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Old Oct 24, 2010 | 10:43 PM
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actually, its a hk co but made in china I believe. I dont know this co personally but just heard from kenji so I am not in a pos to make recommendation, good or bad. the reason why I showed an interest is this gives me the possiblity to custom make floating discs in oem size for my 323.

1 thing I would say though, china is the worlds factory, a lot of stuff on ebay are probably from china. if you really want to be safe, go for european goods rather than us. euro cos do check the goods received wheras us ones just take the goods by trust, allegedly. do what song bill does, buy german.

Originally Posted by mark_hk
I honestly question the quality of HK made components. I had hub spacers made custom for my car, but after riding on them for a few days/weeks, they snapped and broke.

I am now using H&R and they are just fine...

The prices for US made components are quite attractive on the forums, and with the good feedback from other people who have installed it gives me more confidence.

Just my 2 cents.
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Old Oct 24, 2010 | 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by kcleung
actually, its a hk co but made in china I believe. I dont know this co personally but just heard from kenji so I am not in a pos to make recommendation, good or bad. the reason why I showed an interest is this gives me the possiblity to custom make floating discs in oem size for my 323.

1 thing I would say though, china is the worlds factory, a lot of stuff on ebay are probably from china. if you really want to be safe, go for european goods rather than us. euro cos do check the goods received wheras us ones just take the goods by trust, allegedly. do what song bill does, buy german.
Not all German stuff are good
The disk that keith is using which maybe warped is made in Germany too a company called Zimmermann.
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Old Oct 24, 2010 | 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by pinguhk
Not all German stuff are good
The disk that keith is using which maybe warped is made in Germany too a company called Zimmermann.
might be the boss of zimmerrmann is a chinese.

of course there is no guarantee and can only provide some general guideline,

joking aside, do what song bill does, call them up and talk to them. I did w ebc and decided not to buy their product after my enquiry to them by email.
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by newbie2
did the Active steering warning still there?
The car is now perfect apart fromt he vibration.
The engine run smoother and the cabin is quieter after the engine rubber changed

The car drives very nice and i think i had made a very good decision of repairing it rather than selling it
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by newbie2
Keith

If you go for 545 brake, let me know and we may order together.....

But I think we should also change to steel brake pipe for 545 brake, right?
As Ricky said, we should go the the calipers only, and buy the discs and pads separately.
I tried to search on Ebay and seems not many available there.
Will ask AK to see how much for a set of brand new
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by pinguhk
Not all German stuff are good
The disk that keith is using which maybe warped is made in Germany too a company called Zimmermann.
i am not sure it is warped or not, but when AK took the wheels off last week,
i saw uneven wear on the discs.

But just let you guys know the EBC redstuff is awesome, i still got 90%+ left after an year driving,
seems it will never wear out
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by keith84_uk
The car is now perfect apart fromt he vibration.
The engine run smoother and the cabin is quieter after the engine rubber changed

The car drives very nice and i think i had made a very good decision of repairing it rather than selling it
thanks god
I was worried you going to get a 7er
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by keith84_uk
As Ricky said, we should go the the calipers only, and buy the discs and pads separately.
I tried to search on Ebay and seems not many available there.
Will ask AK to see how much for a set of brand new
yeah it is very hard to find them on ebay not matter 545 or M5
I saw a set of M5 front for sale 2 weeks ago going for 150 pounds and it was sold for 180 pounds in the end
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by keith84_uk
i am not sure it is warped or not, but when AK took the wheels off last week,
i saw uneven wear on the discs.

But just let you guys know the EBC redstuff is awesome, i still got 90%+ left after an year driving,
seems it will never wear out
get Will to drive it for you and I bet it will ware out with in a weeks drive
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by pinguhk
he already have ssl
I just order my from UK $670hk from UK ebay.
my sister is bring them back.
if you what to buy them here is the link
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Goodridge-Brai...item3a5ba58abb
hk$670 for 1, right? so we need 4 X $670 = $2680
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