R26 2-piece disk options

Get J-Hook ones from Reyland.

 

Better quality as far as i know.

 

last time i was up at godspeed there discs were actually AP blanks.. bit worrying the cracking though,
id let them know whats happened.. they could well be interest to follow up..

 

Godspeed no
Reyland yes
Speak to Martin at Reyland tell him you know Jd red Megane he will look after you.
I live down the Rd from him and had 2 sets so far and have been amazing.
Really would recommend Reyland

 

No worries I would of done the same before I tried them

 

I think Performance Friction have a good reputation and a solid UK operation. I certainly will be switching to their 2-piece discs when my OEs are worn.

 

Why would that be a bad thing? Ususally oem has better manufacturing.

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They are indeed butchered x5 items. They used to be sent out in the boxes with the x5 part numbers on them.

 

You would think.
An x5 is dimensioned for hauling heavy stuff. It needs to be able to perform under heavy load and at long descents. Ie much bigger weight (12t including the trailor, or even empty car of 2 and some tons) and long braking times.
Do you really think a track where heavy/hard and short braking times with a ton and a half car are present is worse then a 10-15min constant breaking?
You would be very suprised non of the track discs would handle that load.
Dont just simpy asume that the track ride is the worts load, insted learn a bit and then bash on something being bad.

 

Lads take this advise or don't.
Reyland Disks are as good as the top brands.
Don't be fooled into thinking otherwise.
Top Tip

 

Sonic take it from me the reyland disks are more then enough for a megane.
Don't waste your money on the brands there is no need.

 

To be honest are the oem disks any good?
Ive always ran 2 piece disks even when I collect my 65 plate cup s I took them off due to me having reyland disks of my old 265?

 

Hmm, there's some brand new Reyland ones on eBay, being sold by a Martin Hadland, for £535 - are these not the same 330mm ones he's quoting you £690 for?!

 

The 330mm kit is £525 plus postage on their website???

 

Ahh right yeah.

 

Is you change your washer bottle for a R26R one they are half the size so it creates more space

 

I have the V3 versions on mine.

 

I have the V3 versions on mine.

 

Why is floating disk so important?

 

It's true, he does lol! Bespoke but still PFC rotors and v3 setup

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182390182319
If it's of any use to you Not cheap mind...

 

Sonic i must of dreamt it then. No need for such a curt reply chap but seeing as you're calling me out...

 

Even if you don't go for the V3 which would require a new bell I'd still plumb for AP or PF. By the sounds of it you give the brakes some stick so worth the upgrade. I'll be taking mine off the car this weekend to put brembo hc and ds1.11 back on.

 

Thanks for the link.

Sorry I should have rephrased the question. Personally I don't think you need them, I raced in a championship like many in the UK that had as part of its rule set regulations that meant one couldn't have floating disks. The Porsche Club championship I was in required standard disks even after they went to Pirelli slicks from 2013 on, these standard disks and calipers on many cars were no bigger or fancy than on our Meganes but everyone had the best pads they could afford (Pagid RS29 I loved) and plenty of cooling ducting. Having said that though I hated running slicks on my car as with the stock disks and pad size even stamping the pedal down as hard I could I couldn't get the ABS to kick in (organisers wouldn't change the rules to allow my car to run bigger Porsche calipers which became a bit of piss take trying to compete against newer cars with more power and bigger brakes). Still though never once overheated the brakes to the point the pedal went soft, despite always boiling the fluid out of the reservoir. On our Meganes many people driving on track days seem to run into brake overheating problems which tells me they need to be looking at getting cooling air into the disks before spending loads of money on fancy setups.

Having said all that I always wanted more braking performance, car pulled 1.5g in the corners but could never get over 1.1g on the brakes and seemed to be limited by the stock ancient ABS system and other components we had to run. Still though looking at your picture you have cracked the disk probably from running it so hot and its likely IMHO that without getting cooling into the brakes you will just keep chewing through disks.

 

Only going back to them over winter as it's my daily. So pointless running expensive pads and discs on a daily commute so they'll be back on when the weather picks up and track days are booked.

Standard wheels with winter tyres etc etc will go back on also.

 

what HJH says, cooling over upgrading

 

Has anyone had any success with brake ducting on the MK2 Megane, in the form of deflector plates and piping.