Recent content by freelounger

eBay item 234968274920 We've all got them! They had a £10 discount token when I bought mine.

Well, that's ok then... Same product, same problems! I think, if I was shopping for new discs again, I might have spent an extra penny and got the EBC version... But I can live with these. Mine had a sqeak on first take-up for quite a while -- I think that's gone now. I don't know whether to...

Maybe it's something I wouldn't spend more than £200 on. I think I'd be better off persuing my secret alternative plan than spending the price of two spare vehicles on the folding roof! But someone with loads'o cash may want it.

@andyfreelandy How are you getting on with these? Mine are bedded in now and they work well. Do yours give some pedal vibration and noise when braking hard from a respectable speed? Only when pushing the pedal hard.

How much would you like for that?

Replaced the dodgey seatbelt for the Driver position Cut down the cage and re-fitted it

If you have black smoke, fuel flow is unlikely to be the problem. You don't have enough air flow for the amount of fuel.

Could be turbo. Check all the vaccum hoses, replace the turbo control solenoid. Made mine ALOT better, my symptoms not as severe as yours but I had the black smoke under heavy load, that's gone now.

Given the diameter of the discs vs the diameter of the wheel and the weight of the vehicle, they seem rather under-specified. The 2001 mini, for instance (he says, looking outside for an example) is several hundred kilos lighter, with smaller wheels but bigger discs, and the demands on it are...

Although, if I was given strong evidence that mine are the wrong way around, I really wouldn't be bothered to take them off and refit them.

I can't believe you've fitted the very same ebay special discs as mine this week. I've had grooved and dimpled discs on another car and, while you can hear the sound they make, it isn't irritating and the brakes feel more "immediate." Which I think will be a good upgrade for the freelander...

I'm saying Renault 5 (turbo?)!

I have EBC discs on a mini and EBC specify to do it this way...so I did it the same with these cheap ones on the freelander. I should have paid the extra £30 for the EBCs so the orientation would be irrefutable!

I was under the impression the grooves were designed to vent stuff out, not draw it in! I don't know why they have holes.

I fitted new front calipers, discs and pads today. The old sliders were solid and corrosion was merrily working away between the pad friction material and backing plate, giving occasional problems. All done proper now!