Administrators hughezee Posted September 28, 2020 Administrators Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 I have been an avid supporter of ADL Blueprint ADH24383 or Febi 31399 front discs, which both come from the well respected Bilstein Group. They are pretty much the double the thickness of the OEM disc although no a perfect fit when it comes to the pad position. Nevertheless, they're a great aftermarket solution and will give years of trouble-free service. However, I have started to notice a better selection of aftermarket parts popping up for the coupe and I spied some Brembo 09.6752.20 on Eurotrash ECP... So I thought what the hell and picked some up today... Well as you can see below they fitted, but I don't think they would be very safe over an extended period, if you take a look at the carrier gap, this space could easily allow the pad to slip out at 70% worn which could be lethal. Thankfully when I purchased my new calipers from the USA they came with new carriers but they didn't fit the blueprint discs I had previously fitted, so I reused the old ones. So rather than chalk it up and take them back I decided to dig out the new carriers and they fitted perfectly (pictured below). So be vigilant when fitting any aftermarket discs, your life could depend on it. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mc Posted September 28, 2020 Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 I was about to go ooooo and look at purchasing some. I really struggled last summer for some front discs after one got gouged when out on a long trip and the pad went. Are the blue print ones still a descent option? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted September 28, 2020 Author Administrators Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 45 minutes ago, Andy Mc said: Are the blue print ones still a descent option? Yeah, they are a good choice or genuine ones via cox motors, worth messaging them see what they can do price-wise? : https://www.coxmotorparts.co.uk/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted September 28, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 The Civic / crv / stream disks are same size then as Coupe? and another Chinese jobby. 😞 Haven't needed front disks but good to know they cross ref with other models. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted September 28, 2020 Author Administrators Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 10 minutes ago, PTR200S said: The Civic / crv / stream disks are same size then as Coupe? and another Chinese jobby. 😞 Well, they won't actually fit your car safely despite being sold to that effect and the vast majority all come from china these days anyway. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted September 29, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 7 hours ago, hughezee said: the vast majority all come from china these days anyway. Sadly, you are right, noticed a lot of stuff recently with China stamped on, stuff we used to produce in this country. Just bought a chipper with a "honda" engine in, a Loncin engine....made in China under license from Honda 😞 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Retro Rich Posted September 29, 2020 Founding Member Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 This is scary stuff. It’s something I’ll be watching out for if I work on any car 😳 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted September 30, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted September 30, 2020 Like i said 30 years ago, it'll all come to a sticky end making things in foreign parts. Sadly one of those times i don't like being proved right. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted September 30, 2020 Author Administrators Report Share Posted September 30, 2020 Totally agree with you Dave, these discs were definitely intended for the USDM models and I guess they don't care about the 200 ish remaining UK models, likely the LHD euro models too... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Brett Posted September 30, 2020 Founding Member Report Share Posted September 30, 2020 Good job Stu Chinese steel is pants up to the old British steel but as Dave says it’s the way things are going these days. BTW I like the red carriers.😁 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted September 30, 2020 Author Administrators Report Share Posted September 30, 2020 20 minutes ago, Brett said: BTW I like the red carriers.😁 All the calipers and carriers where pre powder coated red, I liked it for a while but have painted them all black now... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Brett Posted September 30, 2020 Founding Member Report Share Posted September 30, 2020 9 minutes ago, hughezee said: All the calipers and carriers where pre powder coated red, I liked it for a while but have painted them all black now... I must admit I still like the OEM look in silver. But black is good with the right alloys 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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