Lennox Member 2,586 Member For: 11y 9m 5d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 11/01/14 05:37 AM Share Posted 11/01/14 05:37 AM You understand upgraded brakes won't make your car stop any faster right? I wonder why a lot of people bother upgrading em if they never track the car, other than for looks. The stock brakes can lock the wheels up just fine and once that happens your car ain't braking any faster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 1m 4d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 11/01/14 05:54 AM Share Posted 11/01/14 05:54 AM It will for the 2nd and 3rd stop 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennox Member 2,586 Member For: 11y 9m 5d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 11/01/14 05:58 AM Share Posted 11/01/14 05:58 AM (edited) Haha yeah but if you're doing multiple emergency stops on the street you need to calm the f*ck down Only time I've had mine fade is on a skid pan track day when doing heavy braking repeatedly.. Fried em real nice Edited 11/01/14 06:02 AM by Lennox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 7d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 11/01/14 08:10 AM Share Posted 11/01/14 08:10 AM Agree with the street only scenario. Pad choice is far more critical, equal with tyres. If either fail, you aren't stopping no matter how big your brakes are! I drove for many years on stocker brakes and it pulled up great (even did OK on multiple 800m top speed runs).Having said that when I got the chance to go Brembos I jumped at it due to the odd times I enjoy spirited driving, among other things like look and ease of maintenance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennox Member 2,586 Member For: 11y 9m 5d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 11/01/14 08:47 AM Share Posted 11/01/14 08:47 AM No denying brembos look wicked and I'd put em on my car any day if I had the moneys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masda74 To Loud Gold Donating Members 4,112 Member For: 13y 1d Gender: Male Location: WA, Perth Posted 11/01/14 01:54 PM Share Posted 11/01/14 01:54 PM Lenox, have you had a look at XYZ by any chance?I like the black ones for a sleeper kinda look.They fit the front 19" rims from what I hear. They however do not clear the rears if you get the 4 pot sibling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennox Member 2,586 Member For: 11y 9m 5d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 11/01/14 11:57 PM Share Posted 11/01/14 11:57 PM Yeh they look good haven't heard much about em though? Wonder if any of the experts on here know anything about em? Still 2 grand I couldn't justify it for street use at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FG XR6-T MONSTER Member 42 Member For: 15y 7m 11d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 27/01/14 11:54 AM Share Posted 27/01/14 11:54 AM You understand upgraded brakes won't make your car stop any faster right?I wonder why a lot of people bother upgrading em if they never track the car, other than for looks. The stock brakes can lock the wheels up just fine and once that happens your car ain't braking any fasterI had a stock brakes and they tend to fade real quick, with DBA's T3 all round at least I have that much more confidence in my brakes but should have gone for brembo's. There is a difference between say stock, dba and brembo's in stopping performance even in a single time stopping stock brakes will take longer than the other two options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennox Member 2,586 Member For: 11y 9m 5d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 27/01/14 12:16 PM Share Posted 27/01/14 12:16 PM (edited) Ever got abs on with stock brakes? That's the fastest your car can stop. As Aaron said the difference is in how the hold up to repeat braking And no doubt there is better pedal feel, less pedal pushing to get the wheels to lock up etc. with better brakes Edited 27/01/14 12:17 PM by Lennox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixman Donating Members 600 Member For: 20y 4m 9d Gender: Male Location: Hills District, NSW Posted 28/01/14 01:15 AM Share Posted 28/01/14 01:15 AM Gotta say, for a street car the best bet is putting money into tyres, particularly at the front - that will determine emergency braking distance.Having said that, if you need to replace discs/pads the dba/bendix option is a good one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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