Experience with CRN brake discs
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Here is the company page:
http://www.crnproducts.co.uk/catalog/
Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...2207&_trksid=p3907.m32&_trkparms=tab=Watching
http://www.crnproducts.co.uk/catalog/
Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...2207&_trksid=p3907.m32&_trkparms=tab=Watching
Ah yes, I was gonna get a set of their grooved disks for the back !
Their website is pretty poor, none of the specs are right for the GTiR...
They also make statements they can't fulfill on their eBay auction... Where they say they can supply Ferodo DS2500 for any Nissan.... Not for for the GTiR they can't !
It's worth a punt for the price of them !
Paul
Their website is pretty poor, none of the specs are right for the GTiR...
They also make statements they can't fulfill on their eBay auction... Where they say they can supply Ferodo DS2500 for any Nissan.... Not for for the GTiR they can't !
It's worth a punt for the price of them !
Paul
They say the parts are for the GTiR so, if they don't fit, the goods are not as described. You could then send them back and get a full refund.GTI R RA said:
If they refused, your card company would deal with it for you !
Again though, there are a few inconsistencies... They say the rear disks are vented, when the stock GTiR ones aren't. They'd also have little friction surface thickness if they were !
They also state they are 5 stud fitment. As we all know, the GTiR is a 4 stud fitment !
I'd give them a call and clear these thigs up. If they give you the answers you want, go for it !
Paul
Black diamond make some grooved, but at £180...:shock:saddler said:
EBC do standard rears, but I'd rather have oil on my brakes...
Not sure about anyone else, I’m trying to find some decent rear grooved discs, but having a little difficulty in getting hold of some.
If anyone else knows someone else that does grooved rears the please post up.
I've got grooved Black Diamonds on the back of mine, got a really good price as I know someone in the trade so it wasn't too bad, but yeah £180 is a bit steep, they've been really good though, no issues at all.
The extra zinc treatment is to prevent the disk going rusty where the pads don't touch it (I think) EBC do the a similar thing iirc, although i don't think it works all that well.
Paul's is a good idea about getting a machine shop to groove a set of std disks. I still hold the opinion that the rear brakes are not nearly as important as the fronts, so I'd say as long as you have good std disks and pads at the rear it should suffice. How would you know if you were glazing the rears if the fronts are working spot on?
The extra zinc treatment is to prevent the disk going rusty where the pads don't touch it (I think) EBC do the a similar thing iirc, although i don't think it works all that well.
Paul's is a good idea about getting a machine shop to groove a set of std disks. I still hold the opinion that the rear brakes are not nearly as important as the fronts, so I'd say as long as you have good std disks and pads at the rear it should suffice. How would you know if you were glazing the rears if the fronts are working spot on?
That's the theory. But, as you say, it doesn't work.GTi-R23 said:
Galvanising (the non dumbed down term for zinc coating) is a waste of money on brake disks as the go through too many variables. They get heat cycled, covered in brake dust and road grime etc...
Galvanising doesn't even work on steel fences and they only go through weather variables !
I agree that the rear brakes don't add much to the overall braking effort but, they are very important for braking stability.GTi-R23 said:
If you go for large, multi piston front brakes and leave the rears as stock, the car will dive and 'squirm' more than it would with an equivalent uprating of the rear brakes.
To kind of reinforce that theory, after yesterdays track action, my rear disks still had the pad marks on them from having the handbrake applied all week.
So, the pads are either very glazed (possible as I had issues with the handbrake sticking on in the past) or, the pressure applied by the rear calipers is quite low ?! The pads are definitely wearing at the rear though !
Paul
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medway galvanising in kent 25 year warenty on there hot dip galvanising remeber it's only a coating much like paint so if you scrape thru it to the metal underneath it will rust, i do agree though that it's not worth doing on brake disc's galvanised product's give of cyanide fumes when heated up to red hot tooyoungsyp said:
