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Originally Posted by LeveragedTiger
Oooooh, I want to see these. Is this the Bimmerworld kit?
In the same vein, I'm starting to wonder if the E92 kit from Essex is suboptimal. Local guy was ranting to me about how the Essex caliper isn't even a full race version.
I have a feeling the Schirmer guys run an AP Racing kit that's different to Essex, and likely a better option. Someone want to donate to a GoFundMe to find out? :P
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Yes, it's the Bimmerworld kit. PM your email or something and I'll send some pics over.
The AP RadiCal/Essex kit is not worth the money. It's top shelf price but not top shelf performance.
I've seen the M4 GT4's brakes up close and they are branded AP Radical but it is a completely different kit than what we buy.
Obviously it all depends on what you are doing. Someone at the track in an M4 full race built told me they loved their APs. I asked how many pads they had gone through. The answer was zero. So... how could this person know much about the brakes they're running.
I go through a pad in one or at most two weekends. I've used all 3 big boy kits (AP, PFC, Alcon-BW). The AP is not, at all, at the level of the other two.
My use case is not typical, but it is what I consider torture testing. If I buy a rear BBK that is 4.5k it had better perform at that level. It had better be able to chew through pads and give me nice even wear. The rotors had better last a long time, because I have other rotors that last much longer from other kits.