AP Pads & Rotors

[O'Neill]

You can run rs14 down to 2mm as they dont brake up, however rs29 I think should be replaced 4-5mm as the tend to disintegrate below that.

However ive run both down to metal to metal :smokin:

Was you on 29s at Oulton:hahaha:

I have a set on the car with about 8mm f/r and a worn set with 7mm f/r.

3/4 track days between the two sets ??

[billyboysm3]

Remember rs29 come with 8.5mm on each pad. Think mine have managed 5/6 days, two being wet.

[shimmy]

Mine are low, reckon 2mm. So will let you know at weekend/early next week when changing over.

I didn't notice any difference in bite, hopefully discs are alright.

Def change them as hey will Run out before lunch at Donny, worse case you end up in the litter or maybe there is a worse case again!

[northernjim]

If you can see that the outside pads are down too 2mm, then you can bet that the inner pads are completely fooked :whistle:

[billyboysm3]

Mine are low, reckon 2mm. So will let you know at weekend/early next week when changing over.

I didn't notice any difference in bite, hopefully discs are alright.

[shimmy]

How low should you let rs29s go before replacing?

You can run rs14 down to 2mm as they dont brake up, however rs29 I think should be replaced 4-5mm as the tend to disintegrate below that.

However ive run both down to metal to metal :smokin:

[O'Neill]

How low should you let rs29s go before replacing?

[shimmy]

Considering how much groove you still have left in the disc, I'd say you were unlucky with that one

Probably a factor of what disc options I was using for both .

[Graham]

Considering how much groove you still have left in the disc, I'd say you were unlucky with that one

[shimmy]

An earlier one

[Graham]

Mine are nowhere near that, they just have the heatcracks in the centre of the disc, have done for 6 months+!

And I have more grooves than that still, so going by your standards my discs have loads left on them lol

[shimmy]

I try to catch them before they get like this!

[Graham]

Blimey Jim :hahaha::hahaha::hahaha:

They are nothing like that thankfully. But yeah I suppose a visual inspection is hard to gauge an idea of the condition. I'll have to see if anybody has one of those thingy-ma-jigs (technical term)

[northernjim]

i go to Questmead mostly

last time I bought these were prices with discount;

RS29 E8018 - £188.92 + vat (FEb 2012)
RS29 E1265 - £155.86 + vat (Feb 2012)

AP front Disc £192.41 + vat (Jan 2009)
AP rear Disc £169.83 + vat (FEb 2009)


And Performance Friction discs from Alyn at AS Performance were;

PF356.32.0054.04&03 = £231.13 ea + £10 postage

how thick are rear pads for AP's then:whistle:

[northernjim]

I'm going to take a pic of my discs and see what you all think.

you need one of these really ( if you are a proper geek like me)



or just change them when the cracks look like this...