Brake upgrade for B4 - a few more questions

[DacerX]

whoops wrote that when i got home from work at 1am and must have fallen asleep and then clicked it when i woke up, my bad

[99GTB]

 lilmissB said:

Cheers aim - better suspension done & dusted - certification pending.... :-)

As for track days.... I do have an interest.... just need to be dragged along to my first one, then i'll be sure to enjoy it and wanna go again some time. But will probably never get into it too seriously cos i don't wanna go down the weight reduction route - i like my nice heavy sub box, and the interior is one of the main attractions to the B4, and the reason i wanna keep it for a while - i've found most other newer cars interiors i've seen have that nasty cheap plastic look to them.... *do not want*.

But yeah I can't say i've ever felt brake fade on the road either. Have gotten things nice and hot stinky, but not actually experienced any fade. But hey, it's a cheap upgrade, and as you say the 4 pots can be made to look sweeeet.

I agree with you regarding not wanting to go down weight reduction route, I have gone for the much more power and 4pot, 2pot brembos route to compensate for the sound system and luxury. (requires rear brake adaptors to be machined up)

Rosco's seem alright priced and as previously mentioned 4 pots don't require cert and look good. When you have the spare cash I would get the calipers and some bendix ultimates pads (or similar) assuming your discs are in good nick and some good fluid. I know a few people who like the motul RBF600 fluid including myself. BNT are usually a good place to go for fluid, pads, rotors etc.

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 99GTB']

[quote name='lilmissB said:

Cheers aim - better suspension done & dusted - certification pending.... :-)

As for track days.... I do have an interest.... just need to be dragged along to my first one, then i'll be sure to enjoy it and wanna go again some time. But will probably never get into it too seriously cos i don't wanna go down the weight reduction route - i like my nice heavy sub box, and the interior is one of the main attractions to the B4, and the reason i wanna keep it for a while - i've found most other newer cars interiors i've seen have that nasty cheap plastic look to them.... *do not want*.

But yeah I can't say i've ever felt brake fade on the road either. Have gotten things nice and hot stinky, but not actually experienced any fade. But hey, it's a cheap upgrade, and as you say the 4 pots can be made to look sweeeet.

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I agree with you regarding not wanting to go down weight reduction route, I have gone for the much more power and 4pot, 2pot brembos route to compensate for the sound system and luxury. (requires rear brake adaptors to be machined up)

Rosco's seem alright priced and as previously mentioned 4 pots don't require cert and look good. When you have the spare cash I would get the calipers and some bendix ultimates pads (or similar) assuming your discs are in good nick and some good fluid. I know a few people who like the motul RBF600 fluid including myself. BNT are usually a good place to go for fluid, pads, rotors etc.

I want a dedicated car that isn't my daily before I go weight reduction. Caged coupe. Yes please I'll get one, one day.

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anyone knw how much those Rev D wheels are worth? really like them:)

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