.Stripes. All stock bar the k&n panel filter Silver Donating Members 8,061 Member For: 12y 11m 10d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 30/09/14 12:45 PM Share Posted 30/09/14 12:45 PM Sorry OP, spamming your new car thread with rubbish posts...that doesn't seem right for this forum... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyP MattyP Cruise Control 6,317 Member For: 12y 9m 19d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 30/09/14 12:50 PM Share Posted 30/09/14 12:50 PM No this never happens 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTR_NITRO_FG Donating Members 3,214 Member For: 11y 8m 28d Gender: Male Location: NOR Perth Posted 01/10/14 02:56 AM Share Posted 01/10/14 02:56 AM LOL....hijacking will always happen.... but yeah Dan....you will clearly be able to tell what type of rotors you currently have...just look at yours and then google search RDA FG rotor and you will find a million pics to compare Good luck with sourcing the shudder issue! Make sure to report back if you ever figure it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVT Formerly EGOBFXR6 Donating Members 1,111 Member For: 17y 18d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 03/10/14 09:29 AM Author Share Posted 03/10/14 09:29 AM Hello gents,Well I got the car back from WA suspensions today - Great bunch of guys there Had the rear diff bushes replaced and an alignment. Car feels great! Also asked them to check the control arms and rest of the suspension system and they've said all's good.Now just gotta try and get these horrible bloody RDA's fixed under warranty. 10,xxxkm's old, under 12 months is a disgrace. Ideally I can get some sort of compensation and just put on some DBA T3's...Very unimpressed with RDA's customer service and the quality of the components. Would never go near an RDA ever again...So the car is nearly done! TB elbow, trans cooler/service and Oil line and she'll be done! Fast and safe Cheers guys,Dan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 11m 29d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 03/10/14 09:32 AM Share Posted 03/10/14 09:32 AM Shop agreed it was the rotors causing the shudder?You wouldn't be the first I've heard of who've had RDA's warp - makes it even harder when it wasn't you who bought them/had them installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVT Formerly EGOBFXR6 Donating Members 1,111 Member For: 17y 18d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 03/10/14 09:37 AM Author Share Posted 03/10/14 09:37 AM Well the guy I spoke to said that Ford's were notorious for having brake shudder and requiring constant machining. I can vouch for that with the stock rotors but an aftermarket 'performance' upgrade?I feel bad for the guy I bought it off as he did the whole front end set-up. And for it to fall over so early on is pretty disheartening. I am a big 'brake feel' guy and these just give me no confidence.300rwkw with dodgy brakes is more of an adrenalin spike than bungee jumping with a blind fold on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 11m 29d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 03/10/14 09:54 AM Share Posted 03/10/14 09:54 AM (edited) Stock power with stock brakes gave me no confidence, so I know where you're coming from.Still got the shudder or they fixed it?Definitely RDA's on it now? https://www.google.com.au/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1CHMD_enAU557AU557&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=rda%20warpedIf it's only for street duties the T2's should suffice (and be a fair bit cheaper) for decent rotors - the pads make more of a difference for stopping power than the discs. Would need to go bigger discs/calipers to get even more from it.Machining discs is a false economy from what I gather - better off not spending the cash and using it on new rotors that don't warp than temporarily fixing ones that will warp again.As I said in an earlier post on here - the brakes (or lack thereof) were the only thing that disappointed me with the car from stock. Sounds to me like the previous owner felt the same way, but lucked out trying to fix them (RDA's) Edited 03/10/14 09:55 AM by Rab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVT Formerly EGOBFXR6 Donating Members 1,111 Member For: 17y 18d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 03/10/14 01:38 PM Author Share Posted 03/10/14 01:38 PM Hey Rab,They are definitely slotted and dimpled RDA's. Seller informs me that some sort of bendix pad was used - I'd say maybe a CT or an ultimate? Either way, shouldn't account for the lack of wear...Stock rotors are terrible and even punishing them, you'd get more than 10k even with a hard pad... I just don't get it...It is only for street duties but like I said, I'm a big brake feel guy so I'm happy to shell out the difference for some nice T3's if I go down that road. Don't think I'll bother maching ing them and they are terrible - I'll see what the shop that installed them says on Monday.Cheers guys,Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtRmn8 570Nm @1800rpm Donating Members 2,441 Member For: 21y 5m 1d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 03/10/14 01:45 PM Share Posted 03/10/14 01:45 PM Dan, how much is your time worth to you?For the sake of $400 bin the RDAs and put some T3 rotors on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 11m 29d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 03/10/14 02:02 PM Share Posted 03/10/14 02:02 PM Would be interesting to see what the shop says - and if they can help out with the solution.Chances are they were following the previous owners requests rather than their own recommendations.CT/Ultimate - I think you'd be able to work out by the amount of brake dust on your wheels - ultimates are pretty dusty. Either should be better than OEM's.Stock rotors would still be fine - probably get 100k out of them.If it is warped rotors that's the problem then it's the rotors themselves, not that they're worn. They got hot and got bent - reports of it happening all too often struck RDA's off my list - I think they have good rotors and one's not so good (something about manufacturing moving from Oz to Malaysia?? for their lower tier discs?)Machine them and it'll fix it short term - they'll warp again.If, as you say, you like your brakes then call it in another 10k before they need machining. Less K's each time before you need to do it.Pads, fluid and braided lines will make more of a difference than whichever rotors (without going bigger) you go with to brake feel and stopping power - up to the point of fade.If you were counting coins before an upgrade I'd go for T2's and braided lines rather than T3's or better rotors for street duties. (am looking at the Shockworks brakes at the moment - 4 pot, floating discs $2k (fronts) - as my upgrade path from the T2's)Will be interesting what the shop says - am tipping it'll be something along the lines of "we put on what we were told to" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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