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Old October 16th 2007, 22:07
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Ouch!!! $$$

... Just run them perhaps and see if they pull or are dodgy?
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Old October 17th 2007, 01:12
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"If you have a $5 head buy a $5 helmet"

Don't risk running worn out breaks fro the "cool" factor. I'd rather run old iron discs and live to get ripped into for it, then run worn out ceramics and have people talk about how cool my car looked at my funeral....

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Hey Alex,
The remark about the cool factor is really below the belt!
The whole point of this for me is to save upsprung weight. The difference in disk color nobody will notice anyways.
My current disk weighs 8,2 kilo
These are 3 kilo each lighter...That is HUGE!
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Old October 17th 2007, 09:54
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Sorry Wally, I didn't mean it as an attack at you.

I can totally understand why you'd want to use them, i mean they do have many advantages over steel discs heat dissapation, weight etc (other then the cool factor! )

All I'm saying is if they can't be used safely, don't use them at all. Tread unknown waters with caution.

Best of luck!

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All I'm saying is if they can't be used safely, don't use them at all. Tread unknown waters with caution.
Now, I can only agree to that!
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Old October 17th 2007, 16:08
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awesome, we're definitely on the same page. keep us posted on your progress!

best of luck!

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