Hey Folks,
I thought I had a plan for servicing my brakes sorted as prep for some upcoming track days. My brakes definitely need to be serviced before I will be comfortable driving the car on the track. I'm booked for 4 consecutive track days in mid June and don't want to miss that.
I was going to order ECS Tuning 2 piece rotors with Hawk HPS 5.0 pads for both front and rear. I had also ordered a caliper rebuild kit for all 4 corners and stainless steel brake lines - so these costs start to add up.
However, after placing the order for a couple of weeks now, it turns out the front rotors are not available until August.
My options appear to be:
1. Use OEM / Zimmerman rotors - less than I was planning to spend on the ECS product
2. A BBK, likely the Racing Brake kit - about 3 times what I was planning to spend
3. Something else I have not considered
I can always upgrade to a BBK later is certainly one thought - but the cost of a 4 corner brake refresh with the OEM product is not exactly cheap, also factoring labour (I don't have the time / skills to do this brake upgrade).
I absolutely love good brakes having driven formula cars as a young man. I am nowhere near as good a driver as the Z4 M can handle, so this is not about extracting performance as much as it is about having some lovely brakes to stand on
Any guidance much appreciated.
Cheers,
Eamonn aka eggman