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Old 09-24-2003, 09:06 PM
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Default Best deal on ATE brake fluid?

Guys,
Who has the best deal on ATE brake fluid? I need to buy a case or so.
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Old 09-24-2003, 09:23 PM
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I just bought 24 cans and it worked out to about $8.50 from OG Racing.
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Thanks Rick. Did you order online or have to ask for a case discount?

Thanks for the links Kim.
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Greg,
I might be able to put a case of mixed Gold and Blue together for you.
I think I have 2 1/2 cases left from the "they are not going to make any more blue scare" last year. Let me know and I can bring them to Indy with me
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Greg
Try FCP Groton @ $7.95 a can.
I recently bought a case. S&H was reasonable, service was friendly, delivery was fast, and the order was right. I'm just a happy customer.
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Greg,

I ordered via phone. I ordered a bunch of stuff at the time & joked with the person on the phone that I should get a discount - it wasn't much but it helps.

I wish I had the links above because it's clearly cheaper.

Rick
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Thanks Guys.

Eric,
If you have that much extra I would be glad to "take" it off your hands. Are you sure you want to deal with this at INDY? Let me know.
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Please Eric don't take that stuff to Indy, one of HWFMR boys will drink it and it can't be healthy (even for turtles)!
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ummm,
Kim,
what is "motul 600" ?
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ahhh...Thank you Kim
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I heard from the folks at Motul last week that Motul RBF 600 recently went up to $15. per bottle list from $10.
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At the risk of asking the obvious, is Motul or SRF worth the premium?

The club here wants fresh brake fluid (< 3 months) before every DE. If I run the Motul or SRF, would it make a difference? Sure would be nice to not bleed my brakes as often.

On a side note, saw an E36 M3 having its brakes bled with a Motive bleeder. I think it was a 15 minute job, tops, with all wheels on the ground. But then again, given how crappy the OEM brakes are on those cars, perhaps that's why BMW designed it to be easily bled.
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I haven't found a reason to go to anything more expensive that the ATE Blue or Typ200. When I did DE's with my street car I could go for 4-6 events without needing to bleed the brakes, I had some cooling ducts though and that helped a lot.
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Castrol at a relatively inexpensive 65/liter. A friend uses it in his SPF Cobra.

http://www.raceshopper.com/castrol_s...ke_fluid.shtml
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Originally posted by Silver Bullet
Relative to what?
Gold.


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