Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 7m 12d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 18/10/12 09:17 AM Author Share Posted 18/10/12 09:17 AM Installed the brake upgrade today Very happy with the difference the hose kit made. Much better pedal. Less spongy and more progressive. The pads had already been fitted and I was running dot 4 penrite fluid also. So other than the slotted rotors, the main difference was the lines.All said, I'm very happy with this mod. Not Brembos, but fine for 95% of what I do. The only other thing I'm considering is running some ducting on the upper side of the stone tray If I can hide it and make it functional.Costs:Rotors - $250 (special from Race Brakes)Brake lines - $240QFM Pads - $150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 6m 22d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 18/10/12 10:55 AM Share Posted 18/10/12 10:55 AM looking good bomber got any pics of the brake lines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 7m 12d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 19/10/12 12:25 PM Author Share Posted 19/10/12 12:25 PM ^^^ Even took the wheel off to get a good photo Jet The only fault I found with the safebrake kit is the rubber mount on the rear hoses had been shrinked in the wrong position. I may have got unlucky with mine and am going to contact them. As a result, it springs out of the factory mount (as seen in photo). I'm going to fix it by either using a spring clip or even a cable tie will keep it in position. Only a small thing but I'm fussy like that on don't want it to rub. The fronts were perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 7m 12d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 30/10/12 10:57 AM Author Share Posted 30/10/12 10:57 AM (edited) Ok, brake update.QFM HPX pads are poo in our cars - don't bother fitting them. Two laps at QR on Sunday and they were toast :( That bad actually, I thought they may have packed the wrong ones.So, I went to their factory on the goldie on Monday morning and told them what happened. They were really good about it and I now have a front set of their A1RM's fitted. I left the HPX in the rears.Very happy with these pads. Unlike the HPX, they come pre chamfered and grooved. Surprisingly, they're whisper quite also - zero squeal. Don't seem to give off much dust either and even cold work fine.They are known to be a bit harder on the rotors but I want something that works so that doesn't concern me. The RDA slotted rotors are as cheap as chips in any case so if I chew 'em in year or so, I throw on another set.So, if sticking with the standard calipers don't bother with the HPX, go A1RM's straight up. Edited 30/10/12 11:10 AM by Bomber 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 6m 22d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 30/10/12 11:03 AM Share Posted 30/10/12 11:03 AM wow man unfortunate, its a shame that that kind of info cant be found beforehand save alot of time and money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellato Donating Members 2,713 Member For: 14y 2m 4d Posted 30/10/12 11:19 AM Share Posted 30/10/12 11:19 AM Are the A1RM's much more expensive bomber? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 4m 23d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 30/10/12 11:59 AM Share Posted 30/10/12 11:59 AM Hey bomber did they offer any explanation why they were so bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 7m 12d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 31/10/12 12:06 PM Author Share Posted 31/10/12 12:06 PM The A1RM's are more expensive than HPX but QFM actually gave them to me Like I said, they were very good about it. I think they retail for around $140 so still very good value IMO. For the first time ever really, the car doesn't feel underbraked. SDP they actually batched the HPX pads for me as they had no stock at the time. I'm still not 100% sure that they were in fact the right compound. In any case, the A1RM work bloody great with slotted RDA's. I may upgrade the dot 4 penrite to something else before another event at Lakeside 9 December. Other than that, think I've got the right combo now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellato Donating Members 2,713 Member For: 14y 2m 4d Posted 01/11/12 04:23 AM Share Posted 01/11/12 04:23 AM $140's alright. Pretty sure I paid like $100 for Bendix ultimates in my BA NA and they were just ordinary and are smaller pads! Might have to see if I can get a good deal on some of the same gear you bought. Waiting for summernats, always good for a bargain lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FG50T Member 568 Member For: 20y 10m 10d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 01/11/12 06:09 AM Share Posted 01/11/12 06:09 AM The A1RM's are more expensive than HPX but QFM actually gave them to me Like I said, they were very good about it. I think they retail for around $140 so still very good value IMO. For the first time ever really, the car doesn't feel underbraked.SDP they actually batched the HPX pads for me as they had no stock at the time. I'm still not 100% sure that they were in fact the right compound. In any case, the A1RM work bloody great with slotted RDA's. I may upgrade the dot 4 penrite to something else before another event at Lakeside 9 December. Other than that, think I've got the right combo now Only thing I've done to my brakes is Motul 5.1 fluid and was suprised I felt a noticeable difference through that. Might be worth giving that a go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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