Borg & Beck: quality is key for proven stopping power
Braking components provider First Line, whose portfolio includes the Borg & Beck brand, has emphasised the importance of specifying and installing premium quality components that have been manufactured to exacting specification, to ensure the required standards for braking performance and durability are maintained.
“When it comes to effective braking for the country’s thousands of commercial vehicles (CVs), whether on the power unit or the trailer, guaranteed performance and complete dependability should be non-negotiable qualities,” said the company.
“For the sake of both the driver and other road users, as well as for the general public, the consequences of such large objects failing to slow down or stop in time, can be grave.”
First Line says its Borg & Beck Braking programme offers the aftermarket a trusted, premium quality range that delivers enormous stopping power as well as remarkable durability. Users of Borg & Beck brake pads and discs include BTRA racing teams Cole Trucksport and Smith Racing, which will again be fitting the components to their racing trucks for this year’s season.
Global sales director, Kevin Neaverson, said: “All of our braking components are fully tested and checked during production for premium quality assurance. These are just a few reasons why Cole Trucksport and Smith Racing rely on our braking components.
“Moving from having to change brake pads every race to now only changing them once a weekend is a massive benefit for the teams, as it saves an impressive amount of time, and best of all, still delivers the same performance.
“Getting feedback from the teams and seeing for ourselves just how effective the pad and disc combination performs under the most extreme of conditions is a superb way of demonstrating the facts that we have been expressing to existing and potential customers and fully endorses all of the technical research that has been put into the development of the Borg & Beck CV braking programme.
“We trust the racing will soon be able to get going again and wish Simon and Brad all the very best for an exciting and successful 2023 season.”
Alongside its premium braking programme, the company’s CV range includes steering and suspension, water pumps, and rotating electrics, to fit key applications, such as DAF, Scania, Renault, Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, MAN and Iveco.
Cited benefits include a comprehensive warranty and excellent availability; and the full CV programme can be looked up via application or cross reference in the company’s online catalogue, WebCat.
