Fitted the Brembos

[MartinR]

Following on from reading this thread

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/show...Brembo-300mm-discs)&highlight=brembo+calipers

And needing new front discs and pads i looked into this Brembo conversion and managed to get a pair of calipers for near enough free, So i only had to get discs, pads, brackets and spacers.
Which cost about the same as a set of discs and DS2500 pads.

Took a couple of pics yep front tyres are cheap cack! (will be changed soon).

Only been on 24hrs but the braking difference is shocking and the pedal feel is aload better. Yep most might say its overkill and the standard setup is perfectly fine(which it is) But for how cheap i got the parts for this conversion i couldn't say no.

Oh and they squeel like a shot pig on very light braking.

Done the rears to match

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[Gaz_]

Nice that! What are the 4 pots off??

 

[len_beach]

Are they 15's?

 

[Chi]

Nice work mate, how come they squeal? That would pi$$ me right off.

 

[SmokeyTheBandit]

Nice Martin looking good.
Have you used ceramic grease with the pads ?

The pug lads suggest/advice the white grease pretty strongly.
Haven't gotten the time to fit mine with the ceramic grease

 

[Bobby.]

I love that, good work!

How did you manage to get Your hands on a set of brembos for free?

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Good effort Martin. The car and the Brembo calipers look great mate :approve:

 

[Kieran..]

Looks great on the brembos

 

[Thrust-Rated]

Looks good Martin

 

[MWRS182]

Looks nice bud

 

[MartinR]

Nice that! What are the 4 pots off??

Cheers they are off a peugeot 406 3.0 v6

Are they 15's?

16" superleggeras 15s are a no go.

Nice work mate, how come they squeal? That would pi$$ me right off.

Taa,it pisses me off already! lol, common with these calipers

Nice Martin looking good.
Have you used ceramic grease with the pads ?

The pug lads suggest/advice the white grease pretty strongly.
Haven't gotten the time to fit mine with the ceramic grease

Hi Mart no used some mobil extreme high temp assembling grease but obviously to no avail.! i have some cerotec grease in the shed so will give that a whirl..

I filed the pads down and removed the stainless steel shims at each end emery clothed and polished them and cleaned up the alloy behind and still squeal lol, only seems to do it on light braking

I love that, good work!

How did you manage to get Your hands on a set of brembos for free?

Thanks slight over exaggeration £45 in the end

Good effort Martin. The car and the Brembo calipers look great mate :approve:

Thanks George

Looks great on the brembos

Cheers bud

Looks good Martin

Thanks Chris,have you added them to the list

Looks nice bud

Cheers

 

[James28]

Looks fully epic.

 

[Inequality Street]

Mine on the 200 squeal under very soft breaking. I just deal with it as im lazy lol, if you find n easy fix let me know lol!

 

[Mr Plums]

I really like those mate

 

[Thrust-Rated]

Nope Martin not yet, got no funds whatsoever to spend on this sort of stuff.
Deffo something I will consider in the future though

 

[Dolan]

Lovely set up. so much love

 

[davo172]

Look great Mart !

 

[Martin_172]

looks good, wish I could fit these under my F1's

 

[Martin.]

Looks awesome mate!

 

[marshall878]

Get that Cera-tec out the shed and on the back of those pads.

Mine havent squeeled since using it. Wouldnt bother with anything else these days.

 

[George182]

Looks awesome!

I need to crack on with mine...

 

[MartinR]

Thanks for all the replies.

Shall get that cera-tec on them, and see if it makes a difference.

 

[Ash87]

Looks great, esp under the supers

 

[MartinR]

Looks great, esp under the supers

Thanks
Yep the superleggeras certainly make a diffetence look wise.

 

[Chip-mk1]

Certainly looks better now, and im sure it stops better too, nice one

 

[MartinR]

Thanks Chip ,yeh it does stop a hell of alot better.

 

[Richyy182]

Nice 182, nice brakes

 

[lloyd90]

dont think youll stop the squeal as it the ds2500 pads . they are a high metal content in the pads that causes it. i have the same thing with my ds2500 in the ap 4 pots.
also did the bed the pads in probable as that can help with stopping it .

 

[VIICarCare]

Want!

 

[Chip-mk1]

Want!

Lol. Purely for looks I take it?

 

[MartinR]

dont think youll stop the squeal as it the ds2500 pads . they are a high metal content in the pads that causes it. i have the same thing with my ds2500 in the ap 4 pots.
also did the bed the pads in probable as that can help with stopping it .

Not running ds2500. Just standard oe peugeot pads, as i mentioned in my initial post it didn't cost me much more than buying new 1*2 discs and ds2500 pads.

If i had not of got all the bits so cheap i wouldn't have botherd tbh.

 

[Chip-mk1]

Not sure how ds2500 would be on these calipers, but on my six pot tarox calipers they are horrible until warm, its really weird cause on the mrs 172 they work almost fully right from cold, but on the big calipers with the "same" pads (ie same model number) its noticeably terrible the first couple of times you press them.

 

[Gaz85]

great mod looks great and will stop you a lot better now!

 

[cs_dave]

I like them alot very nice

 

[MartinR]

great mod looks great and will stop you a lot better now!

I like them alot very nice

Thanks

 

[The Fatty]

Does fitting the brembo's actually make much difference? I would have expected them to want to make the wheel lock up more due the braking ability and thus increase the intervention of the ABS? Obviously without ABS I would expect to feel a huge difference, do you have ABS?

regardless of that, they do look s**t hot compared to the oem brakes!!

 

[MartinR]

Does fitting the brembo's actually make much difference? I would have expected them to want to make the wheel lock up more due the braking ability and thus increase the intervention of the ABS? Obviously without ABS I would expect to feel a huge difference, do you have ABS?

regardless of that, they do look s**t hot compared to the oem brakes!!

The difference is massive compared to the standard setup. I have given them quite a bit of stick and the abs has not been a problem what so ever/as of yet. And yep they look awesome

 

[mharvey]

Martin. What's the offset of your wheels and how big did you need to go with the spacers to get clearance?

 

[MartinR]

Alright Matt. Offset is et37 and have 16mm spacers( could get away with 10mm) the curveature of the rear of the spokes on my wheels help though.

Can pop by one of the days when your in and trial fit your wheel of choice on my car?

 

[mharvey]

Alright Matt. Offset is et37 and have 16mm spacers( could get away with 10mm) the curveature of the rear of the spokes on my wheels help though.

Can pop by one of the days when your in and trial fit your wheel of choice on my car?

Mine are et37 I believe (Cup Turini's). Yeah that's sound mate I'll sort something out with you soon