Is this a good price for these brakes?
05-08-2007, 06:34 PM
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RE: Is this a good price for these brakes?
It's fair in price, but be forewarned, these are basically "cosmetic" upgraded brakes. The rears use the GT's existing caliper(with provided bracket) and the fronts are a 2 piston(same as stock, but a bigger caliper) design, so it'll be an upgrade in performance, but you'd be better off buying some really effective front brakes only and change the rear pads to match IMO. The fronts perform about 80% of all the braking, so money spent there would be wisest for street/part-time track use. But it you have $1800.00 laying around and want to fill out the wheels with good looking brakes, they're great looking brakes.........
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RE: Is this a good price for these brakes?
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It's fair in price, but be forewarned, these are basically "cosmetic" upgraded brakes. The rears use the GT's existing caliper(with provided bracket) and the fronts are a 2 piston(same as stock, but a bigger caliper) design, so it'll be an upgrade in performance, but you'd be better off buying some really effective front brakes only and change the rear pads to match IMO. The fronts perform about 80% of all the braking, so money spent there would be wisest for street/part-time track use. But it you have $1800.00 laying around and want to fill out the wheels with good looking brakes, they're great looking brakes.........
It's fair in price, but be forewarned, these are basically "cosmetic" upgraded brakes. The rears use the GT's existing caliper(with provided bracket) and the fronts are a 2 piston(same as stock, but a bigger caliper) design, so it'll be an upgrade in performance, but you'd be better off buying some really effective front brakes only and change the rear pads to match IMO. The fronts perform about 80% of all the braking, so money spent there would be wisest for street/part-time track use. But it you have $1800.00 laying around and want to fill out the wheels with good looking brakes, they're great looking brakes.........
+1. You really only use 10% of your back brakes. Thats why a complete brake set up from the GT500 for under 1k, gives you great performance and you still look good in the back with the big 14" brakes
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