Brake upgrades

[rob fd]

What is a good brake upgrade kit for the fd? What have people used/using? AP brembo etc.

 

[SiH]

What are you using the car for dude?

 

[rob fd]

What are you using the car for dude?

Fast road and couple of track days a year.

 

[SiH]

Realistically you'd probably be ok with something like DS2500s and a full refurb of the calipers. The stock brakes are pretty damn good! I suspect if most people were honest with themselves they'd realise that probably 'upgraded' for cosmetic reasons...

 

[jdmr_neil]

Realistically you'd probably be ok with something like DS2500s and a full refurb of the calipers. The stock brakes are pretty damn good! I suspect if most people were honest with themselves they'd realise that probably 'upgraded' for cosmetic reasons...

Totally agree with Si , the oem 4 pots are excellent but usually need a good refurb which transforms them. I went with stoptech discs, lines, pads the lot with good quality fluid.

 

[rob fd]

Well it should certainly save a few pennies over an AP kit. I have no real complaints about the brakes to be fair I just assumed they would fade badly on track. Any recommendations for somewhere to have the calipers refurbed?

 

[SiH]

My option of choice was 'kitchen', but 'garage' may well prove more popular with othet family members.
It really is piss easy, and not something I'd pay someone to do.

 

[rob fd]

My option of choice was 'kitchen', but 'garage' may well prove more popular with othet family members.
It really is piss easy, and not something I'd pay someone to do.

Fair play I'll have a crack myself then. Next question lol. Best place to get a rebuild kit?

 

[jdmr_neil]

I bought mine cheap as chips on eBay, not much you can go wrong with tbh

 

[rob fd]

Cool cheers guys

 

[JoeLanger]

My option of choice was 'kitchen', but 'garage' may well prove more popular with othet family members.
It really is piss easy, and not something I'd pay someone to do.

Rears are a bit of a faff though aren't they? not actually done them on the FD but tried on the MX5 and thought... fuck that

 

[SiH]

Rears are fine. Standard sliding caliper and unscrewing the piston affair

 

[JoeLanger]

Rears are fine. Standard sliding caliper and unscrewing the piston affair

Thought there was lots of magic to make the handbrake mechanism to work?
Oh, I'm talking about changing the piston though, yeah changing the seals is easy enough.

 

[Sacrilegious-FD]

I tried my stock brakes with decent tyres, RS4 b7 calipers and discs of eBay get them rebuilt then get dynotorque to make you kit.

 

[rob fd]

The idea of saving some money in the braking department does appeal. The general consonances seems to be that stock brakes refreshed are good enough so that is the route i will probably take.

 

[tomCTR]

Julian is breaking that track FD, had F50 brmebos on, might be worth firing him and email and seeing if you an bag them cheap

If not just do what everyone else says and upgrade discs pads etc man

 

[rob fd]

Julian is breaking that track FD, had F50 brmebos on, might be worth firing him and email and seeing if you an bag them cheap

If not just do what everyone else says and upgrade discs pads etc man

I don't seem to be able to find that. Do you have a link?

Cheers

 

[tomCTR]

On the fduk Facebook group buddy, I’ll ask Julian for you

 

[rob fd]

Cheers bud

 

[DaveRX7FD]

i went with d2 6pots and 330mm rotors... but mine was more cosmetic than performance.. fills the wheels more.. stopping not bad either..

also running 17" alloys