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Time To Upgrade The Brakes


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Of late I've been getting a crap load of shudder when I step on the brakes. I'm thinking of going with a set of dba 4000 slotted rotors and a set of Bendix pads. I have a few questions though?

1. Will this give me a substantial upgrade over standard?

2. Will the dba rotors warp in the same way that the standard ones did?

(Given that they will be the same thickness???)

3. How much more Brake dust can I expect?

Thanks in advance

Dave

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I used to have 4000 and ferrodo pads. good braking but allot of dust and at the end of its life they were noisy. It could have been due to me overheating them on a track day.

I now run 4000 again (new ones) with QFM (aussie owed) pads and they are the best ive owned. No dust or noise and stops great.

Hopes this helps

Cheers

Adrian

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Bendix = Dusty! the slotters will feel a whole lot better, and if you can, get some braided brake lines for the car aswell, I definately recommend these for consistent pedal feel..

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Cheers Adrian

I'll go with the 4000's then and look for another set of pads.

Anyone else have some input?

Save some money, go RDA rotor....... Bendix pads tend to be very dusty.

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I too am keen to upgrade the rotors..

I have a mk1 BF sedan xr6t can I just replace the rotors with ones off the shelf? DBA's??

What series fits the BF and are front and rear the same size?

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what is the life like on an rda rotor compared to a dba rotor? as I looked at some on eBay and they seem to be significantly cheaper.

Very hard to say. It will depend on the type of pads you have and how you drive.

I have only just installed RDAs so I can't tell you from experience. However, a lot of people say the RDAs are as good as the DBA for everyday driving, particularly the slotted rotors.

They will do me. I can't justify the additional cost of 4000/5000 series DBA rotors.

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