Right I need advise/help on up grading my brakes so please post your opinions on what to use ie st170, cossie, Ap/Brembo ect

I've 17" Wheels

Cheers

 

St170 conversions are good or i see most people on here using hi spec brakes

 

depending on what wheels you have i would go for some AP 330's.

another option would be brembo calipers[focusRS/evo/fiat etc] and get some bells and brackets made up.

 

do not use hi spec, complete shit and the customer services are even worse,
i am really pissed of with them, sending them back tomorrow, and demanding
my money back

i am not usually like this but they have really messed me about and am not
at all happy

 

hi spec now fitted instead of sending back took 4 hours or so to do one
as caliper needed modifying and spacers constantly being changed round,
they fit but still only go for them if you fancy doing that, ideally i would not
of spent half my day with a file in my hand

 

Right well might not bother with brembos or ap's is the st170 hard to do

 

st170 is Easy mate ,just a couple of 10mm spacers

 

I've got a nice set of 4x4 cossy calipers going for sell carl.

 

Think I may have just got some ST170 Calipers/hoses/and fitting stuff

All I need are BIG disks ...... Whats recommened??

 

Is Wilwood any good?

 

I've got a set of Wilwood 4 pots with 300mm discs on alloy bells on the front of my S1; i've just got to put them on now !!! Will let you know what they're like.

RegardS

James

 

Quick update.... Got my st170 calipers the lad gave me the 300mm disks too for free only prob is ones meant to be warped Still sorted now

 

That'll be me


I had really bad vibration which is why was going to change the discs (but went fitted brembos instead )



It was the offside disc which was warped and it was pretty bad to be honest...( it might be possible to get it skimmed up??) I really don't know. Worth a try though which is why I thought you may want them

 

Hey john

The disks dont seem to bad altho the back of one has a a chunk out of it.... Maybe that was the cause

 

Hmmmm Are you getting any vibration at all? I know about the chunks missing out of the back which is what I thought may have caused the vibration.

I've fitted my new brakes and is cured the vibration I was getting

 

ive got 4x4 calipers with 2WD disc, but the calipers need some grinding

 

As Dave ( Twins ) said , they are easy to fit and I abused mine something chronic on The Beds Track Day and not a sign of warping either. Got Focus rear disc conversion on the back too.

A very cheap effective conversion. I would say that you would be better off getting original discs as some replicas are very prone to warping

Cheers
Dave

 

ive used 4x4 clipers and 2wd disks
pretty good set up caliper needs a slight trim to fit a 15" wheel
i abused them too much so ive now got ap's

 

What's the people with 15" wheels gonna do if they don't want warping ? would the st170 fit under a compomotive wheel?