Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 7m 12d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 03/10/12 10:13 AM Author Share Posted 03/10/12 10:13 AM Started to get parts for my brake upgrade today.I've gone with a set on QFM HPX pads. Have also bought a safebrake teflon braided hose kit.Will be using the DBA club spec T3 rotors together with some decent fluid.I really would have liked to do the Brembo think and my rims clear them also. In the end, sometimes you've got to compromise. Vevapower runs the T3's and is happy with them. With the addition of the braided lines I think they'll do the job fine. Most reviews of the HPX pads seem pretty positive. I really only had an issue at QR once and that was still running stock pads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 4m 26d Gender: Male Posted 03/10/12 10:17 AM Share Posted 03/10/12 10:17 AM I run the hpx pads and custom braided lines but I couldnt get t3s as they were out of stock, went with dba 4000 xs cross drilled and slotted, the hpx pads dont come with chamfers or grooves, I chamfered mine myself to prevent squeal, dont really need a groove if you have slotted/drilled rotors 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 7m 12d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 03/10/12 10:33 AM Author Share Posted 03/10/12 10:33 AM A seller on e-bay apperently has stock of the T3's Luke. Called into Bursons today but they were about $70 away from the ebay price and that was trade - apparently!Kent looks after me really well on prices so will ring Hi-Torque tomorrow and see what he can get them for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 4m 26d Gender: Male Posted 03/10/12 10:35 AM Share Posted 03/10/12 10:35 AM Call slacks creek brake and clutch too, their quote was half that of brakes direct. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 7m 12d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 03/10/12 10:37 AM Author Share Posted 03/10/12 10:37 AM ^^ that's nuts. Did he fark up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 4m 26d Gender: Male Posted 03/10/12 10:44 AM Share Posted 03/10/12 10:44 AM Na I just get awesome prices from slacks lol $137 per rotor for t3's from memory 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 7m 12d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 03/10/12 10:48 AM Author Share Posted 03/10/12 10:48 AM I'm at $150 each for rears, $240 for fronts atm. Plus about $50 freight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 4m 26d Gender: Male Posted 03/10/12 10:50 AM Share Posted 03/10/12 10:50 AM That was $137 for fronts from memory, bf xr6t and fg are the same up front I believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 7m 12d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 04/10/12 11:37 AM Author Share Posted 04/10/12 11:37 AM ^^^ rang Slacks creek brake & clutch this morning Luke and they said they don't do DBA only RDA's.Fitted the front pads tonight. Pulled one of the rears off ready to fit and discovered I had to wrong pads - doh!The rears should be DB1376 not DB1675's.Took the car for a run and bed them in as per QFM specs. Will need to do it again when I get the new rotors. Was told it doesn't hurt to get some heat cycles through the new pads so they won't be 'green' on 'green' with the new rotors. I did chamfer the leading and trailing edges a little to minimise the chance of squeal. Must say, they feel better than stock already and that's without the rears. If I can pick up 10% more or so with the rears and get a firmer pedal with the braided teflon hoses, I'll be happy. I'll swap the rears over tomorrow if QFM have stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_mate Member 767 Member For: 18y 10m 10d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 04/10/12 12:05 PM Share Posted 04/10/12 12:05 PM Bomber you have kept me thinking all day about those monroe shocks. I was so ready to drop some serious coin on some koni's but your comments about the GT sport have me intrigued. Are they a reasonably comfy ride? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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