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      03-29-2016, 04:32 PM   #45
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Came across this site.http://www.massivebrakes.com
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They sell wilwood. That has always been an cheap brand (cheap as in money, not necessarily quality, they have been around a long time).
But I never see dust boots on their bbk's so I dont know if they are that suitable for a street driven car that has to withstand all the dust, moisture, grime etc a daily/street car has to cope with.
If you overhaul/dismantle your calipers/pistons every year religiously it'll probably do
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      03-29-2016, 07:34 PM   #47
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Agreed wilwood is affordable but of good quality.
Did not notice notice the lack of dust bots.
I had a conversation with Lee the owner regarding a non M front and rear kit.
Too rich for my blood and really not worth it for my car.
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I also looked at wilwood when I was looking around for a bbk.
But I specifically wanted dustboots. my car is not a pure track car.
There are always a lot of opinions about the necessity of dustboots, but fact is that every 'production car' has brakes that are equipped with dustboots (to my knowledge, maybe a pagani zonda or something like that doesnt have them, but regular cars do....).
Obviously they can fail on very high temps (even the silicone ones), but everything on a brake system can fail at very high temps. Usually on non racecars calipers fail on sticking or leaking and that is always a seal/corrosion/dirt problem.
I think wilwood also has specific calipers with dustboots but most kits you see dont have them in there. (and I dont know if it then still is an affordable brand )
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FYI I just thought I mention that Endless makes a BBK for our cars but at a premium price, as well as a new and up and coming company called Sparta that makes a really nice BBK for our cars using premium parts like ARP bolts, ventilated pistons, forged aluminum calipers, anodized colors, etc. Their rotors are pretty badass as well. I learned about them couple years back when I visited Active Autowerkes and they showed me of this new company trying to enter the BBK market in the US.
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Randy's point on saving money was only half the takeaway, the other half being do you actually feel the need to purchase a bbk given that 1) on the street it won't yield any better braking over stock and 2) on the track if you are experiencing fade with the stock setup, you could easily upgrade pads and fluid only for a fraction of the cost and achieve the same results as a bbk.

If you're doing this for looks then both points above are moot. To answer your question, the following companies offer a bbk: Stoptech, Brembo, AP, Alcon, Wildwood, K-sport and Rotora. If it were my money I'd go with either of the first 3, although Stoptech appears to be the cheapest of the 3.
Ti, hey mate, what pads are you running? might upgrade those.

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Ti, hey mate, what pads are you running? might upgrade those.

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Always use PFC. I like the 11's, really good bite, gives confidence when coming down long straights but they wear pretty quickly so recently went back to 08's which are more enduro like. Can't go wrong with either but just pick same compound front and rear so you maintain factory bias.
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Which ones did you go for?

http://www.bimmerworld.com/Brakes/Brake-Pads/

278? 394? 396? any idea what the differences are?
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Which ones did you go for?

http://www.bimmerworld.com/Brakes/Brake-Pads/

278? 394? 396? any idea what the differences are?
Those refer to pad shape for OEM calipers. 394/396 are what the 3.0si use. You just need to pick the caliper that is specific to the Z4M. You can use realoem and look up the caliper p/n to see what other models use same caliper, and then look up that model on BW's table.

By the way I buy my PFC pads from OGracing. Their site is not as user friendly as Bimmerworld but you should cross shop and see what final price shipped runs.
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Thx , ill do that
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anyone heard of the CEIKA brand before? Id be interested in Calipers and mounting brackets, id also be interested in retaining the stock OEM CSL floating rotors up front.
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