Grooved discs - noisy?
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jcas

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262 posts

259 months

Friday 13th April 2007
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This may be a bit of a silly question but just want to check.... I've fitted grooved discs on my E30 and now there is a very loud rumbling when I brake - is this normal, due to the grooves?

Cheers, James

steve_d

13,798 posts

273 months

Friday 13th April 2007
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Would not think so.
How long ago were they fitted i.e. have they had a while to bed in?

Steve

GreenV8S

30,899 posts

299 months

Friday 13th April 2007
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I don't hear anything under normal braking but get a murmuring sound under heavy braking. Different calipers/pads/groove patterns are likely to behave differently though. It's certainly not unusual to get noises from grooved discs.

Podie

46,646 posts

290 months

Friday 13th April 2007
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I've got grooved & spotted disks (front and rear) on the Mondeo... boy are they noisy! Had them checked over to make sure nothing was wrong... just seems it's one of those things.

wildcards

4,061 posts

232 months

Friday 13th April 2007
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Yep, I've had grooved discs before and they were quite rumbly.

jcas

Original Poster:

262 posts

259 months

Friday 13th April 2007
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Puts my mind somewhat at ease, still a bit disconcerting though....

m1key

1,092 posts

299 months

Tuesday 17th April 2007
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I've got grooved discs on my Golf VR6 and they do grumble a bit, more so when braking hard. At the time of fitting I was told they would be a bit noiser than standard discs and that crossed drilled & grooved ones more so.

haggle

863 posts

228 months

Monday 23rd April 2007
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yep they can be noisy and give pedal feedback the grooved ones on my car make a almost electric buzz when heavy braking

That Daddy

19,209 posts

236 months

Sunday 29th April 2007
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Grooved fronts(no holes)no hissing graunching or anything,lucky i guess i was expecting some hissing but no,not much help am icurse