essexscooby

Just thought you might like to see some pix of the brake upgrade i've had done to my P1. I was told at my last service that the front pads and discs would need changing in 4,000 miles so thought that i'd take the chance to hupgrade them whilst I was doing it! Here are some "before" pics of the original brakes on my car:





Posted on here and AJF (Adrian) on here put me in touch with a guy called Stuart who made up a kit ofr his P1. I contacted Stuart and he turned out not only to be a top bloke but also a brake GURU

This weekend he has fitted the following kit to my car:




This consists of the following:
2 Wilwood forged superlite 4pot calipers,
2 330mm x 25.4mm AP discs, 48vane, 4 groove and radius drilled faces (RoadSport spec')
Ferodo DS2500 pads (Front and Rear)
Goodridge Fr & Rr hoses, s/s fittings & line locators.
All aluminium Bells, brackets and spacers hard anodised
Dot 5.1 Brake fluid

And here's some pics during fitting and on the car:










Any comments welcome I would like to thank AJF (Adrian) for putting me in touch with Stuart and a BIG thanks to Stuart for getting the kit done quicker than expected! The brakes are still bedding in but already feel loads better than the original setup

Keith
MY00 P1




[Edited by essexscooby - 3/31/2003 2:52:41 PM]

yoza

A proper job.....

Looks a bit expensive for me

Put some bullbars on the back of your car until you get used to them

M0rf

mmmmmm big, look top them. how much they cost u?

rb5 286

iTrader: (2)

look superb behind the wheels

just watch out for the ***** that sit up ur *** cos ur driving slower than norm to bed the brakes in, also the tats that pull out on u at the last moment.....its like they know!!!!!

Marky-San

cool as mate!!

5 Type R

Do you have contact details for Stuart?
Need to upgrade the Type R's anchors

essexscooby

Thanks for the comments!

Yoza,
LOL your right mate you should have seen the peoples faces yesterday as we took it out for the first run on the new brakes with dust clouds coming out of the wheels as they bedded in

M0rf,
Send Stuart an email mate he will fill you in with details and costs etc. His address is below.

rb5 286
Thanks mate i'll certainly be looking in my rear view more in future!

Marky-san
Thanks mate still getting used to them!

5 type r

Stuarts email address is: Swmotorsport@aol.com I cant fault this guys workmanship he is VERY good.

Keith
MY00 P1

Huxley

IIRC don't the willwood brakes have the dust seals missing from around the pistons so they don't have a lot of protection from the elements water salt etc.

This is what put me off buying a set of Willwoods b4

Would be good to know if they have changed them?

Huxley

hammy

As far as I know only Midilite have dust seals from the Wilwood range.
Wilwood's std anodising isn't very good, corrosion in the piston bores along with road debris does seize them. The std stainless steel pistons are V.good. Keiths calipers are hard anodised which is very corrosion resistant. As for road debris itself, my road car with race AP 4pot's lasted 9 years before seizing. It seems that dust from some race pads (PFC & DS3000) is the worst enemy.

essexscooby

Thanks Stuart!

Keith
MY00 P1

TIMMO

Keith Your new brakes look the biz! I have spoken to Stuart about him putting this system on my P1 so would be very interested to hear your views in the next few days on how these brakes perform compared to the std setup!

essexscooby

Timmo
Thanks for the comments! Glad your getting Stuart to put the kit on your P1 you wont regret it mate he really knows his stuff! I'll post some comments up by the weekend as well as a few more pics once i've washed the car.
Anything else you need to know mail either me or if its technical info give Stuart a mail.

Thanks
Keith
MY00 P1

Steve Fort

They look good Keith, fill them wheels up nicely!

IMO you really do need upgraded brakes on a P1, the originals are just dangerous, now you can scare the **** out of your passengers when braking late into bends etc

Steve

essexscooby

Thanks Steve!
If you look again at the top pic of the "original" setup you can see a crack around the 7 o'clock mark. Turns out this crack is through to the vane! So needles to say this was scrap (and not 4k miles left like the dealer said
These brakes just get better and better cant stop grinning

Keith
MY00 P1

p1 tud

very nice mate, would be interested in these myself.

essexscooby

P1_tud
give Stuart a mail mate he'll sort out a good deal for you.

Keith
MY00 P1

NC2.5RS

Nice brakes. Really suit the car.

essexscooby

Thanks bud!
Hope to get some more pics up this weekend of the whole car!

Keith
MY00 P1

p1 tud

are they dusty? as in is there alot of brake dust produced when braking.

essexscooby

P1_Tud
So far i've not noticed an increase in dust really mate. I expected there to be more while i'm bedding them in but cant see it being a problem like on some other pads. Of course the wheels being this colour helps a LOT!

Keith
MY00 P1

p1 tud

lemme know how you get on once there bedded in mate, ive just bought gold wheels so the dust shows up like mad after a few miles or so

BAH

Ill buy the calipers of you......

Mail me if your are interested

essexscooby

Ok how much you offering guys? Mail me as per profile if you prefer?
Keith
MY00 P1

essexscooby

p1_tud and others my latest comments and possible group buy details are here:
updated comments

Thanks for reading guys

Keith
MY00 P1

[Edited by essexscooby - 4/11/2003 12:21:58 AM]

youthanasia

Wanna sell your old calipers to me?

[Edited by youthanasia - 4/11/2003 12:46:40 AM]