 PM Share Posted 25/07/07 02:07 PM (edited) Over 41,000 screaming kms on the original units so far. Got the 6-pot front, 4 pot rear Brembos.Replacements are available from the insanely priced (ie Ford service genuine), to the much much more reasonably priced options of genuine kit from the importer - Barry Smith Canberra), or your aftermarkets options. They exist, but I personally havent looked into it much.With a new one, you wont have to worry for a while unless your doing track work. Edited 25/07/07 02:09 PM by Spruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 20y 10m 6d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 25/07/07 10:42 PM Share Posted 25/07/07 10:42 PM The pads should be good for 40k+ and the rotors are apparently good for a pad change, so about 80k km.When you replace them, you will be up for about $3000 for pads and rotors on 4 corners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 1m 6d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 25/07/07 11:12 PM Share Posted 25/07/07 11:12 PM Just had my 60,000 done and was quoted a 1000 for front rotors and pads from Ford, rotors from new were under minimum tolerance to allow for machining so factor in the price of rotors at a pad change .....If you go through Ford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest newl Guests Posted 26/07/07 01:14 AM Share Posted 26/07/07 01:14 AM 48k kilometers on the factory SP9000s thus far (they've copped a pounding) and they're screaming for a change so I'd tend to agree with the 40k or so targets mentioned thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbjunior99 Member 4,359 Member For: 21y 11m 27d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 26/07/07 01:18 AM Share Posted 26/07/07 01:18 AM (edited) 48k on the factory dunlops Mine only just made it to 20k on my GT Edited 26/07/07 01:18 AM by mbjunior99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest newl Guests Posted 26/07/07 01:33 AM Share Posted 26/07/07 01:33 AM I'm not a big burn out fan. Though I tend to flog my car pretty good I do look after it hence why they lasted so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbjunior99 Member 4,359 Member For: 21y 11m 27d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 26/07/07 01:42 AM Share Posted 26/07/07 01:42 AM That must be some kind of record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alereon Member 11 Member For: 19y 12d Location: Sydney Posted 26/07/07 04:24 AM Share Posted 26/07/07 04:24 AM Expect to pay around $400 for the premium factory brake pads. Dunlop SP9000 go for around $400 a corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCRIBR Yaris member Member 4,486 Member For: 18y 5m 29d Gender: Male Posted 26/07/07 05:25 AM Share Posted 26/07/07 05:25 AM my mate @ work has bald tyres on his BF xr8 after 11k km I think u can guess how he drives!There must be better alternatives for $400/corner!! what are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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