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Offline Jay

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Drum or Discs ? What's best?
« on: 30 December 2007, 18:40 »
Sooo...

What does everyone prefer? Disc or Drum? What is the performance difference?
Do people convert to Disc's for looks only?
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Re: Drum or Discs ? What's best?
« Reply #1 on: 30 December 2007, 18:52 »
mk 2 rear calipers are prone to failing

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Re: Drum or Discs ? What's best?
« Reply #2 on: 30 December 2007, 20:56 »
i always thought the majority of braking was on the front so rear disks were more for looks  :cool:

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Re: Drum or Discs ? What's best?
« Reply #3 on: 30 December 2007, 22:13 »
First I've heard of them being prone to failing - but that's not to say you're wrong.

There's no question that discs provide better stopping power, but drums on the back are adequate if not desirable.

Offline nealey

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Re: Drum or Discs ? What's best?
« Reply #4 on: 30 December 2007, 22:47 »
As mentioned most of the braking is done by the front so upgrading the rears probably wouldnt make that much of a difference


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Re: Drum or Discs ? What's best?
« Reply #5 on: 30 December 2007, 22:48 »
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Drum or Discs ? What's best?

Discs.

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Just more modern technology. I ride two motorbikes, one with drums and one with discs, the difference is massive.

With regards to the rears they don't do a lot so not important unless you are really ragging it  :grin:

As for looks i do believe you should upgrade to discs if for some reason you are pimping a car that has drums on the rear... I just hate painted drums sooooo badly! Black is ok but red? or silver? Advertising you have shoddy rear brakes?  :laugh: Ridiculous!
« Last Edit: 30 December 2007, 22:53 by takethefifth »

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Re: Drum or Discs ? What's best?
« Reply #6 on: 30 December 2007, 23:34 »
The rear brake proportionatly to the front, not as hard but you would notice when you want to stop faster, plus they look better. Either way discs are better than drums  :wink: and all round discs will stop you firmer.

Offline hobbiniho

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Re: Drum or Discs ? What's best?
« Reply #7 on: 31 December 2007, 00:00 »
if your car came with drums it is hard work to convert to disks because you have to f**k about with the bias valve and the rear calipers are prone to seizing however if you are fitting a bigger engine say a gti engine into a driver it would be advisable to upgrade to disks or just go out and buy a gti and the work is done for you  :grin:

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Re: Drum or Discs ? What's best?
« Reply #8 on: 31 December 2007, 11:08 »
I know you can replace the mk2 rear calipers with mk4 variants dead easy, so hopefully eliminating the seizing problem  :smiley:
But what about the fronts?
Anyone?  :huh:

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Re: Drum or Discs ? What's best?
« Reply #9 on: 31 December 2007, 11:36 »
What's the problem with the fronts?  and which fronts?
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