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[JG]

It's the fact he parked in a shopping centre car park through choice that surprised me most!

 

I'm actually amazed i got into it, have you seen the raised obstacles to get into the John Lewis carpark? 

[JG]

Fitted a new spoiler

 

 

[gingerjon]

I don't think that one is mounted far enough back to generate the correct levels of downforce JG........

[JG]

Yay a few new toys, a long time since that has really happened:

 

 

To go with a set of these as a 308 (J-hooked (you can have whatever you want) for fannies like me ):

 

And one of these...

 

 

...to evaluate OBDtuner

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

When the ECU comes back it will have parcel tape over the plug pins

[Gedi]

Oh wow, I didn't realise you'd found some 308 rotors at a decent price (I'm assuming you paid the £245 it says on their site?)

This post makes me happy, I want some new rotors for my AP kit

[JG]

yep You have to thank Tom (Mr Fez). He found them.

 

You'll need a 190 PCD with your AP Bells (rather than the 177 i ordered to go with the Plans Motorsport Bells i have)

 

This is quite a good chart:

 

[JG]

When the ECU comes back it will have parcel tape over the plug pins

 

ok...

[JG]

Oh wow, I didn't realise you'd found some 308 rotors at a decent price (I'm assuming you paid the £245 it says on their site?)

This post makes me happy, I want some new rotors for my AP kit

 

Oh and i also got a new set of AP bolts, nuts and washers (don't go with any alternatives) for £16 a set. Also supplied by Reyland. 

[Gedi]

According to the original AP specs, their discs are 26mm new and replaced at 24mm. These are only 25mm when new, so I'm hoping they're able to widthstand the applied forces when they get down to 23mm

[chris_uk]

I need new discs so might get some of these.

[Bargi]

yep You have to thank Tom (Mr Fez). He found them.

 

You'll need a 190 PCD with your AP Bells (rather than the 177 i ordered to go with the Plans Motorsport Bells i have)

 

 

Is this with a 4 Pot setup or will it go onto the standard AP kit?

[JG]

According to the original AP specs, their discs are 26mm new and replaced at 24mm. These are only 25mm when new, so I'm hoping they're able to widthstand the applied forces when they get down to 23mm

Correct, but the Astra GSi disc we all use with the 4 pot is 25mm too. So 25mm will be fine. A 1mm wear lip is actually quite a lot and you can get three sets of the reyland rotors for the price of ap ones. Sure, the iron quality may be a bit weaker but I'll never notice. At worse they will wear a little bit faster. Ray, these are indeed for the 4 pot (BBK) setup, but would also work with a 288 rotor or standard ap calipers and spacers ( you could go for 295s with smaller spacers)

[Gedi]

I've just done a wee bit of reading and it appears the Astra 1.9 CDTi (which uses the 308 discs) are rated at 25mm new and 22mm minimum. I'm pretty sure if that's the spec for a car ~500kg's heavier than ours, then we shouldn't have any problems with 25 -> 23. However, I'll double check with reynolds just for piece of mind.

[JG]

And in lightning fast time:

 

 

 

[JG]

Btw, it appears that the base disc is a Pagid disc.

[fezzasus]

Btw, it appears that the base disc is a Pagid disc.

Good to know, do you have a side shot of the veins?

[JG]

Not as pretty as an AP, but good enough

 

[JG]

5.25kg for the rotor on its own. 

[2GOOD]

Btw, it appears that the base disc is a Pagid disc.

If it makes any difference, according to the owner of performance braking in Monmouth. Pagid themselves don't make their own discs, it's just a deal done with the name.