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Managed a few other jobs before delivering the car to the body shop. The brakes were not feeling great so i went for new discs and pads from my bargain spares hoard. The passenger rear disc had uneven wear and on review i discovered one of the aftermarket pads had completely disintegrated. Replacement disc quality is a bit meh but the pads are genuine quality Saab. I'll be doing the front discs and uprated pads, front and rear hoses and maybe the rear calipers (prefer to rebuild original) but the result is already improved braking and less stuff to fall over.
I also picked up Aero spec springs to match the front and replace the HD springs previously fitted. These dropped the rear slightly more than i was expecting but have given it a more planted feel without any loss of comfort. Downside is the car might be slightly nose up now so i may need to think about spacers as i liked the previous stance. Pleased/surprised that the relatively cheap B4's fitted 4-5 years ago still look and feel like new unlike the flaky Spax and Avo fitted to my VW. I may look to fit B6's on the front but the back feels spot on now.
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