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Title: Would you fit these????
Post by: OMEGAMAN on February 25, 2008, 01:36:56 AM

Front brake pads at £3.49 a pair???

Would you fit these in your performance bike with confidence?

Title: Re: Would you fit these????
Post by: OMEGAMAN on February 25, 2008, 01:37:50 AM

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Title: Re: Would you fit these????
Post by: Steve Lake on February 25, 2008, 07:31:37 AM

might try a pair on the back

Title: Re: Would you fit these????
Post by: guest7 on February 25, 2008, 07:35:22 PM

I have to say that even I might baulk at fitting those (and I'm the bloke who has had a Triple S standard chain on his sidecar outfit for 9,500 miles :o)

GC

Title: Re: Would you fit these????
Post by: Andy M on February 25, 2008, 08:54:08 PM

I sense a deal that's rather too good to be true. ISO9002 is a quality system standard. You can make toilet paper to ISO9002. Why would you note this on a brake pad?

There is no proper standard for brake pads. This is for the simple reason no one can agree. The big boys (company I work for included) would like to go E-marked. The problem is you would then be unable to legally buy linings for your Model T Ford, VW Beetle, Ural etc. You'd have to buy them marked for application (so you'd pay what we decide to sell 'em for  ::)). The UK being stupid would probably require you to present a Ford V5 to buy the Ford pads you know also fit a Vauxhall etc. The lack of a standard is therefore in many ways a good thing as you get a choice other than the ones the OEM picked. It does however require the sensible vehicle user not to buy Chinese knock-offs, which these might well be  ???

On a totally unrelated subject I can get you a chinese made trailer ABS system for £150. The European made version retails at over £500. This is because my employers and their major competitors use a circuit board to control the wheel slip. The chinese pirates use a timed relay to turn off the warning light in the required sequence, the circuit board is otherwise empty.  :o

Caveat Emptor  :-X

Andy

Title: Re: Would you fit these????
Post by: guest24 on February 26, 2008, 11:06:36 PM

Nope. I know shops mark up prices for a profit, but the basic cost must be greater than this? Are they just cardboard pictures that you cut out and out in?