Brake Caliper Upgrade
- Thread starter ibroker
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Not sure what you mean by non chav upgrade, or what ‘the Brembo look’ is, you can upgrade with non shouty colours. Do you want bigger calipers, 4 or 6 pots for increased stopping power for example, any upgrade on a 35is will be costly. These fit and are approx 2k, about the cheapest bigger calipers AFAIK. I think you can fit the 4 pot calipers too, but these are about the same price so why not go 6 pot.
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Twin Turbo
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The options you have is BMW Performance rotas - as they fit, however, the issue will be the E-brake.
You can not have smaller rotas, as your car came with - otherwise it will fail the MOT
34110444738 these will not pas an MOT on an 35is
I think these are an better option
4-piston-calipers yellow: 34106855475/6
4-piston-calipers red: 34106855477/8
4-piston-calipers orange: 34106855479/80
discs 370x30 mm (perforated): 34106797603
dust cover: 34116792237/8
brake pads: 34116859066
Or these http://pbbrakes.com/brake-kits/bmw/z4/bmw-z4-e89-09-up-front-big-brake-kit.html
However these are for show - if you want to improve stopping power - pads are the best place to start
You can not have smaller rotas, as your car came with - otherwise it will fail the MOT
34110444738 these will not pas an MOT on an 35is
I think these are an better option
4-piston-calipers yellow: 34106855475/6
4-piston-calipers red: 34106855477/8
4-piston-calipers orange: 34106855479/80
discs 370x30 mm (perforated): 34106797603
dust cover: 34116792237/8
brake pads: 34116859066
Or these http://pbbrakes.com/brake-kits/bmw/z4/bmw-z4-e89-09-up-front-big-brake-kit.html
However these are for show - if you want to improve stopping power - pads are the best place to start
ibroker said:
To be fair the standard stoppers are ample on the 35is unless you’re tracking it as I’m sure you know, and as Twin turbo says pads are the first place to investigate if you need a little more bite.
Personally a bright silver would look good on a Valencia orange car, but then I’m fairly conservative....thinly disguised as boring.... :lol:
If you go for drilled, slotted discs then you need to upsize the rotors (to make up for lost surface area) and calipers. A good example of this can be seen on a mercedes 220 (latest car). The cars are performance and weight identical but the AMG sports pack car has drilled discs, as a result the disc size has been increased to almost as big as it can be and completely fills the inside of the wheel.
Another top tip for drilled discs, try to get them with countersunk drillings, reduces cracking.
At the end of the day though, just changing/upgrading pads will have an identical effect..
Another top tip for drilled discs, try to get them with countersunk drillings, reduces cracking.
At the end of the day though, just changing/upgrading pads will have an identical effect..