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I suspect they swapped the M3 brakes on because the entire suspension is from an M3 to begin with...probably too much hassle/expense to try and figure out a way to make the 135i calipers work. It's cheap and easy to just retrofit the whole assembly.
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These brakes have no endurance problems as they have been heavily tested on the track by dj_dub with no issues, so your argument holds no merit
Between the two of us they have been tested, abused and still going strong. No one is telling you your brakes are bad just these are just as good and cheaper for the average joe blow and they don't need to spend absurd amount of money on so called kits. |
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I posted these here as it is the topic of discussion and it was deleted.
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I'm done posting in this thread trying to convince people that this is indeed a viable option for a brake upgrade over the stock setup and good value for the price and what you get. Is it an end all solution? Nope...but that wasn't the reason why this kit was produced. The facts are all here...people can make their own decision after reading everything. This has turned into a cluster f*ck of confusion that I want no part of. If anyone has any questions about this kit, feel free to PM me...I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.
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Don't understand why this turned into a pissing match, if you don't want to buy it then just don't. This is a very common thing amongst the vw/Audi community.
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360mm oem rotor needs about 65mm pad's height. 380mm oem rotor (f8x) needs about 76mm pad's height. brembo gt physically can take different height pads, but pistons location on them working good only up to 57mm pads (pistons locates too high). using 65mm pads on brembo gt calipers already not good idea. many years ago i've started working with brake systems, and i've tried a lot of different used calipers. not many calipers can give you such a wide range of pads height and width. |
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Been running the brakes for a while now and here is my review.
I have a large issue with the rear brakes and have got no reply from Albert about it so I think everyone should know whats going on with my set.
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View post on imgur.com Here is an album of photos with the rear defective caliper. Gaps were crosschecked with the driver side caliper which are both equal.
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did you double check the install ?
did you check the adapter bracket is sitting properly on the hub ? is it torqued down properly ? are the pads square ? eg is the rear of the pad (metal surface) parallel to the brake material Seen many faulty brake pads. Had the brake material come straight of the backing plate on one of my pagid pads on my jeep and it was 500kms old Ive seen brake pads not square and had to be machined flat and parallel to the backing plate on a belt sander. If you leave it for at least 500 miles and do some heavy breaking they will eventually run flat on your rotor and make full contact Try switching the pads from inside to outside. How you measured the distances of the gap has nothing to do with it. to check the calliper you have to measure the piston gap when fully retracted to the rotor and also the distance from top of the piston and bottom of piston to make sure the piston is running parallel to the rotor face Last edited by martymil; 10-07-2017 at 11:28 PM.. |
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i'm sorry you have to deal with this. this is what i was warning against. it is quite obvious that the rear brakes (even version two) are junk. you can clearly see the machining on the rotor surface extending towards the middle of the rotor, and the machining is worn off where the pads are actually bedded in and making contact. the rust underneath the pad is absolutely insane.
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Are you affiliated in any way with akmotorsports? You are very quick to jump to their defense so it'd be good for sake of transparency to keep this clear.
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the rears will never be right, because they aren't right.
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Im in australia so no
But people are quick to rubbish a product after they failed to properly install it in the first place No saying it happended here But seen it happen on the fourms and they are quick to point fingers He still didnt answer my questions ? If you want to measure if the piston is square to the face of the rotor Get a piece of balsa wood approx 10mm thick and cut to shape of the pad and insert instead of the pad Apply brakes and let the piston mark the wood Now measure the indentations at top and bottom This will tell you if ths caliper is flexing or not straight on the rotor If you cant do that get someone to apply the brakes for you and have a look if the piston has a gap between the pad Im just trying to help you work out whats wrong |
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I have measured the pads and the wear is not square at all. I have even swapped the outside with the inside pad to change the wear pattern. And I have had the kit for over 3 months before making this conclusion to see if the contact patch was a issue. |
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Also the fact that I have sent emails reguarding this and have not received any response back is a red flag and I am not sure how safe the kit is. Please watch the video and look at some of the defects I have found.
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How many miles have you done since install, time means nothing Have you bled the rear caliper properly, I re bleed all calipers after 500 miles Last edited by martymil; 10-08-2017 at 04:44 PM.. |
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I have had the kit on for 3200 miles.
I first thought I had air in the system and bleed the system a total of times starting from the back and also using a pressure bleeder. Each time I bleed I had about 100 miles of use between them. Also remember these are brand new ecs rotors. Measuring the rotor won’t matter as the top has been wearing from over 3200 miles of use. I can put back the oem rotor and see if I get the same noise that way we can rule that out. |
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