Police / XC90 Brake Calipers For Sale

[Clan]

Originally Posted by cheshired5

Oh they were huge alright but I haven't seen a photo yet which does justice to the size of them.
I have genuine Volvo police calipers on my car taken from an ex police T5 and they are identical to these.

The police disks go right out to the edge of the wheel rim don't they :-)

[cheshired5]

Originally Posted by Clan

The police disks go right out to the edge of the wheel rim don't they :-)

They're close enough to be a pain to clean the wheel as there's so little space between the caliper and the rim.
You really have to move the car forwards or backwards to access all of the rim when cleaning.

Worth it though for the braking performance upgrade which I've rarely used but it's nice to know it's there.

[Clan]

Originally Posted by cheshired5

They're close enough to be a pain to clean the wheel as there's so little space between the caliper and the rim.
You really have to move the car forwards or backwards to access all of the rim when cleaning.

Worth it though for the braking performance upgrade which I've rarely used but it's nice to know it's there.

yes but there is no difference to standard until you are well over 100 mph that's the point of large brakes to deal with the huge amounts of heat when you brake from very high speeds the old T5 could only brake once from 150 mph and the brakes would be toast .

The jaguar has standard brakes , braking from 100 mph for the corner .

The Porsche has carbon brakes they are supposed to work at that temperature , Braking for the same corner from 150 mph ...

Both my own photographs ..

[cheshired5]

Originally Posted by Clan

yes but there is no difference to standard until you are well over 100 mph that's the point of large brakes to deal with the huge amounts of heat when you brake from very high speeds the old T5 could only brake once from 150 mph and the brakes would be toast .

The jaguar has standard brakes , braking from 100 mph for the corner .

The Ferrari has carbon brakes they are supposed to work at that temperature , Braking for the same corner from 150 mph ...

Both my own photographs ..

Sure, I never had any complaints with the performance of the stock brakes.

My overriding reason for fitting them was aesthetics as they fill out a 17" rim nicely when compared to what was fitted as standard.
The additional braking force available is just a nice extra.

Nice photos btw.

[CJL]

They look exactly the same as the calipers on my standard V70 D5 with 316 discs.

Been thinking for ages about fitting 336mm discs when i have to replace mine, but always hesitate because I can't confirm 100% that the parts will fit.

[cheshired5]

Originally Posted by CJL

They look exactly the same as the calipers on my standard V70 D5 with 316 discs.

Been thinking for ages about fitting 336mm discs when i have to replace mine, but always hesitate because I can't confirm 100% that the parts will fit.

I know they fitted 305mm as standard after my model year and 316mm was standard on pre facelift T5 but I didn't know that 316mm were ever fitted standard on a D5.

336mm can be fitted and just fit under some 17" Volvo rims but you need to upgrade your carriers and it would make sense to fit the larger brake disc guard as you will have overhang and an exposed portion of the disc otherwise.

I've definitely seen a member on here with 336mm on his P2 S60.

[barrybritcher]

316mm was the POST facelift T5 spec

[cheshired5]

Originally Posted by barrybritcher

316mm was the POST facelift T5 spec

No pre was 316
Post was 320

[barrybritcher]

na 2005 brochure says T5 316mm, I've owned pre and post facelift.

pre facelift was 286mm on very early models 305 later with police spec being 320.

when they changed to the fixed calipers (not floating) it went to 316

[cheshired5]

Originally Posted by barrybritcher

na 2005 brochure says T5 316mm, I've owned pre and post facelift.

pre facelift was 286mm on very early models 305 later with police spec being 320.

when they changed to the fixed calipers (not floating) it went to 316

Are you talking police spec T5 or retail?