VF2 Brembo Brakes

[struggo]

Guys

What's the minimum rotor tolerance (thickness) recommend by Holden?

DBA state the following for the Redline,

30mm DBA42604
26mm DBA42074

Edit: Link to DBA chart, https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjAAegQIChAB&usg=AOvVaw0m4jAhPbfAZu5oDHYY2wmB

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Guys

What's the minimum rotor tolerance (thickness) recommend by Holden?

DBA state the following for the Redline,

30mm DBA42604
26mm DBA42074

Edit: Link to DBA chart, https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjAAegQIChAB&usg=AOvVaw0m4jAhPbfAZu5oDHYY2wmB

That's correct.

30mm front and 26mm rear

 

[struggo]

That's correct.

30mm front and 26mm rear

Thanks RB.

I found this also,

 

[MasterC]

So 2 months has passed. And I'm still 3 mm from the screamer. Good ol suttons

 

[Ron Burgundy]

So 2 months has passed. And I'm still 3 mm from the screamer. Good ol suttons

As expected

 

[MasterC]

As expected

A month on...it hasn't moved. Haha. I bumped into a mate at Suttons. He was going in for brakes. I checked it and laughed at him. Showed him this thread. He went home. I checked it yesterday on his Colorado and same thing. It hasn't changed.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

A month on...it hasn't moved. Haha. I bumped into a mate at Suttons. He was going in for brakes. I checked it and laughed at him. Showed him this thread. He went home. I checked it yesterday on his Colorado and same thing. It hasn't changed.

Classic...and Suttons is allegedly one of the better ones

 

[chrisp]

At the last service, the dealer was insistent that my rotors and pads needed replacing. The fronts were apparently so bad that they needed to be done before the next service, and the rears should be done at the next service. They couldn’t provide me with the measurements but assured me they needed doing. They did, however, provide an eye watering quote to replace them.

I did a quick and dirty measurement of the front rotor when I got home. It was a little difficult to do an accurate reading as I simply used a micrometer while the wheel was still on. I measured the rotor at 31.05mm - a little less than 50% worn.

I decided to buy a set of front pads anyway and replaced them about a month or two later.

I’ll let the pictures tell the story...

Be very careful of dealer’s claims!

 

[MasterC]

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Classic...and Suttons is allegedly one of the better ones

Going from a VS to a VE to a VF2 redline, I lost touch with my car. The VS I did everything (and previous cars). The VE was a Calais and it turned me off because it was so complicated. Forgot that it isn't a BMW and that brakes are brakes. Just because they're RED it doesn't mean they're different

 

[Ron Burgundy]

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Going from a VS to a VE to a VF2 redline, I lost touch with my car. The VS I did everything (and previous cars). The VE was a Calais and it turned me off because it was so complicated. Forgot that it isn't a BMW and that brakes are brakes. Just because they're RED it doesn't mean they're different

I take mine to dealer for service because it's still under warranty.
I do interim oil service (4 and a half months) myself and they don't need to know.
I also did brakes myself (prior to Brembo upgrade.

I plan to do work that I can, myself once it's out of warranty unless it is some complicated electronic crap....

I also do all work on our Mazda which in 5 years needed nothing but oil changes/filters and brake pads.
And my old man's 20 year old Toyota that never breaks