anyone considering alcon brake upgrade

[dave1]

great service from the factory:thumbs:

fitted an alcon kit about 6 weeks ago when i put the nearside disc on i noticed it had some runout as it was brand new i figured it was my hub but i had to use the car in the meantime. fitted a new hub but when i was in the isle of man i had brake judder so i guessed id warped the disc.
also i fitted carbotech pads which were far too aggressive.

next step was to get the rotors surface ground and new pads, put it back together and it was worse than ever by this stage im well not happy

spoke to the main man at alcon on monday he said send them back and we will have a look this was tuesday,explained i was off to the ring friday and spa monday but he promised he would sort it in time.

being a bit sceptical i thought that aint going to happen just not enough time and through previous experience i figured they just say it was my fault for not bedding correctly bla bla bla so took them off and even refitted the standard stuff as i figured that would be the last i saw of them.

i sent them off tuesday he rang me yesterday to say the was a problem with the bell for some reason either manufacturing fault or damaged in transit and they would be sending 2 complete new disc and bell assy's pads and they'd be there thurs am

well true to his word they turned up this morning and he even rang this afternoon to make sure everything was ok and to say enjoy your weekend!

how fucking good is that in this day and age:thumbs:

[glendog74]

Quality service - 5*

Of course i would have found it highly amusing if you had rocked up at the Ring/Spa with OEM standard brakes fitted! :hahaha:

[dave1]

yeah was'nt i just saying that to myself as i was bolting the manky crap back on:bigcry:

[Andyk]

OEM standard brakes fitted! :hahaha:

Nothing wrong with that...........well actually I've just got promotion in work and the first thing I'm aiming to do with my new found wealth is................upgrade the brakes...Look what you lot have done to me.

[Jeff]

After having Alcon rotors on the front of the GT3 and the fact they last over 40,000 miles, I was going to go the way of Alcons when the time came. Figured I'd get the CSL Cup kit.

[glendog74]

first thing I'm aiming to do with my new found wealth is................upgrade the brakes...Look what you lot have done to me.

You gotta do some 'proper' trackdays to justify that Andy! :gayfight:

[Thorney]

yum.


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[HC1963M3]

yum.


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What's involved in changing the pads on these calipers ?

[Jeff]

I think it's pretty clear you'll have to unbolt the caliper from the hub to remove the pads as they're not going to come out from the back.

[NZ_M3]

Man you got better service than I did ...

When I got my kit Alcon put the wrong discs in my pack (had VW GTi front discs instead of CSL ones) ... took forever to get the correct discs sent to me (like a full month as they didn't have any in stock) - at least they didn't ask me to send the old disc back - meaning I get a spare friction ring (as they are the same for the GTi and the CSL) ....

wrong disc:



Correct disc:

Might go through you in the future I think rather than deal with my USA contact.

[Thorney]

Calipers are full monobloc so yes you need to remove them to replace the pads, dead easy though, a couple of bolts and job done. Monobloc calipers were specced as they are so much stiffer than twin block. The kits also run a full floating disk set up.

[HC1963M3]

I think it's pretty clear you'll have to unbolt the caliper from the hub to remove the pads as they're not going to come out from the back.

Indeed, with the APs, one bolt and the pads are out, that's precisely why I asked the question . . . . :yawinkle:

[Jeff]

Indeed, with the APs, one bolt and the pads are out, that's precisely why I asked the question . . . . :yawinkle:

[shimmy]

[Andyk]

You gotta do some 'proper' trackdays to justify that Andy! :gayfight:

Ah right, so the must remember that the track days at Coombe, Llandow and Goodwood in the last 10 months were make believe...:gayfight: