bbk for the rex

Max777 · 01-15-2010, 02:30 AM

Wait, so you want the brake kit to stop you better than a well functioning stock system (provided proper pads and DOT 4 brake fluid is used on track) YET... you want the "front and rears to match" ...but then you say do don't want to spend $$$ on pretty brake calipers.

So what is it? Form or function? It sounds like you just secretly want some big azz cool looking mad tyte jdm brakes, yet are too embarrassed to admit it, so you go for the "I got a high HP car so I need big brakes" excuse. You DO know, that most big brake kits do NOT reduce stopping distance itself, but rather are bigger in order to prevent overheating of the components and brake fade? Grippier tires are what really stop a car, and until you have issues with not being able to lock up the tires from excessive grip, you do not really need bigger brakes... Given that your car may or may not ever really see HPDE days, and possibly never see a wheel to wheel race in which brake fade is a big issue, I am going to say this:

Go buy Hawk HP+ pads for your car, get new solid rotors, and some Motul DOT4 fluid, flush your shit, bleed it, break it in and you're good to go.

PS: Shit's been researched and preached to death already. +)

01-15-2010, 02:30 AM	#1
Max777 Pirate Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central IL Posts: 1,323 Rep Power: 19	Wait, so you want the brake kit to stop you better than a well functioning stock system (provided proper pads and DOT 4 brake fluid is used on track) YET... you want the "front and rears to match" ...but then you say do don't want to spend $$$ on pretty brake calipers. So what is it? Form or function? It sounds like you just secretly want some big azz cool looking mad tyte jdm brakes, yet are too embarrassed to admit it, so you go for the "I got a high HP car so I need big brakes" excuse. You DO know, that most big brake kits do NOT reduce stopping distance itself, but rather are bigger in order to prevent overheating of the components and brake fade? Grippier tires are what really stop a car, and until you have issues with not being able to lock up the tires from excessive grip, you do not really need bigger brakes... Given that your car may or may not ever really see HPDE days, and possibly never see a wheel to wheel race in which brake fade is a big issue, I am going to say this: Go buy Hawk HP+ pads for your car, get new solid rotors, and some Motul DOT4 fluid, flush your shit, bleed it, break it in and you're good to go. PS: Shit's been researched and preached to death already. +) __________________ Rotaries:They are NOT that complicated! Last edited by Max777; 01-15-2010 at 11:20 PM.