Interested in seeing if anyone runs a set if grooved or drilled discs on a vRS. Saw a black vRS today with some drilled discs and they looked great. I'd want them purely as a visual upgrade as I know better pads or a big brake upgrade would be better. I've always liked drilled discs on the sportier Mercs too. Anyone shed any light on them?

drilled disc crack would never use them

drilled disc crack would never use them

That's sorted that then Right now to decide on tea.....

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I had zero sixty grooved and dimpled discs and Tarox strada pads from awesome GTI. Id say the brakes were worse than stock. kept the discs andmoved to DS2500s whihc were better. Personally id just stick to OEM discs

Edited 28 January, 201115 yr by janner_Sy

Having played about with drilled/grooved discs over the years (on things like Impreza's) I would say they are all about appearance and add nothing to braking performance. Drilling just seems to weaken the discs and grooves just seem to make them a little noisier on braking. I would only fit a OE-quality standard disc from now on.

Theorectically drilling/grooving offers advantages in terms of helping disperse gassing from the pads, cooling and water removal - in practice I never noticed any improvements.

The idea behind drilled/grooved discs is to improve the cooling and water dispersal on performance cars. From what I can see from these discs you will get neither of the benefits when braking and nobody, unless they are a bonafide petrolhead with an anorak, will notice those discs hiding behind the wheel. I'd keep the standard discs if I were you and just fit some uprated pads.

Ian

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Woodworms?