My Brake Upgrade Twin Pbr 355mm Front, Bf 328mm Rear

[Hazey]

Okay Front Kit consists of the following and is offered by Matt at Race Brakes Sydney. They have been provided to fill a whole in the market for those that cant afford 4 pots or 4 pots dont fit their after market wheels (As I discovered)

2 x PBR C5 Red Caliper & Pads

2 x RDA 355x32 Slotted Rotors

2 x PBR Braided Lines

Brackets and Bolts

$1,995

Tell Matt Aidan Sent you

I also purchased 2 x BF Calipers and RDA slotted 328mm rotors for the rears

Have put about 300km on them now so should be ready for some hard spirited driving..will post comments soon.

They really fill the wheels up especially the fronts. I have 19"

[GreenXR6T]

Looks the goods.

How much did the rears set you back?

[Hazey]

Looks the goods.

How much did the rears set you back?

$550 for the rotors and new calipers. Used the Std BA hoses (longer upgraded ones from the ford recall), Cut the backing plate to accomodate the larger BF caliper

[GreenXR6T]

Is that from the same place?

Sounds like you've got a good deal there.

I'm interested in an upgrade and this looks to be good value for money.

I'd love 4 pots but I need a T56 too and the budget just seems to be getting squeezed all the more.

[Hazey]

No they do them for a bit more. Try FTG Auto Salvage they are a sponser on another ford forum and are in melbourne. Other wise you could always try wreckers for the calipers and buy the slotted rotors new

[EZ2CME]

Looks good. Hows the braking performance now? This will be my next upgrade after my next lot of power mods, along with some nice wheels. Talking about wheels what are those ones you got on your car? And any chance you can put up a shot of the full view of your car for me?

[Adam]

Are the PBR calipers the same as the ones supplied in the PBR 'upgrade kits'?

Because you can get a complete kit (front and rear) for what you paid for the fronts.

[GreenXR6T]

No they do them for a bit more. Try FTG Auto Salvage they are a sponser on another ford forum and are in melbourne. Other wise you could always try wreckers for the calipers and buy the slotted rotors new

OK, thanks.

[Hazey]

Are the PBR calipers the same as the ones supplied in the PBR 'upgrade kits'?

Because you can get a complete kit (front and rear) for what you paid for the fronts.

I'm not sure, but I do know they are different to the std BA as they need to be to fit the 32mm thickness of the rotor.

I agree that you can get the PBR front and rear kit for same price, But dont forget the rear you get is the same as std, just has slottered rotor and as well as something that was going to get me to stop I wanted to fill me wheels up.

[aiboart]

I'm not sure, but I do know they are different to the std BA as they need to be to fit the 32mm thickness of the rotor.

I agree that you can get the PBR front and rear kit for same price, But dont forget the rear you get is the same as std, just has slottered rotor and as well as something that was going to get me to stop I wanted to fill me wheels up.

Sometimes more is more and sometimes less is more.

If you absolutely need to increase the size of a component to do the job then so be it but remember that in any vehicle weight is the enemy and it usally creates unwanted side effects. The more degrees of freedom the component has and the higher its accerlerations and speeds attanined the more important it is to keep the weight out of the system.

A far better, safer (in terms of unwanted side effects) and frankly more expensive method is to upgrade the quality of the component rather than increasing the size.

In short, increasing the size of the rear brakes may be a plus or a minus, it depends on the design of the entire brake system. If the rear brake is already at the correct size for the job and it probably is, the last thing you want to do is increase unsprung rotational mass.

Regards,

aa