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Date Posted: 04:28:12 09/19/02 Thu
Author: David Lewis
Subject: Replacement Brake Discs

I though I'd just post information on experiences with my V6 as it seems a pity if the only postings are desperate cries for help.

This is information for anyone who is suffering the same brake disc wear problems that I have experienced on my V6.

The rear brake discs wore out at 35,000, which is just so bad that I actually complained to Peugeot as the units should be experiencing very little stress in use and should last the lifetime of the car. Of course they just muttered on about friction components not being covered by warranty, even if they are wearing out far to early, and would accept no responsibility. So I replaced them with discs sourced from Brembo as Peugeot could hardly complain about non standard equipment as they fit Brembo brakes to the car.

Having done that, just 10,000 miles later, the front discs wore out and I didn't even bother to talk to Peugeot as I knew what they'd say. I sourced a set of drilled and grooved Red Dot competition discs from Need for Speed Ltd of Helensborough, who had found the Brembo rear discs for me. Red Dot machined the discs specially for me and they were delivered in just one week from ordering. I matched these with Red Dot fast road pads and am very happy with their performance. Even under high speed braking the car holds a better line than with the appalling Peugeot discs. The special high performance components actually cost me only �27 more than original Peugeot parts and I am hoping for a much longer life than 45,000 miles. A set of Honda discs on a 2.3 Prelude lasted me 120,000 miles so you can see that it's not the way the car is being used that is responsible for the high wear rate and consequently why I was not exactly happy with Peugeot. The only downside to this modification is that the competition pads set do not have the low pad wear warning light contacts built into them so I shall have to inspect the pads regularly to monitor wear. I suppose I could have fitted Peugeot pads but I'm not feeling well disposed towards them.

My next modification is fitting a Broquet fuel catalyst pack in the fuel tank. I'll give details of that when it's done in case anyone is interested in this clever little gadget of which I have previous experience and about which I can only report good things.

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