Bill's Grooved LCR Discs - Opinions

[grasshopper]

Those of you who have purchased Bill's (Badger 5) LCR grooved discs can you let me know your opinions on their performance & what pads you used with them?

Thanks

 

[Mitchy]

I have them with the DS2500 pads.

I uprated the fluid aswell to castrol superdot 4 and the difference it made over the standard setup is very noticable. SEAT invested in the brembo callipers and then stuck rubbish pads in with them

I can do big brake stops from 150 down to 0 with a lot more confidence than before, there seems to be no fade at all now!

On a negative point, heavy braking is a little more noisier with the grooved discs but they look very

 

[Ruddmeister]

I have them with the DS2500 pads.

A vote here for the DS2500's but then you knew that already

I have the std non grooved discs

 

[neil_f225]

i have just fitted 2 piece ap discs with ds2500 pads to my lcr. Just bedding them in just now but will be interesting to see how they withstand track abuse....especially the nurburgring as that killed my standard discs.

 

[CUPRA99]

How much are the discs as I need to get some in a couple of months?

Cheers

 

[danielbarnett]

just fitted a front pair of drilled and grooved discs. cost me £105 for the pair. Didnt bother changing the pads as they are still quite new (not sure of the make). Took a day or 2 to bed in but, a real massive improvement over standard. Well worth the money and dead easy to change, took about 30 mins with 2 of us.

They are from National and i was told they make black diamond discs.

 

[Si]

Daniel, Was that for an LCR? If so from where as that is super cheap!!!!

I'm thinking of getting the standard blanks and get a local engineering place to groove them for me, as i'm not a lover of the ATE Powergroove style that Bill used.

Bill would stock normal 10 groove disks?

 

[Ruddmeister]

just fitted a front pair of drilled and grooved discs. cost me £105 for the pair. Didnt bother changing the pads as they are still quite new (not sure of the make). Took a day or 2 to bed in but, a real massive improvement over standard. Well worth the money and dead easy to change, took about 30 mins with 2 of us.

They are from National and i was told they make black diamond discs.

Are they for a Cupra or Cupra R, as the Cupra R runs a different size disc and aftermarket replacements are difficult to source

 

[danielbarnett]

for a cupra t, they were 312mm, think they are the same discs for cupra r and t, got them from longton motor accessories near me. 01782 599304 top bloke and cheap to boot. Does some storming deals on anything.

 

[ZBOYD]

Im running the grooved discs and the DS2500 pads from the Badger. No complaints here, very good, much better at stopping than the standard Brembo pads, the grooves just help deglaze the pads so they are bit more eager to stop.

I did have the Carbon Metallic pads, which give awesome stopping power, but at the cost of the fact they eat your wheels, and cover them in ****.

The DS2500 are a great substitute, clean and squeek free, and are really not far off the potential of the CM's either.

 

[danielbarnett]

will ring them now actually and get a price for the pair and ask about delivery for you guys who are nowhere near the shop!

 

[Ruddmeister]

for a cupra t, they were 312mm, think they are the same discs for cupra r and t, got them from longton motor accessories near me. 01782 599304 top bloke and cheap to boot. Does some storming deals on anything.

Cupra 20vt has smaller, thinner discs and no Brembo's

 

[danielbarnett]

think the r is 323mm

 

[Ruddmeister]

think the r is 323mm

Do you have an R or cupra 20VT

323mm x 28mm IIRC

 

[Si]

Yep

 

[danielbarnett]

ive got a 20vt not the r - on the phone now to Longton Motor accessories
hes got to ring the supplier, will ring me this avo as they are on lunch

 

[danielbarnett]

but anyone with a cupra t, just to re-iterate, its a top mod for your brakes and damned cheap too.

 

[danielbarnett]

ok here goes £129 for a pair of drilled and grooved vented front discs for cupra r 323mm, thats all in carriage to the shop and vat bargain!

 

[Ruddmeister]

ok here goes £129 for a pair of drilled and grooved vented front discs for cupra r 323mm, thats all in carriage to the shop and vat bargain!

Drilled look great but I wonder how they would cope with circuit use or better pads and on road use, in terms of cracking?

My OE discs used to get mega hot hauling the lard arse LCR down from speed at Donny and even on the road.

 

[danielbarnett]

i would imagine a lot better as they will dispense of heat quicker and the grooves will help also. They can only be better than standard and for £129!!