Notaricer

Priced for a quick sale. 2 keys, 2 previous owners, owned for the better part of 3 years now. Onto the next adventure - bought a W204 C63…44,600 miles, recent MOT, service and clutch replaced. PSH (all services completed under my name) Few mods, nothing much… Brembo BBK front and rear DBA T3 4000 series discs, Goodridge braided brake lines, EBC Bluestuff pads, AP Racing Brake fluid - all less than 3000 miles on them (invoices/digital receipts to go with) Vordoven Forme 6, 9.5j w/ Goodyear Eagle F1 Assy 5’s 265/35/18 3.5mm all round. Nvidia N1 Catback exhaust w/ titanium tips Valenti V2 smoked tail lights w/ 4th brake light No offers or swaps. Based in the North West - Warrington Area

Bump Price reduced to £14,400

Any for sale on here?

I don’t suppose it was Andy you bought from by any chance? I just missed that. I’ll make sure to keep my eyes out mate, appreciate it.

Yeah, I know I’m happy to take one that has been removed.

Sent you a message bud

Looking to build up an engine with bits I sourced online for a forged build and I’m just missing a crankshaft, if anyone has one

These have come off my 2016 Subaru BRZ @ 30k miles. Reason for sale is because I have upgraded to a Big Brake Kit. These calipers come with hoses, caliper housing and bolts. Operate as expected - would only be willing to sell separately as pairs across the axle, not individually. £350 ONO

For sale are my stock callipers (with housing/brackets and brake hoses) - front and rear. From my 2016 BRZ with 39000 miles on the clock. Selling due to upgrading to a BBK. I don’t know what the going price is for these, as the market is massively varied, so I’ll just list them for £300 for them. Collection Preferred. North West WA8 area. Open to swaps too.

That’s ridiculously cheap, to the point where I’d buy them from you just to make a profit[emoji1787]. I’d up the price there buddy unless you’re looking for a quick sale. I’ve seen the rears go for £100 alone, as of a few days ago - and that was without the hoses and housing.

Okay guys, this is my first post but I have been on the scene for a while and would like to put forward some information for other people on a budget. If people could offer guidance or confirm that I’m taking everything into account I possibly could, then that would also be great! So essentially, if people don’t know, there is a bracket kit from the USA that allows you to put on a brand new set of brembos that are from US specific cars, but at a low price. I had assumed that this would never work for anyone based in the UK, as import fees and the international shipping would discount the thought of even going down that route. Not to mention, maintenance costs for discs and pads would have to come from the US. Anyway, I bit the bullet and decided to purchase this kit (it has not yet come) due to the fact that it is still a cheap option - as opposed to going for an aftermarket kit, or even swapping the scooby brembos over. Both front brembo calipers have come from ACdelco/GM, and have totalled to £300 - this is not including import fees; I am yet to be hit with them. But for arguments sake, I’m paying £400 for a brand new set of 4 pot brembos. The discs required come from an 04 STi, which would be the case for people doing the scooby swap. If purchasing these calipers, you would need to buy the pins and carriers separately (about £30 for a set). Next up is the brackets from ctsvbrakeswap. For the 4 pot upgrade (they do a 6 pot one too) it is $220 + $35 for intl. shipping. So $255 plus taxes will easily be £275. So we’re talking about £700 so far. The discs are about £150 for a decent grooved pair. The pads have been the hardest part to find. I think this calliper is the same as the Volvo S60 R and V70 R.... I’ve managed to find some ferodo DS2500’s for thag calliper (I’m just waiting on confirmation of sizes). So just to be on the safe side it’s about £1000 for this whole kit. If anyone has done this swap in the UK, or anyone knows anything about where I could source different pads from that would be great. It has been a nightmare to come close to anything. If anyone has raised eyebrows as to why I have made this very difficult for myself when I could settle for going down the scooby route (which I worked out to be around £1500), there are a few reasons: Everything is brand new, but cheaper than an aftermarket kit. Once I have a hold of these brackets, I can then make a CAD drawing to then get some machined for people that would like to take this route even cheaper than I have - if that is something people are interested in? Guys, please don’t talk about brake bias, or anything alike, as we already have heard about this on every BBK topic. The point of this post is that if anyone is savvy with parts coming from different cars that would fit this kit (especially if they can be sourced from the UK), as well as open up the market to find parts from different places, it would make this swap more comforting to people as they have more options to take and are not restricted to what pads they want to buy for example. And it would evidently be cheaper. This is also for people that have taken the same route as me that would like to give their feedback with running the setup! Cheers, Gaz

All ready to be painted. Just need some stickers. Wish me luck getting the right size[emoji23]

Thanks for that mate. I guess they are very very similar. The brackets seem like they’re made to a higher standard than the ones I have sought after. If I was going to get some made for this build then I would get them made to a standard that people choose. I’m not looking to sell them for that much if I do, and I’m not going to try and make a business out of this; just sort people out if that’s what they want to do. Just a bit of an update whilst I’m on here. The callipers themselves totalled £308.53 and that was including import fees and shipping. I didn’t realise but Amazon do some sort of ‘import fees deposit’ which means that I pay it to them and they cover it when it gets here. I believe I have made progress on the brake pads situation. The OE pads are definitely measured incorrectly. I’ve just received the callipers I’ve measured the housing. After countless more hours of research I have found the right size pads. Depending on manufacturer, they are about 131mm x 77mm pads. These can be found on the Volvo S60 R and V70 R.

That makes sense too. I always just understood it as you’ve braked too much (overbraked) because the harder you press it doesn’t make a difference I.E. brake fade. You’ve underbraked because you’ve not pressed hard enough or for long enough to get the discs/pads up to temp. That is a good analogy. At least we’ve arrived at the same conclusion; just got there different ways[emoji23].

Doesn’t that mean overbraked then? If it can’t dissipate the heat then they have been overly used. I thought underbraking meant that you COULDN’T get them up to temp to work correctly. So with ceramics they have a higher operating temperature, so that’s why feedback from braking is slightly delayed. It’s the same with performance pads; they need to be heated up to a certain temp to work effectively. If I’ve got underbraking and overbraking the wrong way round then my apologies. But I still think we agree with each other.

I give up[emoji2363][emoji23]. You’re not arguing a point. It’s like you’re making a rebuttal but not actually arguing any point; just giving me a 101 on race setups[emoji23]. Please leave the thread so that people don’t have to navigate through the waves of nonsense.

Now that’s something I definitely missed during my considerations! I didn’t even think about that and most definitely appreciate the insight.

You’re doing it again mate! It doesn’t have any relevance[emoji23] Your first point which I could just about make out, was very wrong indeed. A car that ‘needs’ heavier braking doesn’t necessarily need to be heavier or faster/more powerful - it’s just the speed at which they want to decelerate. F1 cars are insanely light but require going from 100-0 in less than 2 seconds. The limiting factor is tyres, as to which i have 275s all round. I would also only put ceramic brakes or high performance pads under the category of potential ‘under braking’. Steel discs themselves wouldn’t, in my opinion. Their frictional coefficient decreases as heat increases, whereas ceramics and high performance pads are the opposite. The purpose of discs is to provide a mating surface for the pads and to dissipate the heat generated from the friction caused by the rotation of the wheels.

That’s your prerogative mate. You’re doing exactly what church is saying that I’m doing - which is rationalising decisions based on labels. Just because a calliper comes off a Ferrari does not mean that is good, which is the same for the approach that I have taken. That’s like me saying that the sky is blue and you arguing with me and saying that it is also blue; It doesn’t make any sense. The production car this comes off is a Cadillac CTS-V which is high-end car (6.2L supercharged) over in the states as far I’m concerned, if that’s any consolation for you. Like I said before, this build has had many positive reviews over the water. I will update this thread with my opinions should anyone choose to read.