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R56 F56 JCW front brake calipers on R56?

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Old 06-23-2020 | 07:28 PM
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F56 JCW front brake calipers on R56?

Has anyone tried this? F56 JCW calipers look very similar to R56 Calipers but part numbers are different, good deal on a set here locally, If mounts are the same might give them a try.
 
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Old 06-24-2020 | 11:51 PM
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here is a picture of the brakes for sale
 
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Old 06-25-2020 | 03:12 AM
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Getting the calipers mounted might be the easy part. Getting rotors to match will be the harder part. Bolt pattern is different, and offset looks off, too.

If you want a bolt on kit, this ain’t it.
 
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Old 06-25-2020 | 05:46 AM
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I would get some 4 pot JCW calipers from a R55-R59, much easier and the braking will improve as much as these. Sell them to a F55-F57 guy and make some profit, they will take them in a heartbeat. Lots of work to make them work.
 
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Old 07-01-2020 | 07:07 AM
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I would get some 4 pot JCW calipers from a R55-R59, much easier and the braking will improve as much as these. Sell them to a F55-F57 guy and make some profit, they will take them in a heartbeat. Lots of work to make them work.
This. This will be a raging headache to retrofit. Assuming you somehow get the caliper to fit, fitting the newer MUCH larger rotor will be a giant pain.
 
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