Replace Brembo Rotors & Pads

[mikeford]

Any suggestions for replacing the original Brembo front 6 pot/rear 4 pot pads and rotors with non Brembo items?

Perhaps DBA 4000 or 5000 series rotors and EBC red stuff pads?

[Benny]

Give Matt at Race Brakes Sydney a call. He'll be able to supply some DBA replacement rotors and various pad options at great prices.

Benny

[Flukey]

Is it true that it's about $5K for replacement Brembos?

[Adrian_F6]

surely not....

you can buy calipers, rotors, pads and lines brand new off ebay for 3-3.5k

[Benny]

I think a whole new setup 6 spot front and 4 spot rears with DBA rotors is about $4.2K. So just rotors and pads is going to be a whole lot cheaper than that.

Benny

[arm79]

Is it true that it's about $5K for replacement Brembos?

Ford replacement prices I believe so.

Last time I checked, for the fronts, the discs are $800 or so each and the pads are $800 or so. So on Ford prices, factor $3000 to $3500 for replacement genuine Brembo stuff.

Was too scared to price the rears.

Obviously aftermarket is significantly cheaper.

[Samboc]

Found this after a quick search on the web.

http://www.bsmsport.com.au/ecommerce/?categoryID=9

Don't know if this is good or bad, but I found it interesting

[Buf-Phoon]

Ford quoted me $2750 to replace front rotors and pads with OEM product.

Ended up fitting DBA slotted rotors on Bendix Street Road Track Pads for $1500 installed

Better initial bite than std Brembo setup and no fade

http://www.bendix.co...et-road-track-0

[HIRO F6]

Hiro Performance will happily beat Race Brakes on price for DBA rotors.

Dont be affraid to support your forum sponsors Benny. Forum sponsors and donators are the ones that keep this site above water for your benefit

[TyZoom]

I needed new discs and pads for the front at spot on 48,000 on my BF II F6 (4 pot).

OEM looked like it was going to be expensive so I went with Race Brakes and DBA 5000 with SBS Pads, the idea being an upgrade and cheaper at the next change as you keep the top hat section.

The initial bite was great with no fade but I got issues with them at 67,500ish after a track day. DVT I think is the description, but the sympton is disc shudder.

I put up with it for months and finally skimmed them within a mm of the tolerences at the 75,000 service. By the 80,000 they were shot so skimming doesn't work so well with these large discs.

In a nut shell as I got 48,000 from the OE and only 32 for DBA (or even 20 before they developed a shudder), there might be some value in the OE.

Now that I've got a newer F6 I will have the same dilema when the OE discs are done. So far they look fine as the car has 30,000 on it (I'm 2nd owner) so I might get more if the previous driver was easy on them.

The DBA and SBS combo was spot on for feel and was exactly what I asked Matt for but they were noisy, not sure if others have found that, but it is nice to have the window open in traffic again and not hang my head in shame sounding like I need new pads or just don't look after my car ;-)