CCM brakes on a V12V

[JohnG1]

Quick question....

If you saw a V12V with 20% wear on the front discs and 10% wear on the rear discs with 3000 miles done what would you think? Is that "normal" for a performance car?

Would I therefore expect to need a new set of front discs at about 15,000 miles?

[rick-derby-]

John has the car only been used for normal road use or track as well, as that does not seem right, possibly for the pads if quite spirited in your driving but even this I would still find unusual, the estimated life of the discs is no where near 15000 miles,

[Adam2S]

Errrr, thats not normal at all. The V12V has carbon ceramic brakes that are supposed to last the lifetime of the car "in normal conditions".

[JohnG1]

rick-derby- said:

John has the car only been used for normal road use or track as well, as that does not seem right, possibly for the pads if quite spirited in your driving but even this I would still find unusual, the estimated life of the discs is no where near 15000 miles,

Ah - Rick - yes, indeed, this is the pads. Note to self - pay more attention.

So this sounds to you that the car has been tracked or else just driven very, very hard?

[michael gould]

Adam2S said:

Errrr, thats not normal at all. The V12V has carbon ceramic brakes that are supposed to last the lifetime of the car "in normal conditions".

agreed .......ceramic discs should last 100k miles

[rick-derby-]

possibly, but late hard braking can also accelerate wear, as can if the pads are tight in the carrier, also what ever the prior usage if you are more sedate then they will last longer in your care, also I presume the pads have been visually inspected rather than actually measured so I would take this just as a guide rather than fact

[JohnG1]

rick-derby- said:

possibly, but late hard braking can also accelerate wear, as can if the pads are tight in the carrier, also what ever the prior usage if you are more sedate then they will last longer in your care, also I presume the pads have been visually inspected rather than actually measured so I would take this just as a guide rather than fact

Thanks Rick. At >£3,700 per corner (main dealer price - no doubt DMS are less expensive) for disc and pads I want to be very careful about this!

[rick-derby-]

The discs should last three to four pad changes so do not worry,

[Good Soil (Pete)]

rick-derby- said:

John has the car only been used for normal road use or track as well, as that does not seem right, possibly for the pads if quite spirited in your driving but even this I would still find unusual, the estimated life of the discs is no where near 15000 miles,

So Rick you are saying the estiamted life of the discs on a V12V is far less than 15K? :-O (hahaha sorry...couldn't resist!)

[Good Soil (Pete)]

JohnG1 said:

Thanks Rick. At >£3,700 per corner (main dealer price - no doubt DMS are less expensive) for disc and pads I want to be very careful about this!

John...If you have 100K for the car you must have 4K knocking about in your sock drawer surely!

[michael gould]

[quote=Good Soil (Pete)]

JohnG1 said:

Thanks Rick. At >£3,700 per corner (main dealer price - no doubt DMS are less expensive) for disc and pads I want to be very careful about this!

John...If you have 100K for the car you must have 4K knocking about in your sock drawer surely!

its not 4k its 16k and that kind of money could buy a lot of socks !!

[Good Soil (Pete)]

michael gould said:

its not 4k its 16k and that kind of money could buy a lot of socks !!

It is a lot of my M&S socks....but not many of these http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1321839/...

[JohnG1]

[quote=Good Soil (Pete)]

John...If you have 100K for the car you must have 4K knocking about in your sock drawer surely!
[/quote]
How very dare you? The contents of my sock drawer are a matter strictly between my and my socks!

But it's £3,700 per corner, so £14,800 for all four. Now that much would only fit in my underpants draw :-)

[3rtt]

And this is what happens if you hit those cermaic brakes too hard.....



Doh....