Help Required - Brakes

[ShamGTTurbo]

My brakes on my CTS have gone really crap and i want to change them.

What Disks and pads are recommended for the CTS.

I want uprated parts rather than standard cos i'l be modding it very soon.

Sham

[ShamGTTurbo]

Any1

[thomasb]

in the same boat (well car :P )

looking for front and rear pads/discs myself,looks like ebc red pads are about £95 all round with front discs coming in at about £80 (thats just vented) problem is in finding any for the rear?

if you find anything better give us a shout.

[linty264]

If your looking for good pads and discs try www.envyperformance.com for some endless discs and pads u'll have to phone them for the cts prices though.

[KJMTSPORT]

Hi fellow CTS owners,

Just seen on e-bay brand new cts rear discs

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOYOTA-COROLLA-1-8VV...VQQcmdZViewItem

Buy now £79.

Hope this helps

[g3m xr]

there solid tho :( i need rear and not front too ! crappy toyota discs

[KJMTSPORT]

Hi Guys,

Just surfin eBay, the rear discs are back

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOYOTA-COROLLA-1-8VV...VQQcmdZViewItem

[g3m xr]

there still solid tho , arent both front and rear on our vented ?

[KJMTSPORT]

sorry g3m xr, mis-read your last post, thought you said they were sold!

[ShamGTTurbo]

been offered these,

we can supply the 3G 10 Groove uprated disks for £145.00 exc delivery

Are these anygood, also is that a good price?

Sham

[rolley]

been offered these,

we can supply the 3G 10 Groove uprated disks for £145.00 exc delivery

Are these anygood, also is that a good price?

Sham

Thats not bad fella! Black Diamond drilled and grooved from fensport is £140 exc VAT and delivery! ! A bit steep considering you can get hold of BD drilled front Discs from 24/7 performance for £130 inc VAT but exc delivery!

Where did you get that quote from anyways dude as i'd quite like grooved discs? Do they do them drilled as well?

[ShamGTTurbo]

Quote is from Toby on Toyota GT Turbo.com

His company is called ToyTuning.com

[nrgizerbunny]

would get the 20groove 3g ones if you can. if not black diamond grooved and drilled is what i have and i can't complain.

However EBC pads (greenstuff) are the way to go. Don't be fobbed off by anyone giving you a good deal on black diamond pads and discs. Just get the discs, the pads are better than OE but not as good as EBC.

[K19NE G]

there still solid tho , arent both front and rear on our vented ?

Fronts are vented, but rears are nearly always solid Gem!

[rolley]

Anybody heard of these nitrac

Can pick them up from europerformance.co.uk

Any good if anybody tried them of have heard of them?

[ShamGTTurbo]

Just been given prices on these from a local shop.

I told him that i wanted the EBC pads but he gave prices for Black Diamond pads. prices inc vat...

Black Diamond Drilled and Grooved Front Disks - £127

and Rear Disks - £143

Black Diamond Predator Front Pads - £51

Black Diamond Predator Rear Pads - £35

also why is it the rear disks are more expensive...???

[nrgizerbunny]

rear discs have a machined inner surface where the handbrake hooks on to.

[jc1978]

where is best to get ebc greenstuff pads from?

PS, redstuff pads seem to be only 1p more expsive?

[Jock Fran]

This place is good. They were the cheapest when I last bought EBC pads.

Think these are the right ones:

Front

Rear

[MarcTS]

I just bought some front pads from Europerformance. They weren't the cheapest but they did have a good price on Black Diamond Combi discs so I bought them all together. I then bought the rear pads from eBay (BNIB from a trader) which saved about a tenner.

If it purely comes down to price then brakes4u are about 60p cheaper than needforspeed. And I ordered a full set of pads for a 206 from them at the weekend and they turned up yesterday in good order :D

[doctor_moose]

Just a quick question, why do most people seem to go for the EBC greenstuff pads and not the redstuff ones? I work quite closely with a guy at ebc brakes direct and he recommended redstuff for the normal T-Sport if your driving is "spirited" and are perhaps quiet heavy on the brakes. They seem to have the same cold biting point (from what i can find online) but are better at high speeds, fade less and arent much more expensive. Just wondered why really.

[pauljack]

xactly what i was wondering lol! Good call!

[damo746]

xactly what i was wondering lol! Good call!

Redstuff pads are ceramic and therefore taking longer to heat up and get to their optimum working temperature green ones are an excellent all round pad even if your driving is spirited!!!

[nrgizerbunny]

red stuff is also harder and will wear your discs out faster but as damo said the main reason is the performance from cold is much better on the green.

[pauljack]

ahhhhhhhhhhhh i see well now we know lol