S80 brake upgrade

[martinrpeachey]

Originally Posted by bertbuckie

UPDATE!

Shaking / shuddering fixed!

Sorry its been a while, been busy setting up a remapping business

I got the front wheels balanced... amazing - no shudder anymore at all.... must have been that nasty pothole I hit on the way home from doing the brakes!

Need to do the rears at some point in the near future now - on the plus side some old git in a ford orion cut in front of me while he was turning right and i was doing about 65mph - my god the brakes stop you at amazing speeds when you need them to! What an amazing upgrade

I missed this update!

Glad to see you've already made the most of the upgrade

Dare I say... "Told you so!" they are awesome aren't they I won't claim to be a pioneer of this upgrade but I do tell as many people as possible as it's one of the best upgrades for performance and bling you can throw at a P2.

I've been in situations with mine where it would've struggled with the 305mm setup but the ABS and stability control systems seem to love the big disks up front and keep the car much more stable when you really need it.

[bertbuckie]

Just need to sort out the back ones now

[bertbuckie]

As another note.... the stability was amazing your right

[martinrpeachey]

Originally Posted by bertbuckie

Just need to sort out the back ones now

If I can get them cheap enough, I'll be doing the XC conversion on the rear brakes too but I've just bought a new house meaning I'll be skint for the foreseeable future lol. Cheap OE disks and pads then

[bertbuckie]

Originally Posted by martinrpeachey

If I can get them cheap enough, I'll be doing the XC conversion on the rear brakes too but I've just bought a new house meaning I'll be skint for the foreseeable future lol. Cheap OE disks and pads then

I'm always skint and rent

Was just looking at this tho - ACE!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Vb1pdvvoVoQ

Estimated $2100 so what, about £1400? New workshop at mums house one day lol

[martinrpeachey]

Originally Posted by bertbuckie

I'm always skint and rent

Was just looking at this tho - ACE!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Vb1pdvvoVoQ

Estimated $2100 so what, about £1400? New workshop at mums house one day lol

How cool is that!!!

Not an issue for me with the new place... Big garage with a big loft in it. I'll be building a lab in there at some point

[bertbuckie]

When you say lab.... and your skint..... meth? pmfsl Ive seen breaking bad..... need a partner ?

Wish I had a garage.... I have to use mum and dads which dad has filled of absolute useless rubbish so its hard to even get a car in there - but it is his i guess lol.

..... One day

[martinrpeachey]

I have a sideline reconditioning fuel injectors. The smell of the chemicals means I'm not allowed to do it inside and the shed is getting crowded lol.

So there'll be a lab for injector refurbs and vinyl wrapping (another thing I keep myself busy with) once we're settled in the new place.

[bertbuckie]

We looked at doing this as well however decided to start a remapping company ( hence why I am skint at the moment...... the battery charger alone was over £800! Bosch BAT490 )
Better to do it right and not fry peoples pride and joy tho I recon
Have a look - We are not actually started yet but this is the website ready for when my equipment arrives
www.vt-tuning.co.uk
Any thoughts on website design etc are appreciated..... it is the first one we have made ( The wife and myself )

[bertbuckie]

Ohh, also I checked my boost pressure via torque ( still haven't got round to fitting my gauge yet! )
25PSI MAX - odd others are getting 35? My car definitely doesn't lack power