EOI: Brembos on a Prefacelift bolt on kit

[bradc]

EVO 4's have the same calipers on them as facelift VR-4's. They might be similar to EVO 1-3, but obviously those cars have 4 stud hubs

[Beastlee]

I'm sure someone posted elsewhere that they don't match. There's no way I'm going to pay £1500+ wheels to uprate the brakes, regardless of how much safer it makes it. Id rather keep my speed down to solve any issues.

[KHK]

Lee how u arrive at this figure £1500?

[KHK]

Can the idea of custom brackets work out to be a better / cheaper option over facelift hubs?

Is there any ball park figure for such bracket idea?

How serious is the shortage of supply of facelift hubs?

[Kenneth]

Now I fully understand. Thanks Kenneth.

Out of interest but slightly off topic, do Endless do a VR4 specific set (for pre-facelift)? Pricewise they seem similar to AP/KAD (i.e. £1700ish for RX7 units).

Endless are the same as AP/KAD

[Beastlee]

KHK, I was reffering to the AP/KAD price quoted by phosty (see quote in Kenneth's comment above) at £1700 for RX7 units.

I'm guessing the hubs are pretty rare here as there's always a wait on them. I think that part of the problem may be the requirement to do the work on the hubs. How difficult is the job for an enthuisast to do DIY?

[phosty]

I have seen a couple of pairs of AP 4pot calipers for 330mm discs on eBay (for Sierra Cosworths actually) for around £700-800. But even if we get a bracket for them made up we would also have to get disc bells made up too. So you're probably looking at close to £1000 anyway. For second hand items.

Last year I had been talking with Gary Yuen at MY-Garage about big brake upgrades for Pre-facelift hubs from the Taiwanese(?) manufacturer VTTR.



http://vttr.ourpower.com.tw/cubepor0...a4-2&PreView=1

They seemed keen to produce them for the VR4 (for around £750 per pair) and took all the dimensions I gave them. However they hadn't produced a set after 6 months. They then said they weren't willing to do alloy bells - just solid discs - unless I ordered 3 sets.

I read around a bit and decided that I didn't want to be a guinea pig so asked for my deposit back.

http://forums.freshalloy.com/showthread.php?t=161918

So I figured the only way to get (proven, reliable, safe) big brakes for my pre-facelift is to spend big money with one of the established brake manufacturers.

[VR-04-TT]

Hey guys, I sound like a broken record here and I apologise, but I didn't end up going down as my aunty passed away on the monday before I was to go. It was all very sudden.

I'm in a bit of a financial pinch at the moment (rent has gone up ggrrr) so I'm saving what I can to get this finished...I have all the parts ready to go now, just need to put the cash aside for the labour charge.

I'll keep you informed!!