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Adrian Reeve

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So my front discs (2.7, 2005) are getting close to their wear limit. It seems that there are several options open to me, OEM, Pagid, Brembo, MTech etc., and at a variety of price points. What would people recommend please? Will obviously be doing pads at the same time. Car will not be tracked, just road use.

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Brembo are OE (and their new PVT disc for teh 987/996 and 987/997 is no longer handed so don't be surprised by that.  Wait for good prices on Car Parts 4 Less or Autodoc.  Autodoc can take 7-8 days to deliver from Germany  (billed in £ and no duty to pay) but food for when you are planning work.  

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Had pagid discs with textar pads on the rear of my previous .2 - seemed fine, current car is OE all round - both setups seem quite "dusty" but not terrible. I seem to remember that original disks and brembos come with painted "hats" ( the cone part of the discs ) - where some others are not painted, doesn't seem to affect function in any way  but stays looking nicer longer.

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As I see it, discs are discs and the Brembo discs and pads I took off were rotten or like ploughed fields on the back, rusty on the hubs and in the vents etc and felt like rough wood to use. 

I fitted Delphi drilled discs on the rear and Comline drilled/handed on the front. Both 'coated' and have retained their silver coating to the hubs, internals and have a nice smooth braked surface. Textar pads front and back and brakes feel great. 

Total cost for all four corners discs and pads was a shade over £200 so could probably replace them at least twice over and some compared to fitting Brembo.

 

 

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13 hours ago, ½cwt said:

Brembo are OE (and their new PVT disc for teh 987/996 and 987/997 is no longer handed so don't be surprised by that.  Wait for good prices on Car Parts 4 Less or Autodoc.  Autodoc can take 7-8 days to deliver from Germany  (billed in £ and no duty to pay) but food for when you are planning work.  

Used Autodoc a few times with no issues other than the extended delivery time that you need to factor in. Prices were good

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