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Me: why does this mofo have hello kitty Brembos?
Wife: did you just say hello kitty... Brembos? FUCK YES
Pros: hello kitty Brembos
Vehicle:
Subaru
Just finished porsche junkyard cayeene Brembo 18z from a junk yard. Super cheap score. Fronts came out great but my audi wheels wont fit. The spokes hit the caliper. So i ordered 10mm spacers and longer lugs.
Pros: super cheap score
Cons: wheels wont fit
Vehicle:
Porsche Cayenne
So if you don't want to spend all that money on the full setup, a Mk7 Golf R caliper is direct bolt on fit to the Arteon. I spent $200 for calipers on EBay, $100 for a rebuild kit, $80 for new OE pads and $40 to reline the discs. Bolted right up.
Pros: direct bolt on fit
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Here's my 03 Jetta TDI. I used 986 generation non-S Porsche Boxster Brembo 4 pot calipers front and rear with OEM Brembo pads and hardware. I went with these over the 17Z/18Z big 6 pots so I wouldn't have to install a different master cylinder as the factory one doesn't move enough fluid to actuate those big brakes effectively.
Pros: effective braking, fluid actuation
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
-W221 Brembo calipers/rotors up front
Package arrived. Excellent packaging job! Truly a pleasurable transaction. Thank you again.
Pros: Excellent packaging job
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Caddy
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 actually replaced drivers rear caliper last year, retaining the original actuator and it was perfectly fine since then until suddenly the parking brake failure this year. Old caliper wasn't moving correctly so I ended up smelling and seeing the smoke driving home one day.
Cons: caliper wasn't moving correctly
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Didn't realize that the brembos won't clear the estorils. Wheel weights will hit the caliper and the spokes will also hit the caliper body. I guess more of any fyi to the group.
Cons: won't clear the estorils
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
A couple weekends ago I first tried to tackle the issue with the brake pedal nearly hitting the floor while driving, I figured it was do to the brakes needing to be bled, so on a weekend I put the car up in the air, proceeded to snap both bleeder screws on the calipers, swap on used ones off my red 16v and bleed the brakes.
Pros: bled the brakes
Cons: pedal felt like crap
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
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