anyone used HI-SPEC big brakes need to know asap please

Ian (DaOne) · Post by **Ian (DaOne)** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:31 pm

these are them

need to give him a answer asap

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... &rd=1&rd=1

what you think?

Ian (DaOne) · Post by **Ian (DaOne)** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:33 pm

last rr i had was 335bhp, and since then have fitted a fpr, apexi avcr, induction kit heat shield, and running more boost. paul@zen said that was what his guess at the bhp was :-) but understand where you are coming from, all pub talk until got the rr print out of it

blacky · Post by **blacky** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:37 pm

Look okay, but Greenstuff pads are like cheese :!:

James Breadvan · Post by **James Breadvan** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:40 pm

So are yellow stuff :-D

frayz · Post by **frayz** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:09 pm

Yellows are 10000000000 times better than the crappy greens.

Greens came recomended by HiSpec.. Never again!! Absolute crap!

Be aware mate that the HiSpecs corrode like mad too.

Here was the set on my old GTi... Billet 4s with 328mm discs.

Ian (DaOne) · Post by **Ian (DaOne)** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:20 pm

what do you think to the ones in the link? when you say corrode, do you mean the dics or calipers?

thanks
ian

frayz · Post by **frayz** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:26 pm

DaOne wrote:what do you think to the ones in the link? when you say corrode, do you mean the dics or calipers?

thanks
ian

They colour of the calipers fade in the sun.

The piston areas are gineric and are anodized.. these last a little longer. However the calipers are joined by a bridging area. This is entirely untreated and is just bare ally.

I can only speak from experience and found that the steel bolts corroded around the ally on the disc bells and the calipers corroded on the bridging areas.

Like i said mate, i can only speak as i find, my set i had about 4 years ago now... so times may very well have chnaged. However from hearing similar stories of poor quality and aftersales service it seems things are still the same.

Im not trying to pee on your fire.. i just dont want to see a fellow BP member spend money they might regret later.

Ian (DaOne) · Post by **Ian (DaOne)** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:20 pm

think im going to take a word of warning on this one and give it a miss, there just seams to be far to much bad rep against this compainy to srug off.

thanks all :-)

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:35 pm

EBC recommend NOT to use Greenstuff on Imprezas. At least that's what I was told 3 years ago by EBC Tech. Dept. That was with OE 4 pots.

Reds were bad enough and ended up cracking on the first track day.