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Re: Ford; Give us a "brake"
Rich wrote:
> On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 07:48:11 -0700, Rick Olive
> <rickolive@N0SPAMcomcast.net> wrote:
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>>Rich wrote:
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>>>$480 Can. for Mach-1 brake pads?
>>>-Rich
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>>Everyone's mantra should be "Ommmmm.... Never go to the dealer
>>Ommmm...". TireRack is the way to go. Got 4 new rotors and all brake
>>pads for $500 for the '03 Cobra. Only problem with TR pads is the spring
>>clips don't come with, and OF COURSE one of them broke when I pulled 'em
>>off. Ford couldn't (wouldn't?) sell spring clips separate from an axle
>>set of pads at $100! Solved that one at the local NAPA for $13.
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> I'm trying sets of the new Monroe (God help me!) Premium pads.
> $140 Can or about $120 U.S. All the clip hardware seems to be
> included along with the anti-squeel stuff. The little square
> tool to rotate the rear pistons was about $20 Can. One thing
> that is odd is how small the pads are on one set. Tiny, actually.
> -Rich
The rears ARE pretty damn small. Even as bad as they are, stock Cobra
brakes are still better than S281 (SCARY!). Next time I do brakes, which
is probably every 30-35K judging by past and recent experience, I'm
doing the calipers and lines as well.
Let us know how those Monroe's work. The Hawk GPS are good but noisy.
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