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Re: Pad wear indicators

Post by ga41 » Sun Mar 27, 2011 3:26 pm

I got the Axxis ULT's, similar dust as the stock ones and slightly better bite once they warm up a bit. Overall i'm happy with them.
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Re: Pad wear indicators

Post by Aliv6 » Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:36 am

Just ordered them. £92 inc delivery etc. Bit more than the site states, but marginal really.
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Post by ga41 » Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:59 am

Aliv6 wrote:Just ordered them. £92 inc delivery etc. Bit more than the site states, but marginal really.
Make sure you bed your pads in properly, go to a quiet straight road and accelerate up to say 100kph then brake hard (but no ABS) down to 10-15kph, make sure not to stop completely though, do this procedure 3-4 times minimum.

Some good info here: http://www.stoptech.com/technical/
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Post by pvr » Mon Mar 28, 2011 11:12 am

Agreed with above, otherwise you will have the squeel of all squeels ...
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Re: Pad wear indicators

Post by gmetcalf » Mon Mar 28, 2011 11:12 am

I changed all my pads and sensors at the weekend, and would advise ordering new sensors. The guys are correct you don't NEED one if its not been triggered, but its VERY hard to get the old one out without breaking the brittle plastic....
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Re: Pad wear indicators

Post by Aliv6 » Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:05 am

Yeh, bedded plenty of sets of pads before, i know the score! :)
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Re: Pad wear indicators

Post by daz05 » Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:12 am

So what are the advantages over these in comparison to OEM, do they withstand heat better?
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Re: Pad wear indicators

Post by Aliv6 » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:39 pm

Better bite i'd imagine! TBH, i should of probably just bought OEM ones, nowt wrong with them...
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Re: Pad wear indicators

Post by Wondermike » Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:53 pm

daz05 wrote:So what are the advantages over these in comparison to OEM, do they withstand heat better?
Just the dust I suppose, I would buy OEM ones again for stopping power, but they are dusty :(
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