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  On 03/10/2011 at 3:34 AM, wa g6et said:

I do certainly think the cars are underbraked stock and once tuned definately require a brake upgrade. IMO

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Whether its Brembo, Harrop, AP etc if you spend money to go fast you wanna upgrade your ability to stop

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True that. I was running 375rwkw for 2 years before I purchased my 6 pot brembos. The brakes were

the best mod I have done! If I ever have another build I would concentrate on Brakes, Suspension then Power.

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A brake upgrade was one of the first things on my mod list when I bought the G6ET, even before I decided to up the power.

Just thought I'd let people know there are other brake upgrade options now for FG brakes apart from the usual Brembo, and that don't run north of $7k.

Harrops are currently working on a new mono block caliper, one piece rotor, performance upgrade kit for the FG that I will presume will come in well under the price of the Monster kit.

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Brakes are important but I think I'll try pad and disk upgrade before spending 5 grand on stoppers, I don't feel THAT unsafe at high speed lol.

Mine only died after prolonged abuse, which is kinda expected.

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  On 03/10/2011 at 6:14 AM, TXR05 said:

Do you have to change the brake booster going something that size ??

No, everything else is stock. All the safety features like traction and esp operate as normal too.

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