Grooved or smooth???
17 August 2006, 03:19 PM
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Grooved or smooth???
Help!! need to replace rear discs but cant decide wether to go grooved and drilled or smooth will be using red stuff pads,heard grooved are noisey
17 August 2006, 03:55 PM
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If they're the same price and exactly the same quality of discs then you might as well have grooved. If the grooved are not such good quality discs for the same money, or more expensive, then don't bother, just get plain. The rears don't do much anyway.
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18 August 2006, 01:24 AM
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Why does everyone say avoid drilled?
I understand the theory that they are prone to cracking due to heat.
They are fitted as standard to some cars though so surely they can't all be bad?
I understand the theory that they are prone to cracking due to heat.
They are fitted as standard to some cars though so surely they can't all be bad?
18 August 2006, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Tuts
Why does everyone say avoid drilled?
I understand the theory that they are prone to cracking due to heat.
They are fitted as standard to some cars though so surely they can't all be bad?
I understand the theory that they are prone to cracking due to heat.
They are fitted as standard to some cars though so surely they can't all be bad?
Cars like Ferraris that have them well you can imagine the quality! (and the costs
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18 August 2006, 12:29 PM
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Plus the holes on the quality discs are cast during manufacture rather than drilled after manufacture
18 August 2006, 07:41 PM
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If you look at what cars have drilled as standard you're talking about basically Porsche 911s. Which are renowned as having the best factory brakes ever. Unless you're paying a hell of a lot of money for them, drilled holes are just a weak point. Grooves have no downsides at all, apart from some people say they can whirr a bit when you're using them -I've never noticed this though.
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