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Old 03 November 2011, 08:56 PM
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Default Brembo brakes - staggering proportions

There's something about seeing a set of Brembo's (at least the discs, haven't received the callipers yet) on your living room table. They are just mahoosive

2 front discs - almost 3 1/2 stones





Next to tonight's dinner (may have some solids too ) - wine looks like a bottle of Bud' against 13" dia...



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Mine are Godspeed's two-part discs: they have alloy bells and are lighter, but same size as above.
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It's not a wonder our new age scooby's are lardy attaching 3 1/2 stone discs and then huge callipers to the front
Old 04 November 2011, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by alcazar
Mine are Godspeed's two-part discs: they have alloy bells and are lighter, but same size as above.
How much lighter exactly? - Ian?
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Who cares so long as you can stop !



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Old 05 November 2011, 12:17 AM
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They call us Newage owners "lardy" for a reason !

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Lol the courier that delivered the box of front and rear brembo discs and pads I bought from Godspeed, thought...and I quote... I'd bought..."a fvcking anvil !"
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Lol the courier that delivered the box of front and rear brembo discs and pads I bought from Godspeed, thought...and I quote... I'd bought..."a fvcking anvil !"
lol , It always makes me smile when our couriers pick them off from us , looks like he's about to **** himself as he picks them up , that package is about 32kg in total
Cheers Ian
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I would enjoy that too
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Try lifting a six speed box...
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Just shipped a set of front & discs to Slovakia, they weighed in at a mighty 36.5 kilos!
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Jesus, how much did it cost, they weigh about half what i do, might be cheaper to post myself to croatia
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Originally Posted by dunx
Try lifting a six speed box...
I did today
Old 06 November 2011, 06:55 PM
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I was guessing at 20kgs when I posted mine off.. scales said ~36kg.

Do work bloody well though
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Originally Posted by 53
I did today
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