Pashley26

No! I'll do it in my car, swap the pads across and then go again

I'm game for it I'll test my OE pads and discs worn half way against DS2500's. Phil has a set. I'll time it on GPS. Hopefully.

Never! I don't drive irresponsibly, certainly not. But I WOULD NOT and DO NOT feel safe doing an emergency stop on my OEM quality discs and pads. It's as simple as that. I'll be putting DS2500's in the Brembos when I get them off Prawn.

I think he just wants to do it right once and get the best possible result he can afford. He's doing more and more to the car, I suspect it will be mapped within the next six months.

You would be considerably faster than me on a track; because I can't drive. I think R-bird should save for Brembos personally. But if he wants to stick with 312's then I couldn't recommend any other pads for a road car. Why wouldn't you get the DS's though. I don't understand what is not to like other than price. I'm a stinge most places, but not with brakes.

I don't really care, if it was a foot high cock I'd think twice about it. But it's nice to have it in there. - No for OEM Adam. I could make oem pads useless in 60 seconds. My car has oem pads and discs, and they are just shit. In an emergency stop from 100 I wouldn't feel safe, even when the pads were weeks old.

But what would you buy? DS3000's? I can't think of much that I would class as "better" for a daily driver.

Rawww raww raww!! - Todays modification will be seen by most as a little bit Max Power, but it means a lot to me. A very good friend of mine gave me a Momo gear knob for my 17th birthday, he bought it for his E30 M3 when it was new. He died last year quite suddenly, so it's nice to have it back on a car. It spent a bit of time on Prawns car as well, I think it was on his when he crashed it at the ring.

Love this.

I got fed up with constant streams of abused animals, pictures of rapists, videos of people whipping themselves, all that shite. No matter how many people I deleted somebody was always posting that turd.

Interesting thoughts. Communication was the main part of Facebook for me, easily keeping in touch with friends I wouldn't ordinarily talk to. But i just made the decision, I messaged the friends I regularly speak to my number, told them to Whatsapp me. There's only a couple of my more distant friends that will be cut off, but quite frankly you've got to be ruthless. The only thing I have missed as such is the ease at which I can share photos from my mobile. But then again I've got Photobucket.

Is it just me, or has Facebook got totally out of hand? A week ago today I deleted my Facebook account, and it's taken that to show me how much of a massive part of my life it was. For the last six years I've ploughed every thought and all my pictures and memories into Facebook. Anyway, deleted it and in the most retarded way ever my life has actually improved over the last week. Properly speaking to my friends rather than just texts, having time in the evenings to read, research, work on the house etc, spending more time talking to my girlfriend rather than passing time on Facebook. Socially I've done more in the last 7 days than I would usually do in a month. So is Facebook still the social tool it used to be? Whilst I know that it's all a case of moderation we all love a nice discussion on here, so what are your thoughts on Facebook. How do you see it, and how do you see it's future.

Why would you edit you vagina.

Prawns. When he upgrades to his Forge 6 pot mighty mother f**kers. Hoping to have them when I go home for my Birthday at the end of the month, depends when he fits his new ones really.

I have.

I know some jeb end like you would chime in saying they weren't necessary. It's brakes, they can never be too good! DS2500's will out perform any "cheaper" pads in all situation, whilst they may operate from 20* through to 500* their maximum efficency range is roughly 270*. So hardly mega warm, they'll be at that temp during one emergency stop. It is much more dangerous to have your braking fade away with heat than get better, the DS2500's could mean the difference between stuffing it and having the ABS/locking up through shit modulation or driving off with a twitch in your sphincter because your brakes didn't fade. You won't regret getting 2500's RB, if you get cheaper pads you'll always wish you spent the extra £50. I've driven a couple of our cars with 312's and DS2500's and they are very very good. Because they are a more solid compound than cheaper pads which have more iron and metallic within them they firm up the brake pedal too. I don't see how there can be a discussion over this. It's brakes ffs? Better is always better. Are you playing Devils Advocate ejaculate-face?

No no no no no Toby. The DS2500 was designed with initial bite and a lower temperature operation range as its main target. View this image - Which shows that the DS2500 has the flattest efficency over the broadest temperature range of all Ferodo performance pads other than the .1 which is a race only pad and isn't road legal. Facts not opinions please, these are Wolverines land anchors we are talking about. Luke you were right in the first place; DS2500's and a set of quality discs is the only way to go. EBC pads are unsafe on our cars, and having seen EBC pads unglue themselves from their backings on a couple of different cars I couldn't urge you not to buy any EBC pads quite enough. EBC themselves openly admitted that their compounds/glue or production processes were not suitable for our weight of car. Prawn knows much more than me, but its a no basically. Prawn will doubtlessly want to tell you that you won't get full benefit from them and that you could get away with something cheaper. But as he is the ultimate abuser of brakes (second only to Andy P) he will be incapable of understanding how 312's are acceptable let alone anything other than DS2500 pads and 312's. Speak to Bill at Badger 5, he can get DS2500's at a very reasonable price.

Gruppe M's are f**king stupid money, if you can afford one of them and drive a 10 year old Honda you need a rear priority check. Ironic I know; but they are so over priced it angers me. One for a 1.8t is £770. And compared to a £16 Honda S2000 air filter from any motor factors they offer nothing other than looks. A friend of mine fitted a Gruppe M to his Clio 182 and it gained 4bhp. A respectable figure for an F4R. He took the Gruppe M off and tried a friends Simmota at a third of the price and made a further 3bhp. The same can be said for BMW's. The form of the product is beautiful, but the design is totally wank for a basic cold air intake. On the Renault F4R you could spend £100 more and buy a Stone RS2 ITB inlet and have a 23bhp gain. Tat tat tat for the price they are. /rant. EP looks nice, I approve. Videos and more snaps please.

Rainbird has just picked my up an LCR quick rack; what a jolly nice chap.

Ordered rear axle bushed for das Audi, and am on the hunt for a TT/S3/LCR steering rack. As well as a bigger turbo.

Phil Miller. Message him on bookface.

The genuine gaskets are a three layer compression gasket I think. Same as a head gasket.

Everything that Seamons has said is correct. Now that I have experience of removing 1.8t heads, drilling studs and doing K04 conversions I would say take the head off. Especially if he is fitting an upgraded/Relentless manifold to it. A 1.8t head can be off in an hour and a half, an hour to remove the old stud with left handed drill bits and easy outs, then facing with a decent wet and dry and an hour and a half to get it all back together...If you work at it solid. It will take you three hours just to remove the stud with it in situ; even if you have someone like my dad to hand. Then putting the exhaust manifold on the head in situ is a killer job. Most loose 1.8t studs are that way because the last mechanic that graced it couldn't get to the bolts to do them up.

I'll get details, they are my dads. He refurbished them for his MG Magnette, gloss black centres and polished lips.

I know of some wide 5 spoke revolutions?