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Alcon replacement brake discs fitted
Visited Litchfield this morning and had Alcon 2 piece brake discs fitted, along with Ferodo DS2500 pads, and some upgraded Motul Dot 5.1 fluid.
Great service from Litchfield, pleasure to deal with, and a very interesting car park!
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I have looked on the Litchfield site but no prices. either way look the nuts
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They are a different colour but not sure why. The rears are actually more expensive than fronts, despite being smaller, because of the complexity to house the parking brake apparently, so maybe the colour is something to do with that.
There are prices on their website. Just snapped this:
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Oh yes!
First time on track on Friday there. It was frickin awesome. Spa in a few weeks time too.
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I've just been looking at a novice only track day at Oultonpark
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the m driving day might be a very good idea even if a little short
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I was quoted £700 to cover my M4 at Spa in a few weeks. That was with a £5500 excess!
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go to a properly managed track day (Franks Charity Track Day Club has one coming up at Blyton Park on 26th) and you won't find any morons driving scrap saxo's with zero brain cells.
The day is relaxed. I took track day insurance out once when I first started track days back in 2009, then decided to just drive 8/10ths and be vigilant for idiots. M4 insurance is £600+ for a day, which is crazy. Its safer on a track than a road.
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Prior to that I also did the M4 Master experience there which another member stated was 2X15mins. It doesn't use the whole track but the instructor I had was great and got the bug for the subsequent novice track days. I used his tips for the other times I went later. You'll enjoy it but yes, better fluid and pads needed for sure...as I found out the first time, doh! Last edited by AD18; 03-10-2019 at 12:37 PM.. |
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The track Pagids were incredible. No fade whatsoever despite long 6/7 lap stints at Spa last week. It's the tyres that go off first! Swapped back to the Ds2500 yesterday, took 15 mins.
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Are the DS2500 better than standard pads and are they noisy in wet/dry? Do you use different tyres for your track days? |
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It has a significantly higher boiling point than standard BMW fluid, and if you upgrade pads then I'd say upgrade the fluid, as otherwise the fluid wouldn't necessarily be able to handle a high enough temperature to make the use of the better pads. No need to do that if you're a novice though, and I'd say just go easy, as is likely to be the case if it's all new to you. The DS2500 are a superb all round upgrade pad. No noise whatsoever in any conditions, and great bite from cold. Perhaps a little more dust than OEM, but capable of handling track use better than standard pads. I use these as my daily pad. For track use I swap to Pagid RSL1 endurance pads. Overkill for a novice perhaps. I have bought a separate set of wheels for track use, but just running MPSS on them just now, and then will change to a more track oriented tyre when they've worn out.
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Any downsides to using upgraded brake fluid? How long before changing brake fluid? Every year or 24 months? Any squealing from DS2500 pads? Any issues in the wet? Would you suggest upgrading the brake lines eg HEL Why doesn’t the manufacturer use the higher boiling point brake fluid? |
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You should change fluid every 2 years max, but I do mine at least once a year, as the fresher the better, especially given my track use. You can do lines but I haven't. Modern brake lines are not that bad and having used them on track I'm happy with how they feel when harder pads are on. No noise with DS2500, but my tears have worn substantially with the track use so I'm going to swap pads all round for track days.
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