Much appreciated George the time taken and that of your own considerations in a step by step analysis - I cannot wait to follow your instructions it saves a lot of time trying to figure things out on your own - Thank you once again -
Ordered brembo pads and MTEC drilled and grooved for the G31 530d as I have always struggled with braking and heat, especially around 140mph to a stop. I'm looking forward to seeing the difference.
Thank you so much for your video. I’ve bought the same ones for Honda Civic type r EP3. Followed all the procedures and realised they are slightly thicker then the originals but they supposed to fit. Do you think are wrong?
I may be wrong but I've watched the vid a couple of times and I'm sure you have the front ones on the wrong side as they're facing a different way to the rears ?
The front is right, it's the back one which is wrong. It belongs on the other side of the car. Try to picture what happens to the water in those grooves when the car is going forwards.
What size are the discs? Diameter and thickness? 324mm x 30mm? And would the caliper carrier be identical mounting points to the pre lci 520d ? As the pre lci 520d are originally 310mm x 24mm discs. Looking to upgrade mine to 324mm but will have to do calipers with carrier aswell to be able to fit and just wondering if the holes will line up on the knuckle ? Thanks
Just the man 👌🏻Bought a set of these from MTEC last month,Drilled & Grooved,Front and Back Discs and Pads and brake shoes/clips ect..haven’t had time to put them on as yet..Those 🤬🤬🤬screws that hold the discs on a a pain 🤬to get off without rounding them off..witch i did 🤷far to tight.air gun know doubt..mine are the same (BLACK) you do have to pay extra for this coating £25…4 Discs they do them in Gold and silver coating..E39 535i V8 Msport (1999) yes an old girl 24 years old this month…far superior Discs compared to the old plain Discs..great vid 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻Steve 🇬🇧
How has the brake disc been for you. I have the same E60 and even OEM rotors are having hard spots . I've replaced 2 sets after about 50.000ks each that sucks
I’ve noticed this video is about a year old. Now you’ve had them on for a decent amount of time, how are you finding them? I’ve just ordered a whole set, with Mintex pads, for the wife’s Civic, so I’m hoping they’ll stand the test of time.
Night and day difference when I put m tec discs and pads on my, still working as should with good life in the pads considering I’ve done 20k in the last year of having them and pads still on around 8/9mm
@@leordeansg brakes held up fine, although i swapped them to brembo slotted ones afterwards. it's basically the same. CLC barely sees any heavy brake use anyways, so it won't matter which ones you pick. fade is non-existent with any drilled & slotted disc.
Surely that rear disc is fitted on the wrong side of the car George? OR the front one is. In that direction it won't throw the water out of the grooves going forward as the front one will.
It doesn't really matter which way the grooves are, they're not for expelling water, they're for scraping off old pad material. The thing that does matter on the direction is the vents because air flows through them to cool them. Hope that helps!
Hey im thinking about buying these in next couple of days. Bit gutted there was no follow up video and your replies for people asking them how they perform is very vague. Would you purchase these again? Are they a solid upgrade to oem? Was hoping to be able to get a bit more of a review
I’m far from a mechanic so don’t know lots about how cars work, but I did not know that the handbrake worked like that. Is that a bmw thing or do all cars with rear disks have those inner shoes ? I’ve leaned something new from your video so thanks
Hi george. Cars looking awesome. The ebay link shows it's for the 530d? Are they same fitment. Are the fronts 324mm and rear 320mm discs. Want the order same. Also the ones in the link aren't black? Any help appreciated.
Hi George Geoffrey here i like your brakes red looks good but i prefer the bmw blue for mine are thoses mteck breakes, avaikable to buy in Ireland .....Geoffeey 👍
Nice job George let us know how they fair over the next few months. And they do look the part. Thankfully you didn’t ruin the Ferrari painted calipers👊🏼
It doesn't really matter which way the groves are pointing, it's the slots that you want pointing the correct way, but this slots are straight and can be fitted to either side
Just open the bleeding screws on each caliper,let them to leaks for a min a half hour,keep always the brake fluid reservoir full and after should be good brakes!Good video anyway!👍
Kasis Sipa it’s not the wrong way round. The direction of the grooves don’t really matter. It’s the slots inside that dictate the rotation. Since MTEC discs are straight slotted, they can be put on either way.
p.s the pedal travel when you first drove may have been from pushing the pistons back, make sure to pump the pedal a few times to bring them back out mate, made that mistake before!
Has anyone here used Mtec discs before or had a problem with them. I am between Mtec discs and Greenstuff pads and EBC Sloted discs and Greenstuff pads. Both around the same price really. Only 20 pounds in the difference in price.
@@lukeharrington4295 I went with EBC disks and Greenstuff Pads on the rear. Changed the brake fluid also. So I noticed no difference day to day. But i tow so i feel better knowing i used good quality parts. I have yet to do the front
Much appreciated George the time taken and that of your own considerations in a step by step analysis - I cannot wait to follow your instructions it saves a lot of time trying to figure things out on your own - Thank you once again -
No problem man!
New wideo, new task hehe. With your tutorials Saved lot of money, and everything works like it should, thx!
Waiting for break fluid flush :).
Peace!
Glad to hear it Andrzej!
Hopefully brake fluid flush and braided lines will be coming soon🙏🏻
Ordered brembo pads and MTEC drilled and grooved for the G31 530d as I have always struggled with braking and heat, especially around 140mph to a stop. I'm looking forward to seeing the difference.
Do you often have to emergency brake at 140mph? lol
@@GeorgeAusters😂
Thank you so much for your video. I’ve bought the same ones for Honda Civic type r EP3. Followed all the procedures and realised they are slightly thicker then the originals but they supposed to fit. Do you think are wrong?
I may be wrong but I've watched the vid a couple of times and I'm sure you have the front ones on the wrong side as they're facing a different way to the rears ?
The front is right, it's the back one which is wrong. It belongs on the other side of the car. Try to picture what happens to the water in those grooves when the car is going forwards.
What size are the discs? Diameter and thickness? 324mm x 30mm?
And would the caliper carrier be identical mounting points to the pre lci 520d ? As the pre lci 520d are originally 310mm x 24mm discs. Looking to upgrade mine to 324mm but will have to do calipers with carrier aswell to be able to fit and just wondering if the holes will line up on the knuckle ? Thanks
I had MTEC to my 325ti. Very very good quality. Now because I’m in Greece don’t know about customs and delivery prices
How do you feel with this brakes on 325ti? Are them good for trackday use?
Just the man 👌🏻Bought a set of these from MTEC last month,Drilled & Grooved,Front and Back Discs and Pads and brake shoes/clips ect..haven’t had time to put them on as yet..Those 🤬🤬🤬screws that hold the discs on a a pain 🤬to get off without rounding them off..witch i did 🤷far to tight.air gun know doubt..mine are the same (BLACK) you do have to pay extra for this coating £25…4 Discs they do them in Gold and silver coating..E39 535i V8 Msport (1999) yes an old girl 24 years old this month…far superior Discs compared to the old plain Discs..great vid 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻Steve 🇬🇧
Thanks Steve!
How has the brake disc been for you. I have the same E60 and even OEM rotors are having hard spots . I've replaced 2 sets after about 50.000ks each that sucks
I’ve noticed this video is about a year old. Now you’ve had them on for a decent amount of time, how are you finding them? I’ve just ordered a whole set, with Mintex pads, for the wife’s Civic, so I’m hoping they’ll stand the test of time.
Yep no issues, done about 15,000 miles and barely any wear on them
Night and day difference when I put m tec discs and pads on my, still working as should with good life in the pads considering I’ve done 20k in the last year of having them and pads still on around 8/9mm
just about to put these on my clc, very excited based on your review, thanks for this!
Glad I could help!
how they holding up
@@leordeansg brakes held up fine, although i swapped them to brembo slotted ones afterwards. it's basically the same. CLC barely sees any heavy brake use anyways, so it won't matter which ones you pick. fade is non-existent with any drilled & slotted disc.
@_vindicator_ yea I'm looking at Brembo xtra compared to the mtec rn
Surely that rear disc is fitted on the wrong side of the car George? OR the front one is. In that direction it won't throw the water out of the grooves going forward as the front one will.
It doesn't really matter which way the grooves are, they're not for expelling water, they're for scraping off old pad material.
The thing that does matter on the direction is the vents because air flows through them to cool them. Hope that helps!
Hey im thinking about buying these in next couple of days. Bit gutted there was no follow up video and your replies for people asking them how they perform is very vague.
Would you purchase these again? Are they a solid upgrade to oem?
Was hoping to be able to get a bit more of a review
They’re decent - hard to say if they’re BETTER than OEM or not. Most of your braking performance is in the pads
I’m far from a mechanic so don’t know lots about how cars work, but I did not know that the handbrake worked like that. Is that a bmw thing or do all cars with rear disks have those inner shoes ? I’ve leaned something new from your video so thanks
Mostly German cars that have this setup👍🏻
@@GeorgeAusters thank you 👍
How had you found the mtec’s. Did you find you went through break pads because of the drilled holes and groves?
They were fine for normal use, no excessive wear👍🏻
Hi. Would you recommend those discs and pads? How's the wear and brake dust?
Thanks for the video. Hoping to get a set for my GS250.
No problem mate!
Hi george. Cars looking awesome. The ebay link shows it's for the 530d? Are they same fitment.
Are the fronts 324mm and rear 320mm discs. Want the order same. Also the ones in the link aren't black? Any help appreciated.
Yes the LCI 520D are the same as the 530D.
Send them a message and tell them you came from my video and you would like black coated ones👍🏻
@@GeorgeAusters much appreciated. Will do that. Thanks 👍
How are you finding these after afew months of using them?
Nice vid usual 👌
Yep still no problems👍🏻
How these discs are after 1 year? Did you still buy them or not?
Yep fine no issues!
Hey, What do you mean about these mtec brakes Discs ?
The quality ?
Thanks
Nice video m8 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Cheers mate
Hi George Geoffrey here i like your brakes red looks good but i prefer the bmw blue for mine are thoses mteck breakes, avaikable to buy in Ireland .....Geoffeey 👍
Yes they ship to Ireland!
Thank you...
They're made in N.I.
you need to hit the brakes when you first change the disks and pads. Doesn't help that they are coated so will take a few seconds a kick in
What insurance company do you recommend for a twenty something to get insured,, who do you use?
I used sheilas wheels this year but always shop around on comparison sites👍🏻
Hi I am thinking of putting Mintex on my E 60 how are they doing Now have you sorted the Break peddle travel
any break noise or Excessive ware
Thanks
Still holding on fine, no issues they are great!
Nice job George let us know how they fair over the next few months. And they do look the part. Thankfully you didn’t ruin the Ferrari painted calipers👊🏼
Will do mate!
Are the disc all on the correct way? rears are set the opposite way around to the fronts.
How do you mean? The discs can only be on one way lol
As in the grooves curving the wrong way. So the rear disc's need swapping over. Or the fronts depending which ones are correct.
Rear groove looks to be wrong way.. Fronts look fine.
It doesn't really matter which way the groves are pointing, it's the slots that you want pointing the correct way, but this slots are straight and can be fitted to either side
George Austers rears fitted wrong mate.
Just open the bleeding screws on each caliper,let them to leaks for a min a half hour,keep always the brake fluid reservoir full and after should be good brakes!Good video anyway!👍
Will be doing them soon👍🏻
Those old discs look in very good condition they did not need replacing.
I wanted to overhaul all the brakes all round👍🏻
One side of disk slightly thiner than the other side. Is there any problems with sliding guides?
I haven’t experienced any problems no why?
Any tips for buying e91 2 or 3 liters diesel car? :)
What do you want to know?
Which engine better. Manual or automatic transmission. Common problems. Xenon headlights or halogen. Mileage.
I'd go with an LCI model with manual gearbox
Any rust on the discs?
Cheers
I have Mtec disc and pads on my 320ci and they seem to be really bad, alot of brake fade
Hello, do you know if clutch fuid must be flushed toghether with brake fluid?
They're separate systems
Are the mtec pads worth getting ?
Yeah mate I only fit them to my cars now and for the price aswell can’t go wrong
How is the brakers rotors after 2 years? Any problems with them?
No issues
the disc will come off without taking the caliper carrier off - you're welcome
How did you drill the retaining bolt out please
Use a large drill bit to drill the head off and then once the disc is removed you can use a smaller drill but to remove the stud from the hub 👍🏻
George Austers cheers buddy
Also I’ve taken the retaining boots out of the caliper but it won’t come off can you advise
David Birt Rear discs?
George Austers no front
David Birt If retaining bolt is out of the disc then give it a whack with a rubber mallet and it should fall off👍🏻
Hi mate.Them rear discs u put wrong way around.Have a look your video or compare to front ones.
Kasis Sipa it’s not the wrong way round. The direction of the grooves don’t really matter. It’s the slots inside that dictate the rotation. Since MTEC discs are straight slotted, they can be put on either way.
Looks decent
Yeah they sure do look good!
p.s the pedal travel when you first drove may have been from pushing the pistons back, make sure to pump the pedal a few times to bring them back out mate, made that mistake before!
Yeah it was definitely part of the reason mate
👍🏼
Has anyone here used Mtec discs before or had a problem with them. I am between Mtec discs and Greenstuff pads and EBC Sloted discs and Greenstuff pads. Both around the same price really. Only 20 pounds in the difference in price.
I'm loving them so far mate.. No problems!
@@GeorgeAusters Great thanks for your review on these
@@Ciaran334 No prob!
@@Ciaran334 what did you go for in the end mate and how did they perform?
@@lukeharrington4295 I went with EBC disks and Greenstuff Pads on the rear. Changed the brake fluid also. So I noticed no difference day to day. But i tow so i feel better knowing i used good quality parts. I have yet to do the front
I’m having problems with the brakes sensors, you were to quick
Ain’t used copper grease since the 80s horrible stuff
i would rather leak the brake fluid and top it up then, than push it back trough ABS pump.
e60 no e65.
E60 5 series
Just paid 200£ for this.