Added more desirable Akebono calipers to an old Jeep WJ
Pros: more desirable
Vehicle:
Jeep Grand Cherokee
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Was lucky and found a set of 996 calipers front and back from someone that was parting out a carerra. Couldn't be happier with them, pedal is firm and confident inspiring
Pros: firm pedal, confident inspiring
Vehicle:
BMW
The little non sport Akebono calipers on q50’s are know for warping the OEM rotors. I went through 2 sets of OEM and kept getting the vibration when braking from highway speed before eventually buying some shtty Chinese “drilled and slotted” aftermarket’s. Never had the issue since.
Pros: no vibration when braking
Cons: warping OEM rotors
Vehicle:
Infiniti Q50
The only thing I found lacking were the OEM brakes. I upgraded this once I started with the HP upgrades. I added an Alcon 6 piston set.
Pros: improved braking, 6 piston design
Cons: OEM brakes lacking
Vehicle:
Audi S4
Red Power Stop Performance front and back calipers
Vehicle:
BMW
Giant 370z Track model calipers in the house this evening
Vehicle:
Nissan
I recently did a brembo 18z caliper install and sadly my Audi s3 wheels do not clear the calipers. Plenty of room around the barrel, but the spokes hit. i will be adding a 10mm spacer to make them fit.
Pros: plenty of room around barrel
Cons: spokes hit calipers
Vehicle:
Audi S3
I just did my rear brakes! I forgot to plug one of the caliper motors back in. And tried to take it out of maintenance mode, it freaked out. But luckily it was fine after I reconnected the caliper.
Pros: fine after reconnecting
Cons: freaked out
Vehicle:
Mazda 3
I bought new Power Stop calipers. I have not been able to get the brakes fully bled since then. The pedal was really bad. Even after multiple bleeding attempts, including by a shop, it's not perfect. My power bleeder also couldn't seal with these calipers.
Cons: difficult to bleed, pedal still bad
Power stop reman parts are trash. Only buy them if you’re planning on re-rebuilding them yourself with oem parts. Out of the multiple sets of calipers, all of them had issues like seals not fitting or being torn up, blasting media left inside the caliper or slide pins, pistons being scored or rusted, etc. The red powder coat was decent though lol.
Pros: decent red powder coat
Cons: seals not fitting, torn seals, blasting media left, scored pistons, rusted pistons
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