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Brake caliper Akebono or Brembo
Robert has been extremely responsive and clearly knows his stuff
Pros: extremely responsive
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
I have a set installed on my B6, powder coated Meteor Silver:
Vehicle:
Audi A4
The Boss 302 is unapologetically brash, loud, in your face, and a prime example of what an American car should be. The Recaro seats are absolutely awesome, as is the cueball shifter, and the Alcantara covered steering wheel. The weakest point of this package is the braking. With 4-piston Brembo calipers up front and 1 piston floaters in the back, the brakes are decent and will stop the car in a hurry but honestly I wish they had way more bite.
Pros: Recaro seats are awesome
Cons: brakes lack bite
Vehicle:
Ford Mustang
i did audi ttrs brakes up front. 370mm rotors with brembo 4 piston calipers. about $1100 all in if I remember correctly. that includes ss lines and pads
Pros: 370mm rotors, 4 piston calipers
Cons: costly upgrade
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Chrysler has a "kit" that is designed for the brake-swap (Teves -> Akebono) TSB has that everything you need apart from rotors - new calipers, brackets and pads, plus all hardware. See what you dealer's price is, when it first came out it was crazy cheap (like $100), it's a bit more now but even then when I bought the kit it was still cheaper than buying remanufactured calipers and brackets.
Pros: cheap kit, easy to install
Vehicle:
Jeep Grand Cherokee
Part number: 05093174AD
Stock brakes are most excellent for doing a single, high speed, emergency stop. They are designed around that. If you plan on driving the car quite aggressively, or tracking it, you'll need to improve upon the stock setup. Good pads, a flush with good fluid, and stainless lines will do wonder for both fade resistance and pedal feel. You don't need big Brembos or an aftermarket caliper to track a car, and you can even aggressively track a car with improved stock brakes; you just need to adjust your driving style. In general, aftermarket calipers are largely for show, but hey...if you're going to splurge on something that isn't \"necessary\", it might as well be your brakes versus something else!
Pros: excellent for emergency stops, improve fade resistance
Cons: need improvement for aggressive driving
Vehicle:
Audi SQ5
I did the Brembo 18Z(Touareg/Cayenne/Q7 calipers) on mine. It wound up being relatively cheap, less than $1000, but I used normal powerslot slotted rotors not 2 piece fancy rotors. They were relatively cheap and look awesome. Wheel clearance is a MAJOR issue, finding wheels to clear with anywhere near stock offset is very hard. They do NOT have bias issues that some people complain about when putting them on other MKV and MKVI cars, I would say my car brakes in a very balanced way.
Pros: relatively cheap, look awesome
Cons: wheel clearance is issue
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
I have the Seat Ibiza Cupra R 4 pot Brembos for a 4 lug 12" rotors I'm running Brock B2's 16x7.5" with a 15mm FK spacer.
Pros: 4 pot Brembos
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Corrado
The callipers flex and the point which hits is not where you grind...but further outward...it'll be obvious how they flex when you look. I use my brakes VERY hard with some pretty trick pads...so you may not have the same problem...but mine have grooved the inside of two sets of front wheels.
Cons: calipers flex, grooved wheels
I had lots of issues with my OEM M3 brakes. Not only did they overheat within a few laps regardless of pads and fluid, but also the feel was bad. Hard to modulate, squishy pedal, just no bueno. The OEM ones are single piston floating calipers. Bad.
Upgrade to Brembo 4 piston and even with cheap pads on the same rotors the pedal is way nicer, predictable, and is way easier to threshold brake.
Pros: better pedal feel, predictable braking
Cons: overheating, bad feel, squishy pedal
Vehicle:
BMW
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