Godspeed Brake Pads!
01 October 2013, 08:39 AM
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just had to shell out £92.95 for a set of brake pads!!!!!!!! for the 335mm brake conversion the previous owner fitted what the HELL is this world coming to i fell physically sick ....what are they gold plated !!!!!!!!!!!!!!lol
02 October 2013, 08:09 AM
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I'm all for not scrimping on vital componentry like brake pads but that's a rip off! A few years ago I bought some Alcon calipers/uprated disks for my classic. Ithis was the Prodrive upgrade available for the p1. I was having trouble sourcing some pads. A friend of mine who worked at a motor factors had a look through his stock. He ended up finding some pads from a Nissan 300 or 350 that were a match. Result, cost £25! If I had sourced them elsewhere I would have paid several times that.
02 October 2013, 08:47 AM
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I'm all for not scrimping on vital componentry like brake pads but that's a rip off! A few years ago I bought some Alcon calipers/uprated disks for my classic. Ithis was the Prodrive upgrade available for the p1. I was having trouble sourcing some pads. A friend of mine who worked at a motor factors had a look through his stock. He ended up finding some pads from a Nissan 300 or 350 that were a match. Result, cost £25! If I had sourced them elsewhere I would have paid several times that.
If the OP is complaining about spending £85 plus delivery on pads , he's going to **** the bed when he finds out discs are £295 a pair !!
Time to go back to 2 pots maybe ?
02 October 2013, 09:36 AM
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The Nissan 300 zx uses the same front pads as the Subaru 4 pots not the Alcon calipers so they wouldn't have fitted , so don't know what he got for you , the Nissan 350z has Brembo's which again don't fit ??
If the OP is complaining about spending £85 plus delivery on pads , he's going to **** the bed when he finds out discs are £295 a pair !!
Time to go back to 2 pots maybe ?
If the OP is complaining about spending £85 plus delivery on pads , he's going to **** the bed when he finds out discs are £295 a pair !!
Time to go back to 2 pots maybe ?
Perhaps I'm being cynical but I do recall at around the millenium AP's stuff shot up in price. Just around the time the Evo/Scooby market and popularity mushroomed.
02 October 2013, 09:48 AM
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This is the problem with Subaru Imprezas. We sometimes forget we are running SUPERCARS dressed like normal cars. These things run rings round very fast cars of the 1980's etc, and the performance of a WRX exceeds a Sierra Cosworth or AMG Merc Cosworth, or even a 308GTB or older 911.
So when you think about it, is it not reasonable to expect some parts to be a little warm in price? Brakes especially.
If you want to pay £25 for pads, get a Fiesta! The Impreza STi plays with the big boys and costs for parts (and fuel) reflect it. That's just life as we know it....
So when you think about it, is it not reasonable to expect some parts to be a little warm in price? Brakes especially.
If you want to pay £25 for pads, get a Fiesta! The Impreza STi plays with the big boys and costs for parts (and fuel) reflect it. That's just life as we know it....
02 October 2013, 10:12 AM
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This is the problem with Subaru Imprezas. We sometimes forget we are running SUPERCARS dressed like normal cars. These things run rings round very fast cars of the 1980's etc, and the performance of a WRX exceeds a Sierra Cosworth or AMG Merc Cosworth, or even a 308GTB or older 911.
So when you think about it, is it not reasonable to expect some parts to be a little warm in price? Brakes especially.
If you want to pay £25 for pads, get a Fiesta! The Impreza STi plays with the big boys and costs for parts (and fuel) reflect it. That's just life as we know it....
So when you think about it, is it not reasonable to expect some parts to be a little warm in price? Brakes especially.
If you want to pay £25 for pads, get a Fiesta! The Impreza STi plays with the big boys and costs for parts (and fuel) reflect it. That's just life as we know it....
I'm sure some will recall the ludicrous situation when a Honda manufactured in Britain then transported to Japan was still cheaper to buy and import back than buying one from a UK dealer. But as long as people maintain this philosophy that things must cost £xx, and we must pay to play then we'll keep being charged several hundred percent mark ups.
02 October 2013, 10:39 AM
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This is the problem with Subaru Imprezas. We sometimes forget we are running SUPERCARS dressed like normal cars. These things run rings round very fast cars of the 1980's etc, and the performance of a WRX exceeds a Sierra Cosworth or AMG Merc Cosworth, or even a 308GTB or older 911.
So when you think about it, is it not reasonable to expect some parts to be a little warm in price? Brakes especially.
If you want to pay £25 for pads, get a Fiesta! The Impreza STi plays with the big boys and costs for parts (and fuel) reflect it. That's just life as we know it....
So when you think about it, is it not reasonable to expect some parts to be a little warm in price? Brakes especially.
If you want to pay £25 for pads, get a Fiesta! The Impreza STi plays with the big boys and costs for parts (and fuel) reflect it. That's just life as we know it....
The STI can play with the big boys - to a certain point yes.
It might play with my AMG merc in maybe 1st and 2nd, but that's about it
But the STI is no supercar
02 October 2013, 10:40 AM
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This is the problem with Subaru Imprezas. We sometimes forget we are running SUPERCARS dressed like normal cars. These things run rings round very fast cars of the 1980's etc, and the performance of a WRX exceeds a Sierra Cosworth or AMG Merc Cosworth, or even a 308GTB or older 911.
So when you think about it, is it not reasonable to expect some parts to be a little warm in price? Brakes especially.
If you want to pay £25 for pads, get a Fiesta! The Impreza STi plays with the big boys and costs for parts (and fuel) reflect it. That's just life as we know it....
So when you think about it, is it not reasonable to expect some parts to be a little warm in price? Brakes especially.
If you want to pay £25 for pads, get a Fiesta! The Impreza STi plays with the big boys and costs for parts (and fuel) reflect it. That's just life as we know it....
I'll have a sniff of what you're on!With respect you're not running a supercar by any stretch of the imagination. Infact a mid range modern diesel will keep a WRX honest. It seems a quintessential British trait to bend over and be rogered senseless on the price of goods. No wonder manufacturers the world over rub their hands in glee when selling stuff in the UK. We usually end up paying more than other domestic markets and for inferior stuff to boot!
I'm sure some will recall the ludicrous situation when a Honda manufactured in Britain then transported to Japan was still cheaper to buy and import back than buying one from a UK dealer. But as long as people maintain this philosophy that things must cost £xx, and we must pay to play then we'll keep being charged several hundred percent mark ups.
I'm sure some will recall the ludicrous situation when a Honda manufactured in Britain then transported to Japan was still cheaper to buy and import back than buying one from a UK dealer. But as long as people maintain this philosophy that things must cost £xx, and we must pay to play then we'll keep being charged several hundred percent mark ups.
Ahh, the voice of reason... Thought I was on Scoobynet for a minute then.
Oh, wait... ....
02 October 2013, 10:44 AM
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With respect you're not running a supercar by any stretch of the imagination. Infact a mid range modern diesel will keep a WRX honest. It seems a quintessential British trait to bend over and be rogered senseless on the price of goods. No wonder manufacturers the world over rub their hands in glee when selling stuff in the UK. We usually end up paying more than other domestic markets and for inferior stuff to boot!
I'm sure some will recall the ludicrous situation when a Honda manufactured in Britain then transported to Japan was still cheaper to buy and import back than buying one from a UK dealer. But as long as people maintain this philosophy that things must cost £xx, and we must pay to play then we'll keep being charged several hundred percent mark ups.
I'm sure some will recall the ludicrous situation when a Honda manufactured in Britain then transported to Japan was still cheaper to buy and import back than buying one from a UK dealer. But as long as people maintain this philosophy that things must cost £xx, and we must pay to play then we'll keep being charged several hundred percent mark ups.
Totally agree about the ridiculously inflated prices we pay in this country for everything is insurmountable and will not change.
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02 October 2013, 09:57 PM
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This is the problem with Subaru Imprezas. We sometimes forget we are running SUPERCARS dressed like normal cars. These things run rings round very fast cars of the 1980's etc, and the performance of a WRX exceeds a Sierra Cosworth or AMG Merc Cosworth, or even a 308GTB or older 911.
So when you think about it, is it not reasonable to expect some parts to be a little warm in price? Brakes especially.
If you want to pay £25 for pads, get a Fiesta! The Impreza STi plays with the big boys and costs for parts (and fuel) reflect it. That's just life as we know it....
So when you think about it, is it not reasonable to expect some parts to be a little warm in price? Brakes especially.
If you want to pay £25 for pads, get a Fiesta! The Impreza STi plays with the big boys and costs for parts (and fuel) reflect it. That's just life as we know it....
I've never read such garbage
03 October 2013, 02:21 AM
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just found some pads that will maybe fit .......The jag xjs 4 pot pads have the exact same dimensions and are def the same shape.........i was given this tip buy some one that races them..........119 x 71 x 15mm pads and they are 26 quid for brembo ,EBC ,or FERODO pads
03 October 2013, 07:01 AM
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OOPPSS sounds like the gravy train is coming into the station.
Come on lads lets make it our mission to find cheaper pads that will fit our calipers.
I have AP 4 pots anyone know what fits them.
I feel a thread title change coming on.
"The Great Brake Pad Rip Off."
Come on lads lets make it our mission to find cheaper pads that will fit our calipers.
I have AP 4 pots anyone know what fits them.
I feel a thread title change coming on.
"The Great Brake Pad Rip Off."
Last edited by ditchmyster; 03 October 2013 at 07:04 AM.