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I finally made some time to work on the new callipers,
The calipers have now been painted ,
So fittment day is now getting closer.





front are light weight 4 piston alloy brembo's with a fully vented 315mm cross drilled disc,
rears vented cossie rear calipers with vented and cross drilled cossie rear disc,

thev8kid wrote:I finally made some time to work on the new callipers,
The calipers have now been painted ,
So fittment day is now getting closer.





front are light weight 4 piston alloy brembo's with a fully vented 315mm cross drilled disc,
rears vented cossie rear calipers with vented and cross drilled cossie rear disc,

Ell tony, You are good at painting. And you have wrote brembo as though the brakes are brand new

what did the Brembos come of tony?

I'm kinda thinking my xjs calipers are somewhat heavy compared to those!

not sure off hand mate,
but i can find out the weekend,
i know the pads are the same as used on the dodge viper

v8 jago wrote:

thev8kid wrote:I finally made some time to work on the new callipers,
The calipers have now been painted ,
So fittment day is now getting closer.





front are light weight 4 piston alloy brembo's with a fully vented 315mm cross drilled disc,
rears vented cossie rear calipers with vented and cross drilled cossie rear disc,

Ell tony, You are good at painting. And you have wrote brembo as though the brakes are brand new

i had to write the brembo 5 times as sneezed twice coughed once farted once and got it write the 5th time

My wife has similar on her car. But hers are called Bimbo!!!
She still didnt manage to stop in time to avoid the bloody kerb in Tesco's the other night. I'm leaving the front spoiler off her car in future, Grr!!!

mgbv8 wrote:My wife has similar on her car. But hers are called Bimbo!!!
She still didnt manage to stop in time to avoid the bloody kerb in Tesco's the other night. I'm leaving the front spoiler off her car in future, Grr!!!

ooooops sounds like the brakes on my wifes car too

The car is off to the guys at Caprisport in the morning to have the above brake package fitted ,
If we get time i may try and make a start on the new strut brace too ready for the capri day on saturday at the ace cafe.

A big thankyou goes out to Neil and co at caprisport,
we worked late into this evening doing the front brakes,
the rears will be done ready for the weekend.

Old brakes before removal:


New brakes waiting to be fitted:


New 315mm cross drilled and vented disc fitted, along with center hub locating ring:


Wheel and new alloy 4 pot Brembo calliper fitted:


and another side view: (they are 16" wheels)



All i can say is:
the 4 pots we took off were great and stopped the car great,
BUT these are fooking animals and stop you on a sixpence,

looking good T nice job, they fill the wheels nicely too

cheers M,
i never driven a car with brakes like it

the rears got the treatment today:

New rear caliper brackets, along with even longer wheel studs:


New vented cross drilled disc fitted:


New vented caliper now fitted too:


End view of vented disc:


Pic with wheel refitted:

Just posting to avoid having to start all over again.

Been drinking so ignore this if it makes no sense.

On the back of the work we did with Tony's car and the 315 kit, we are
sorting out a 300mm brembo package that fits in the Capri Brooklands 15" alloys and others I suspect as long as they are on the same type of hub.

For anyone that is looking at this - Brembo calipers are in a completely different league to the "me too" lumps of aluminium with holes in.
They are now OE fit on many cars driven by muppets that are not capeable of staying on the black bit. As a result, good calipers are finding their way onto that well known auction site at very sensible prices.
Why buy mickey Mouse stuff when the originals are half the money?

Sorry to be cheeky
What do these discs normally fit ? I'm running Focus ST170 discs on my XR4x4 daily driver and they are only 300 mm IIRC

cheers

Mark

Hi Mark,
contact CSR, they are the ones who did my brakes, i think they are from a BMW, but not 100% certain mate,