Pixy Angel Expert Donating Members 9,132 Member For: 19y 11m 5d Gender: Male Location: North Jamberoo, NSW Posted 08/10/14 10:06 AM Share Posted 08/10/14 10:06 AM that's normal isnt it not accepting warranty.Cant go wrong with T3's mate I have them best thing you can do. Pads tae a pic I use Bendix SRT works great but hell dusty mate.Good luck with everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtRmn8 570Nm @1800rpm Donating Members 2,441 Member For: 21y 4m 10d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 08/10/14 02:01 PM Share Posted 08/10/14 02:01 PM Car looks the great Dan. Good combo in terms of colour, wheels and height. Any time you try and skimp with these it always just turns into headaches in the long run and end up costing more. Hence why its better to do it right the first time ans just enjoy the car afterwards. My only concern with machined RDAs would be how they will go when they are thinner. If they warp at oem thickness how will they hold up after being machined?If it does not cost you anything its worth giving it a go I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVT Formerly EGOBFXR6 Donating Members 1,111 Member For: 16y 11m 27d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 21/10/14 01:49 PM Author Share Posted 21/10/14 01:49 PM Hey guys,Just a bit of an update on the car. Have been speaking with RDA directly and Automasters (who did the work) I'm gonna keep this as factual as possible to avoid any slander.RDA didn't really want a bar of my situation. According to them, performance rotors have no warranty and if a rotor does come under warranty cover, it is void if the vehicle has changed hands. Have no idea how that reasoning works...Automasters did the right thing and agreed to machine and inspect the rotors for me so I am thankful for their help - It did come out of their own time and money. The shudder has significantly been reduced but overall, the brakes are still terrible... The stopping power on this car is worse than the stock brakes on my 04 BA...Would never go near an RDA product again after this. Just something to think about if you're thinking about an upgrade guys Plans will be T3/T2 combo, lines and nice pads otherwise a front caliper upgrade as well if I can afford it. Not feeling the confidence I'd like... Cheers,Dan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeGe6 Donating Members 1,978 Member For: 12y 6m 24d Gender: Male Location: Perth, SOR Posted 21/10/14 02:06 PM Share Posted 21/10/14 02:06 PM Are bummer Dan as you say at least they skimmed them for ya.I did see 20% off DBA T2's at Repco I think.Make sure if you get a price speak to Matt From Race Brakes Sydney.Matt will more then likely beat it hands down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masda74 To Loud Gold Donating Members 4,112 Member For: 13y 2m 1d Gender: Male Location: WA, Perth Posted 21/10/14 02:20 PM Share Posted 21/10/14 02:20 PM ^^^^WHS Am pretty sure you are not in a rush, give Matt a call and ask him about braided lines to. He does the whole lot including brake upgrades.I was in the same boat about the brakes. No confidence what so ever. Done the braided lines, changed rotors to the T3 and also put different pads in.If you ever on one of the forum cruises and want to test drive my car to feel the difference, let me know.I am sure we can arrange something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTR_NITRO_FG Donating Members 3,214 Member For: 11y 8m 6d Gender: Male Location: NOR Perth Posted 22/10/14 04:00 AM Share Posted 22/10/14 04:00 AM ^^^Where's my free test drive Marco? Hey Dan FWIW....RDA rejected my claim too (5000kms and I am original purchaser). As I suspected they will just wipe their hands off with anything...essentially saying I must have done something or something on my car must have done something to cause the shudder to come back. They were nice and all about it...but pointed at all different things that could be causing the issue. As at the time of install they seemed fine...but then shudder slowly came back (but only at medium to heavy applications). So I will just live with it for a while....and try and look at my other suspension and steering components first (as you never know it could be those parts causing the shudder and not so much the rotors themselves). As far as not having the same performance as stock BA brakes...that kinda sucks lolI really do think braided lines help (for me you don't need to push as hard on the brake pedal - but not sure if that just comes down to pads being slightly better than OEM). So increases confidence a bit; except the shudder takes away said confidence too.Anyways good luck with the new combo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVT Formerly EGOBFXR6 Donating Members 1,111 Member For: 16y 11m 27d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 22/10/14 08:54 AM Author Share Posted 22/10/14 08:54 AM Thanks for the advice guys,I'll talk to Matt again - I've dealt with him a few times actually and I can't recommend him highly enough Thanks for the offer Marco - Appreciate it.Cheers Nitro, I'll price up a kit with Matt and go from there.Can you guys suggest a good workshop that will install what I buy from Matt? I know lots of places aren't big on installing products bought elsewhere...Cheers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 2m 7d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 22/10/14 10:30 AM Share Posted 22/10/14 10:30 AM DIY it at a maintenance day! What's the worst that could go wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masda74 To Loud Gold Donating Members 4,112 Member For: 13y 2m 1d Gender: Male Location: WA, Perth Posted 22/10/14 12:22 PM Share Posted 22/10/14 12:22 PM Hahaha he could 8ver tighten a bolt and snap it???????? ; PMonsta torque did my braided lines.I did the rotors and pads at the maint day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVT Formerly EGOBFXR6 Donating Members 1,111 Member For: 16y 11m 27d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 09/01/15 09:23 AM Author Share Posted 09/01/15 09:23 AM Hey guys,It' been a while between updates but I had a bunch of things done to the car yesterday.1) Install of PWR external trans cooler + full transmission service2) 60,000km full log book service3) Install of earl's inline oil filter (Stealth)4) Install of new brake package - Fronts are Slotted T3's with Ferodo DS2500, Rears are slotted T2's with a lesser Ferodo padFinally don't have to freak out about the ZF milk-shaking The brake package is great and I can recommend it highly. Great package for those on a budget!Cheers,Dan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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