Disc Fg Brakes Or Hydros?

[dc2 man]

I WAS JUST THINKING THERE ABOUT BRAKES AND WOULDNT MIND A FEW OF YER OPNIONS ON THIS. i am currently running rear disc brakes on my fg beetle and considering the car has quite a lot of alloy the brakes are pretty good,now the thing is im like the rest of you lads out there much wants more.so i am thinking hydros?
now i am debating a few things as follows.
hydro cons as listed ahead.
1-fitting them
2-price
3-maintenance
4-air in pipes and bleeding
now we move to hydro pros.
1-great braking power
2-looks well
3-no cable ajustments
4-more relibale
now we move to disc cons.
1-ajusting cables
2-week braking power(compared to hydros)
3-heavier
4-servo strain
cable pros.
1-cheap!!
2-easy to fit
3-easy ajustment
4-good enough braking power in a cheap easy pakage.
so my conclusion is this, it is hard to decide between the two,its a case of expense over discs and would there be enough extra braking power to justify the extra expence? what are yer opnions on brakes,im intrested to know what you all think,are hydros worth all the hassle and cost?
any help greatly apricated lads. cheers!

 

[Ducky]

Not a hard decision in my book, Hydros for me every time as they just make life easier, and I've never had any issues with bleeding them.

 

[dc2 man]

fair enough,i havnt even fitted my mecateks and iv got front and rears i was offered a good few euros for them so im debating selling them now,its a pain to fit them cylinders though and line them up for the servos,the taughts of removing batterys and everything is a bit of a nussance..
im trying to decide now.

 

[mooman007uk]

I run kpd hydros on all 4, easy to bleed and awesome stopping power, running seperate channels so i can mix fr to rear bias....ebayed them from uk for less than 1/2 of new ones.
Hydros all the way

 

[Ducky]

fair enough,i havnt even fitted my mecateks and iv got front and rears i was offered a good few euros for them so im debating selling them now,its a pain to fit them cylinders though and line them up for the servos,the taughts of removing batterys and everything is a bit of a nussance..
im trying to decide now.

Yeah I know what you mean, some hydros have quite a large m/cylinder. The mecatechs and the Mk2 maguras aren't so bad though. But I'm still making a new top deck for mine so it will all sit nicely.

 

[pwaicon]

If you are considering hydro brakes I would check out Hobbythek, they have what appears to be a good set of hydos at what I think is an excellent price. Here is the link: http://www.rc-car-online-shop.de/lshop,showdetail,3045,d,1230060356-11470,,y1129,,,.htm

 

[Ducky]

If you are considering hydro brakes I would check out Hobbythek, they have what appears to be a good set of hydos at what I think is an excellent price. Here is the link: http://www.rc-car-online-shop.de/lshop,showdetail,3045,d,1230060356-11470,,y1129,,,.htm

Saw that over on HBF, looks to be an amazing price for a nice set of hydros from rc-car!

 

[mooman007uk]

awesome deal, but you do need 2 mounting pedestals for 40 euro for fg monsters and buggies.