Brakes...

[Pricey]

After my recent track day I realised how rubbish my brakes are so my question is if I change the hoses for braided ones and put some 5.1 fluid in is there a specific order in which I will need to bleed the brakes I.e fronts first or vice versa?!

Any tips will be greatly appreciated

Thanks

[Hongkongfooi]

Originally Posted by Pricey

After my recent track day I realised how rubbish my brakes are so my question is if I change the hoses for braided ones and put some 5.1 fluid in is there a specific order in which I will need to bleed the brakes I.e fronts first or vice versa?!

Any tips will be greatly appreciated

Thanks

thats a start......what car and brakes at the moment?

[Pricey]

Bugeye wrx standard 4pot fronts and 2 pot rears I'm unsure of the disc and pad makes s they were new on the car when i bought it?!

[C. J.]

Bleed rear near side, rear off side , front near side and finally off side front .

[Steve_PPP]

Are you planning on doing more track days?

Standard discs/pads on the bugeye wrx really don't cut the mustard unfortunately. I tried several types of pads on godspeed discs and could never get it work well enough for more than a handful of laps, always ended up melting the pads due to heat build-up.

[asperformance]

Pagid rs15 or PFC 07............

[Pricey]

Thanks CJ

Steve I was p,anning on doing some more track days in the future. So would you suggest getting different brakes altogether?!

[Steve_PPP]

Completely up to you. All i can say is that i spent money trying to get my 4 pots to work well on track, and wished i'd just stumped up for a proper brake kit in the first place.

Ended up with a 356mm 8pot ksport kit, the difference is massive.

[Pricey]

Ok so going from what you said I will be better off gettin some bigger and better brakes. I had a quick look online, found some 6pot D2 for £900 how much did you pay for yours if you don't mind me asking

Thanks

[asperformance]

can sort most options from pads to disc and brake kits.................

we have recently started supplying Ksport also (same basic kits as D2) so can help out on pricing usually........

[Pricey]

Originally Posted by asperformance

can sort most options from pads to disc and brake kits.................

we have recently started supplying Ksport also (same basic kits as D2) so can help out on pricing usually........

Thank you I'll be in touch shortly then!

[Steve_PPP]

Originally Posted by Pricey

Ok so going from what you said I will be better off gettin some bigger and better brakes. I had a quick look online, found some 6pot D2 for £900 how much did you pay for yours if you don't mind me asking

Thanks

I paid £899 for the 356mm kit, including bluestuff NDX pads, but that was in a scoobynet group buy last year. I know the prices went up about £100 per kit at the start of 2012.

Also, whilst ksport the calipers/discs are good, their pads are well known to be rubbish - so some retailers swap them out for something better.

[Pricey]

Thanks for the advice mate ill have to start saving for some then try and find the best price for a set with decent pads etc!

[BIG"E"]

Originally Posted by Pricey

Thanks for the advice mate ill have to start saving for some then try and find the best price for a set with decent pads etc!

You wont do wrong by contacting Alyn at AS Performance.

Good prices and excellent service.

[Pricey]

Ok will contact AS performance! Just another quick question are the brembo brakes a worthy upgrade or would I be better going for d2/ksports?!

Thank you

[Steve_PPP]

Depends on the price/condition of the 2nd hand brembos you find tbh. If you buy a set and they happen to be a bit old, need a refurb and come with old discs/pads, its surely a false economy by the time you've sorted them out. Even once sorted, they're not as good as the bigger ksport kits imo.

You say you've got a bugeye wrx, is it still on the standard alloys? If so, neither brembos or ksports will fit (unless anyone knows otherwise on the 330mm ksports?).

[SpecB]

For std alloys on a WRX you can fit 330mm APs

[Pricey]

Originally Posted by Steve_PPP

Depends on the price/condition of the 2nd hand brembos you find tbh. If you buy a set and they happen to be a bit old, need a refurb and come with old discs/pads, its surely a false economy by the time you've sorted them out. Even once sorted, they're not as good as the bigger ksport kits imo.

You say you've got a bugeye wrx, is it still on the standard alloys? If so, neither brembos or ksports will fit (unless anyone knows otherwise on the 330mm ksports?).

Ok thanks I have got a wrx yes and it's on standard wheels so guess ksports are out of the question without changing the wheels at the same time?! Will have a look around see what I can find. Maybe look into the ap's as bluebugeye suggested?!

Originally Posted by BlueBugEye

For std alloys on a WRX you can fit 330mm APs

Thanks for the info mate were/are the good brakes how did u fond them on track, that's assuming you went on track with them?!

Thanks