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Holy detailing supplies batman! Great collection.
Those calipers are
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WP Pro Brakes - Installation
I have some progress pics of my brakes being installed! We ended up being short on time and left the car at my dad's house, and won't be able to go back to it for another 2 weeks (ya, not well planned out at all!). But initial impressions is that both the rotors and calipers are SOOO much lighter than stock. Also, the rotor has a lot more clearly defined vents and channels for in them compared to the stock ones. Another thing is that there is a large space in between the middle part of the rotor (sorry I don't know what that's called.. the rotor hub?) and the surface of the rotor, which I assume helps with cooling - which the stock ones did not have. I googled other BBK's and noticed the gap on the WP Pro rotors are a LOT larger than other companies. This seems to be at the expense of having a skinnier rotor surface. But I believe their very long pads with extra surface area makes up for that by having more contact with the rotor. I am not an expert on this so I hope I didn't make anything up!
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Put some shoes on. Don't want to mess up those pretty little toesies. Nice setup btw.
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Also, I didn't actually help with the install but was told that the trick that user JAJ mentioned in another threat to keep a stick pressed against the brake pedal against the seat with a towel to protect the seat in order to make fluid not come out of the brake lines when you disconnect them. Just thought I should mention that!
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It did! So they bled the stock calipers to release the pressure of the brakes. Then only a few drops came out of the brake lines when they were removed. Easy as that. We still bleed the fluid a lot though to make sure there was no air. And we never saw any. Extremely easy.
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Really?? I can't get over how much I love them! And I should keep that stretch if I lower the car? I thought that amount of stretch was bad and was kind of embarrassed about it.. |
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I'm still going to use your suggestion of keeping the pedal pressed to prevent air from getting in the rest of the brake system when I remove the lines I like the way your rotors look and would like a pic of the car with your rims on. Your rotor style remind me of the full floating wave rotors I put on my track bike. |
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I guess everyone has their own tastes, but showing a car in a stance that it clearly cannot be driven in, and has mechanical interference, to me doesn't look attractive. But I have lived around low-rider folks all my life and that is what my mind sees when a vehicle is dropped to the ground like that... not a sports/performance car.
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Gonna order that "Lady Driven" decal for wifey's CLS63... That's a nice touch. Thanks for the link!
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Hahaha...I actually told my wife about that...she made the vomit face.
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