Stoptech's

[RedUn]

Brakes are on the car, the kit is very well finished and everything fits perfectly

Fitted the stoptech pads for now with some motul rbf660 fluid, bedding in procedure completed and the brakes feel good, nice firm pedal and very progressive.

Few pics of the brakes fitted...





Fronts...

 

[Beedub]

your car should be feeling pretty freaking ace right now...

between those dampers and brakes .... the car has all the changes it really needs to perform on a different level.

 

[BMWZ4MC]

Looks awesome I look forward to hearing how they perform on track. I presume 18" wheels won't clear the front discs and callipers?

 

[ga41]

Looks awesome I look forward to hearing how they perform on track. I presume 18" wheels won't clear the front discs and callipers?

The 355mm disks clear the stock 18" wheels but the calipers need at least 10-12mm spacers. The 380mm kit needs 19" I believe.

 

[BMWZ4MC]

Cheers. If I go down this route, I want to be able to continue using my 18" track wheels.

 

[TomK]

Cheers. If I go down this route, I want to be able to continue using my 18" track wheels.

If your track 18's are oem then you can use the ap5575 caliper and 356mm disk, they fit (just!) with no need for spacers.

 

[BMWZ4MC]

They're not, Tom. They're light weight wheels of an unknown offset (secondhand), but they do fit without spacers even when running square-shouldered track tyres, so they're roughly OEM size. Anyway, I'm too poor for APs!

 

[ga41]

Cheers. If I go down this route, I want to be able to continue using my 18" track wheels.

Depending on their design you may or may not need spacers to clear the big calipers. Front OEMs needed but rears didn't for example.

 

[BMWZ4MC]

As long as the disc and calliper fit within the wheel, I suppose a bit of fine tuning with spacers is inevitable. Already I have marginal wheel clearance inboard at the suspension uprights and outboard at the wheel arch liner, which necessitates using different spacer sizes for each set of wheels. Hopefully the additional factor of a BBK won't complicate that delicate balance too much!

 

[RedUn]

your car should be feeling pretty freaking ace right now...

between those dampers and brakes .... the car has all the changes it really needs to perform on a different level.

Its completely transformed now which I'm glad about as I was slightly nervous it wouldn't be as good as it is!

I just need to tweak the damper and arb settings now to get it just right

 

[RedUn]

Looks awesome I look forward to hearing how they perform on track. I presume 18" wheels won't clear the front discs and callipers?

Hoping to get a day in the next month or so, I will let you know, I've given them some hammer on the road and so far they are very stable and consistent, if anything I expect the pads may let them down slightly purely due to the friction they offer as they aren't full on track pads.

Will definitely not clear on 18s, I had to remove the weights on the 19s (outside edge) as they were in contact with the caliper :evil:

They do make a smaller disc version with the same caliper that I imagine will fit 18s, 355mm from memory. If you visit their website you can print a template off and try it inside your wheel