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Apexsupplydirects writes these notes from the workshop floor in Brisbane, so the brake and exhaust advice comes from parts we have fitted and measured ourselves.
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Nothing here is written for search engines. Both articles started as a phone call that deserved a longer answer, so we wrote it down once instead of explaining it forty times.
Scoring, a lip on the outer edge and a blue tint each mean something different, and only one of them can wait a fortnight. We go through the four signs that actually tell you something and the ones people worry about for no reason.
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The cheaper option is not automatically the wrong one, and the dearer system will not automatically sound better. Where the extra money goes, what changes at highway speed, and how to tell which one suits the car in your driveway.
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The articles come out of the work, not the other way around. These are the two jobs that keep the bays busy.
Pads, rotors, fluid and caliper service as one job, with rotor thickness measured before anything is ordered. Bed-in run and road test before the car goes back to you.
From $749 fitted
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Cat-back and axle-back systems supplied and fitted, with hangers checked against your actual underbody rather than a catalogue drawing. Stainless and mild steel, both guaranteed.
From $1,290 supplied and fitted
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Not articles, just quick notes. The kind of thing we would tell you at the counter.
A mid-year running change can turn a pad that fits a March build into one that does not fit a September build. Same model name, different part number.
Rotor thickness decides whether machining is legal or pointless. A pair of calipers costs less than a wasted Saturday and a courier fee.
A system that sounds great in the driveway can drone at 100 km/h. If you do a lot of highway driving, ask how it behaves at cruise before you pay.
Wondering what any of this costs to sort out? The full list is on the price page, and there is more about the people writing these notes on the about page.
Send it through. If it is something more people will want to know, it becomes the next post. If it is just your car, we will answer it directly, which is usually faster anyway.