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Jul 23rd, 2018, 21:12 | #11 |
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How about these?
Calipers waiting to go on my girlfriend's MK2 MX-5 which she'll have at some point in the future lol.
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Jul 23rd, 2018, 21:55 | #12 |
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Could change the splash guard/backing plates too (I did). Otherwise you'll have to remove them as the old ones will be too small.
Personally, my experience of EBD TG discs was dreadful. They warped in 6 months and were binned along with the RedStuff pads that glazed them within 3 months. All-in-all that was a setup I regret purchasing.
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May 24th, 2019, 07:05 | #13 |
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Just to update and close this thread for anyone looking to do the upgrade as well from 300 to 320. It has been a bit of a waste really and there is no real benefit at all, saving to swap these out for something bigger to replace.
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May 24th, 2019, 09:15 | #14 |
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Dom you saying there's no improvement? I've got some ST calipers being refurbed at the moment...
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Not much difference and last about the same on track.
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May 24th, 2019, 10:09 | #16 | |
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tbh thats the only opinion for "not worth it" i have heard so far, against few "omg what an improvement" , mostly from our US friends. I bet its because the different gravity on US part of the globe (pancake, if you are flatEarther). joking aside - really surprised...
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May 24th, 2019, 12:40 | #18 |
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Yeh I know, sorry for the bad news guys. I mean you might get a tad bit of difference but its minimal really. I actually bought my 320 upgrade from a another guy with an s40 t5 who thought the same thing and has gone with a big brake kit. For actual braking gain there really isn't that much difference at all.
Like tracking these brakes, they would last about the same amount of laps. Taking it round the Nuremberg ring, they didn't even last a lap which was annoying considering the cost I put into them
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for track it may still be not sufficient enough, and for normal use maybe its just not enough difference for you to appreciate/use it. Im 320mm from stock so cant compare, but most AWD folks from US (oddly 300 was standard there with 320 as a factory upgrade) reported almost "another world" differences... placebo effect of worn setup vs fresh one or somethings different there?
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