AP Racing 6 Pots - Mine Mine Mine

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I bought a set of AP racing 6 pot brakes a while ago and they arrived today! :evil:

These are the same spec: http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/654776.htm

I will get a picture of them up tonight so you get an idea of the size..... THE ARE MASSIVE!

So yes, I am chuffed! Also I noted very few if anyone has upgraded their 4M brakes..? Anyone on here who has with opinions before and after?

Thanks,

Jack
 
davidch said:
Had these on a old M3, You will like them a lot!!!

I hope you didn't pay what BHP want..Robbing gits!!!
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I hope so!

Pics with my Shell card in for size comparison ;)

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Going to give them a proper clean up tomorrow and then they will get fitted on Wednesday.
 
Nice one £1200 is about the going rate for a 2nd hand set of fronts and they look in good nick so well done.

I missed out on a full set of fronts and rears for £1200 a few months ago!!! :(

You going to get the rears? Do you know that you can just get the rear calipers?1 :thumbsup:
 
davidch said:
Nice one £1200 is about the going rate for a 2nd hand set of fronts and they look in good nick so well done.

I missed out on a full set of fronts and rears for £1200 a few months ago!!! :(

You going to get the rears? Do you know that you can just get the rear calipers?1 :thumbsup:
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I saw those fronts and rears for £1200 also I think and missed them too!

Thing is these have hardly been used and as such the pads have less than 10% wear so I thought £1200 wasn't too bad.

I wasn't aware of that! What is the cost of just the rear calipers and where can I get them from? I will definitely be looking to expand the setup to front and rear!
 
They will look stunning when on, what wheels are you running?

Yeah the rear calipers are approx £450 and use your existing discs. Also the Rear AP discs crack, I have seen about 5 sets which have done this!!! :o

I think Thorney's sell just the rears, or was it Simpsons. :D
 
Alright I was a bit out on price :)

http://www.simpsonmotorsport.co.uk/bmw-tuning/product.asp?id=67&pid=67&cid=7&pcid=12&product=12

£645 isn't to bad as you get the pads with them as well. Also for an extra £20 you can have them done RED to match your fronts. :D
 
£645 Exc VAT... So £741 with VAT.

Quite pricey when the BMW performance 6 POT fronts are £750!! :o

Still, I will probably end up with a set...

Pic of my car for you David... It has genuine CSL's

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Car looks lovely mate! 8) You gonna lower it?

Yeah I think they are a bit pricey to be honest, but once on will look stunning.

The only trouble is that the front discs are plain and the rears are drilled!
 
I have another option which I have nearly ready to fit. Very keenly priced option too. 4 pots up front though, not 6, but as I say, the price is a fair bit less than the APs. Saying that though, those are gorgeous, and will stop and look the business!
 
Good kit - good price well done.

And they work well.

What pads are you planning on?

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davidch said:
Car looks lovely mate! You gonna lower it?

Yeah I think they are a bit pricey to be honest, but once on will look stunning.

The only trouble is that the front discs are plain and the rears are drilled!
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I have considered it, however I have been attempting to abstain from modifying this car... (Lasted a month)

If I do lower it I will likely go for the H&R springs, had coil overs on previous cars and I actually think the Z4 handles well OEM. I was trying to have this car as a stop gap because what I really want is a Ferrari 355 - So modifying is eating into my funds for it!

As for the brakes, even if I do go for the uprated rears it will be running on standard discs!

Another mod I had considered was doing the wheels in gloss white for the motorsport look.... :wink:


Kasteel said:
Looks great, what kind of spacers do you need to place it (or none)?
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No spacers needed for the CSL wheels :D


sixspeed said:
I have another option which I have nearly ready to fit. Very keenly priced option too. 4 pots up front though, not 6, but as I say, the price is a fair bit less than the APs. Saying that though, those are gorgeous, and will stop and look the business!
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Sounds good, assuming you are going for a Brembo caliper? At any rate they are still going to work better than the standard calipers which are tiny for such a highly powered car!




Blacklines said:
Good kit - good price well done.

And they work well.

What pads are you planning on?
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I already have the Ferrodo DS2500's. I am hoping they will be good as I have heard great things about them!

Plus at £220 a set they should be bloody brilliant :lol:

Thanks,

Jack
 
sixspeed said:
I have another option which I have nearly ready to fit. Very keenly priced option too. 4 pots up front though, not 6, but as I say, the price is a fair bit less than the APs. Saying that though, those are gorgeous, and will stop and look the business!
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More information? AP are probably overkill for me :).
 
AP calipers look lovely - I had red 4-pots on the front of my Ibiza Cupra that I sold to get my Z4 - on a car weighing 1240kgs they worked rather well with 312mm discs...
 
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...are what I had on this...
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...which helped keep 911s honest on the track (plus a little bit of breathing help from Dr Schrick) :P
 
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