Brembos...They aren't

[vonkamp]

But they do look good
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This is a brake kit from Turner Motorsport. Installation was a breeze...
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Since I had them apart, I went ahead and powdercoated the calipers.
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Thought it was a waste of time but was pleasently suprised when the bottlecaps went on and they showed up really good (pic to come)
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[vonkamp]

Hmmm.... All I see are little boxes with an "X". Could be my work computer, do the pic's show up?

[monty23psk]

nope, can't see the pics.

[vonkamp]

Damn :mad:

[vonkamp]

Fixed :cool:

[hoevesruperd]

red brakes are definitely stronger. just like red cars go faster... thats another unwritten law!
:p

[swiss318is]

does it stop better? is there an adapter necessary for the calipers?

[ose30]

I did some brake repairs some time ago to my daily driver, a 1988 318I.  I bought this car last autumn and according to seller brakes has just been overhauled (which can be easily seen from the pictures...)

Here's the starting point. 20 years of use has left some marks on the caliper (this was the best one..)

 

Since i am lazy i wanted the cleaning process be as simple as possible. I put disassebled calipers to citric acid bath for several hours.
 


Seems like acid has been removed some rust and dirt from the caliper



Parts after rinse



Since all the rust did not got loose, i decided to sand blast calipers lightly



I installed new gaskets and piston before the paint job, mainly because i was in the hurry (F1 in Monaco was just about to start) and usually fresh paint job will be ruined when you assemble parts.  



When all the internal parts were installed i heated calipers a little bit and added zinc paint on them. After the zinc was dried i painted calipers with black header hot paint.

The end result is here




Here's my other cars brakes. A little bit bigger than BMW ones. And yes, they are Brembos. Originally fronts were under GT2 and rears under GT3. Now they will be installed under my 951. In the picture you can also see special adpters which make this installation possible. Adapters has been designed by my friend and i; they were made by a local machine shop.

[vonkamp]

does it stop better? is there an adapter necessary for the calipers?

It's all stock stuff with ceramic pads & stainless lines.

[vonkamp]

Pic with wheel on. Don't laugh at my tires, it's what was on there when I bought it. :p
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Here's the car it's attached to. :cool:
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