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Old 02 August 2012, 07:57 AM
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I'm looking to have a noticeable improvement in braking but on a tight budget, my current oe discs are in decent condition so what I want to know is if I spend £100/£150 what will give me the biggest improvement changing just my pads for bluestuff or similar or buying a set of grooved discs with kelvar/redstuff pads? I'm doing a 20 min taster session at brands but really car is my daily road car.
Old 02 August 2012, 08:21 AM
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have you done your lines?
Old 02 August 2012, 08:26 AM
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If your doing track days , with a £150 budget I would fit a set of orangestuff pads to the fronts as long as your discs are not worn rather than the bluestuff , you would get better braking doing this than fitting kevlar pads , kevlar pads are too mild for hard track use.

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Haven't done lines, shall I do braided lines and racing fluid first? Will I see an improvement from just doing that?
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No your biggest improvement would be pads
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If your only doing a few laps, changing just the pads should be fine. If you get into doing more track days you would want to change to a decent fluid also. Changing the brake hoses and fitting a brake stopper all help towards a better pedal feel and is relatively cheap to do.
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