Spangly brakes

[johnny_h]

I'm selling my billies and 2 pots to buy some gaz coilovers, i'll need some new discs and calipers to chuck on em, it's only for fast (ish) road use so does anyone have any recomendations? Also are alloy hubs worth adding? CheeRS

[Vista]

Depends on your budget Johnny and indeed your level of driving skill.

 

All the fancy alloy willwood (& similar) calipers are very nice and like the alloy hubs will save on unsprung weight, but if you (like me) are of average rather than superhuman driving ability then I'll doubt you'll see much return for the extra money it'll cost you over above the price to fit some princess 4 pots and stick with your standard hubs. Unless of course the OSDC is where you plan to spend some of next year, in which case all the saved weight helps.

 

For what it's worth, if you do go for a set of spaced princess 4 pots, then fit them with a set of rally designs 257mm discs rather than a standard set of 2.8i discs. This avoids the pad overhang problem that comes from using standard 2.8i discs.

[RETRO_AL]

RD do a cheap willwood kit,somebody on here has done it,cant remember who tho

[johnny_h]

Cheers Vista, I have my heart set on some nice ally calipers with cross drilled vented discs. I have a rally design catalogue here and there are loads of different wilwood calipers. Would love to know who's fitted what

[mk1mexico]

RD do a cheap willwood kit,somebody on here has done it,cant remember who tho

 

Iv just fitted the RD powerlite kit with 265mm discs and fast road pads. Also braided lines but i already had them they didnt come with the kit.

Bear in mind i dont run a servo, i saw a huge improvement over the m16 set up and they look the nuts.

 

Oh and Vista the kit, including discs, calipers and bracketery cost 200 plus the VAT. pads were 20 plus VAT. Now my Princess 4 pots(calipers only!!!) made 155 quid on ebay. Know which ones id rather have for a relatively small difference in price

[mk1mexico]

Pics fitted Johnny

 

[Rick]

whats wrong with the brakes your using and are they for sale?

[johnny_h]

mk1mexico, that's a great help ta That set up was 200 quid? Is that a side? lol

 

Rick, I'm sending off my RS struts to gaz and thought I would sell my billies with brakes to fund it http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0173674077

[Rick]

bah ebay

 

i only wanted the calipers dude. nm

 

how bout i give you 38000 ugandan dollars?

[mk1mexico]

mk1mexico, that's a great help ta That set up was 200 quid? Is that a side? lol

 

Nope thats the full kit, the calipers are that light i thought they had sent me empty boxes

[antz]

mk1mexico, that's a great help ta That set up was 200 quid? Is that a side? lol

 

Nope thats the full kit, the calipers are that light i thought they had sent me empty boxes

 

sounds like ill need some of them for teh future

[Vista]

Oh and Vista the kit, including discs, calipers and bracketery cost 200 plus the VAT. pads were 20 plus VAT. Now my Princess 4 pots(calipers only!!!) made 155 quid on ebay. Know which ones id rather have for a relatively small difference in price

 

£200 does sound cheap, but £155 doesn't, if princess calipers are fetching that on eBay then don't buy them from there. I paid £25 for mine out the small ads, to be on the safe side I bought a £10 seal kit and hey presto 4 pot brakes

[mk1mexico]

Fair play but find another set.

[bmxdave]

Those Wilwoods are well swish. Im gonna have to get me some of them!