What brake set up are you running?

[V70 Graham]

.....but other people are getting tired of your "my car is the best car on the forum" attitude.....

We all know Jim has the forums best car....he did last year anyway.

[stribo]

We all know Jim has the forums best car....he did last year anyway.

That was forum's favourite car.

[M-R-P]

Dammit.. On my phone and can't post the panda eating popcorn gif...

[stribo]

Dammit.. On my phone and can't post the panda eating popcorn gif...

You've already posted it once today, it probably needs a rest.

[jamesy12345]

Dammit.. On my phone and can't post the panda eating popcorn gif...

[Jamest5r]

We all know Jim has the forums best car....he did last year anyway.

Well I have got nice brakes







Back on topic lol

[Harvey]

The other thing with the brembos is the weight difference which they make to the sprung mass.

[LiamT4]

Classic, love the ability for people to argue over the smallest things

[T5RatherAmusin]

Double post

[T5RatherAmusin]

you do james. but i think black logo was a wrong choice for you tbh
any xcuse for a pic lol

Classic, love the ability for people to argue over the smallest things

you want some aye!

[LiamT4]

you want some aye!

Mine are better than anyone else's!!!!!

[Redbrick]

302's with Volvo discs and Ferrodo DS2500's with braided brake lines all round and a decent system flush with fresh fluid make for a good set up if your not venturing too far from standard.

Any further in your power travels and you will need to go bigger, I found the limit of mine and am currently having the AP big brake upgrade on the front and S60R rear brake set up on the rear to improve stopping performance. Yes it costs but you won't get better brakes than that cheaper on an 850 unfortunately ...

What an amusing thread. ROFL

Agree with the above. I'm running AP fronts shimmed out by 2.5mm to run the cheaper 330mm grooved discs, will go Reyland Motorsport pattern discs next time as genuine AP's in 325 are £240 EACH and have 1mm of wear tollerance!! AP's with US Carbotech XP10's. On the rear I have S60R callipers, Volvo discs and US Carbotech XP8's. Fluid is Motul RBF600 DOT 4, can't be arsed with DOT 5.1 as the RBF600 out performs it, just change it annually.

850 brakes hard and flat, pedal is solid with very minimal movement, I can't fault it in anyway on the road or on the Ring!

Would I spend £2K on a brake kit, NO. Would I buy an 850 with KW's, zorst, mods and the above brakes for £2.5K YES

Ohh and this is my second set of AP's, the red brick ran them and I paid £600 for the set but ended up having to replace, discs and pads so cost me £xxxx. Realising that the discs had lasted little over a year (25K) was one of the major reasons for trading it in for the D5. Interesting that when she was rediscovered last year she was still running the same discs....

[S70T5Chris]

In all fairness, pad choice will be the biggest factor on how well the brakes perform.

The larger caliper/pistons/clamping force/etc will only really come into it's own when being pushed very hard.

[S70T5Chris]

Another big benefit of the AP's is how light they are.

[Jamest5r]

[QUOTE=T5RatherAmusin;715005]you do james. but i think black logo was a wrong choice for you


Yep your right but it was all I had at the time been meaning to get a white set off eBay only a couple of quid but not got round to it yet think I might just go order some stickers

[Hybusamini]

Ap's

[AndysR]

Do the S60r rears fit under Volans without spacers?

As Gav has already pointed out no they don't. I'm running 10mm's on mine to get the Volans on.

Im not sure on this one. I drove the R with brembos all round and my t5. If im honest id say non was better than the other. I gave them both death to see how much different a R was to a t5. Not intrested in a argument on who dog is the blackest dog.

have to admit i look a nice set of brakes behind a nice set of wheels

Agreed the look of a nice set of calipers is appealing to me too, take Merc and BM for example I always look at Merc brake set ups with their nice silver calipers and think why don't BM go that route, the C63 calipers look miles better than the M3 equivalents

Very briefly on the R vs T5 brake comparison if I may, if you were unable to notice the difference then I would say the R brake set up would have been the superior as an R is heavier than a T5 and therefore more effort to slow down for the brakes

[AndysR]

Another big benefit of the AP's is how light they are.

Not forgetting how damn good they look

[AndysR]

What an amusing thread. ROFL

Agree with the above. I'm running AP fronts shimmed out by 2.5mm to run the cheaper 330mm grooved discs, will go Reyland Motorsport pattern discs next time as genuine AP's in 325 are £240 EACH and have 1mm of wear tollerance!! AP's with US Carbotech XP10's. On the rear I have S60R callipers, Volvo discs and US Carbotech XP8's. Fluid is Motul RBF600 DOT 4, can't be arsed with DOT 5.1 as the RBF600 out performs it, just change it annually.

850 brakes hard and flat, pedal is solid with very minimal movement, I can't fault it in anyway on the road or on the Ring!

Would I spend £2K on a brake kit, NO. Would I buy an 850 with KW's, zorst, mods and the above brakes for £2.5K YES

Ohh and this is my second set of AP's, the red brick ran them and I paid £600 for the set but ended up having to replace, discs and pads so cost me £xxxx. Realising that the discs had lasted little over a year (25K) was one of the major reasons for trading it in for the D5. Interesting that when she was rediscovered last year she was still running the same discs....

That's good info to know re. the spacers. Thanks for the heads up.

[S70T5Chris]

Not forgetting how damn good they look

They sure are puuuurdy.

I wasn't going bother with the rears, but like everything else, I can't see that happening! I really don't want to run spacers though. May have to see what other options there are.