SM GTS Brakes

White tiger

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Great, till when I would have to decide.
I just bought the car and fronts were chnged not so long ago, so I need to see how they will wear under my driving :)
 

conaero

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Can't help but notice the part numbers appear the same for the 2016.

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Indeed, they will fit. Its a regulation issue. For patten parts for cars after 2016, the discs need a test certificate. This costs a lot of money and basically, they are sent to a test lab in Germany, loaded onto a sim and then tested with the appropriate hp. So thus, I can only market them to 2016.

They are covered in full by the manufacturers indemnity and warranty.

To give you further info. The OEM front discs on the GTS are dual cast, ours are solid and a kilo or so more. The Chrysler 300C SRT8 runs a solid disc that fits on the GTS hub but the offset is wrong. The SRT8 is of a similar HP to the GTS.

The SRT8 runs a 6.4 392 Hemi engine with 470 hp and weighs 1835kg
The GTS runs a 4.7 engine with 454 hp and weighs 1880kg

So basically, you have two cars here that have the same underpinnings (Fiat Group Chrysler). One has dual cast, the other solid (as per our SM proposed discs) so there is no issue with running solid discs.

Further to this our discs are high carbon so extremely strong and I am still of the opinion that the warping issues with the OEM front discs are down to the fact that the discs are dual cast and each metal reacts differently to the extreme temperatures put through them...the same way it does with a bi-metallic strip.
 
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conaero

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1. Moz1000
2. Doohickey
3. Sam McGoo
4. Wagons-Lits
5. Jamesc69
6. Dickygrace
7. Wheelybin
8. Gazcw
9. Ceebeedeebee
 

conaero

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I think it was $200 when I quoted on 4200 discs.

If I can get a group of US sales I may organise a single pallet shipment to one trusted member for internal distribution.
 

jw38

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OK...so 695 pounds plus $200 shipping all in? If so, you can add me to the list.

Do you mind if I mention this on the "other" forum? You might see a lot of interest from folks on the other side of the pond.
 
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conaero

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OK...so 695 pounds plus $200 shipping all in? If so, you can add me to the list.

Do you mind if I mention this on the "other" forum? You might see a lot of interest from folks on the other side of the pond.
Not at all.
 

conaero

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If we can get a descent number, I can look to a single pallet shipment to be distributed within that forum which should half the shipping costs.
 

conaero

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Ok, thats the 10 initial sets commitment I was after, I will order them on Friday. Should be 12 weeks, so in time for summer.

43 sets will be in the initial order

1. Moz1000
2. Doohickey
3. Sam McGoo
4. Wagons-Lits
5. Jamesc69
6. Dickygrace
7. Wheelybin
8. Gazcw
9. Ceebeedeebee
10. Hurricane52
 

IanU

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Ok, thats the 10 initial sets commitment I was after, I will order them on Friday. Should be 12 weeks, so in time for summer.

43 sets will be in the initial order

1. Moz1000
2. Doohickey
3. Sam McGoo
4. Wagons-Lits
5. Jamesc69
6. Dickygrace
7. Wheelybin
8. Gazcw
9. Ceebeedeebee
10. Hurricane52
11.IanU