The LIGHTEST brakes?
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dust booted DP caliper
I can do a fully "streetable" version of the Plus 2 kit in 11.75 spec for the same $859 price. Given all the factory Plus 1 and 2 kits are fully interchangeable in parts we'd simply swap in a smaller 11.75 UL32 rotor and keep the dust booted DP caliper. Or you could have them in red....or drilled....or green color if you wanted it.
Weight? total shipping weight of the kit would run about 35lbs. Less all the boxes and crap I'd say you'd have a total of 16lbs per corner. And they'd fit many 15s also.
BWTM! You can keep the barrel spacers for the caliper mount and do 12.2" rotors later (second hats advised vs swapping) and bump the same package up in size for 16" wheels. All in about 15min.
Weight? total shipping weight of the kit would run about 35lbs. Less all the boxes and crap I'd say you'd have a total of 16lbs per corner. And they'd fit many 15s also.
BWTM! You can keep the barrel spacers for the caliper mount and do 12.2" rotors later (second hats advised vs swapping) and bump the same package up in size for 16" wheels. All in about 15min.
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I'd agree that I don't think you'd see a huge gain with this proposed change given the weight per corner etc. Granted every bit helps but it's not 200lbs.
What I think you may be overlooking however is the flexibility of future use to larger and or wider rotors, and pad options to compliment the gains of the fixed four pot calipers etc. etc.
No arm twisting here but if you're investing $300 or more in rotors, pads and hoses you're nearly half way to a very basic, bare bones set up up that's got more to offer in the future. I can understand not wanting to buy two set of rotors and all that, but how will you feel investing $300 in oe parts now only to have to spend $800+ later to get what you could have started with??
What I think you may be overlooking however is the flexibility of future use to larger and or wider rotors, and pad options to compliment the gains of the fixed four pot calipers etc. etc.
No arm twisting here but if you're investing $300 or more in rotors, pads and hoses you're nearly half way to a very basic, bare bones set up up that's got more to offer in the future. I can understand not wanting to buy two set of rotors and all that, but how will you feel investing $300 in oe parts now only to have to spend $800+ later to get what you could have started with??
#32
03-09-2009, 07:20 AM
Actually I don't know if they will or not...you'd have to run the pdf numbers against the wheel.
The cited post was just comparing investment to return and making note of of the flexibility of the DP kits for future use with possible larger rotors and wheels. And we we're still looking at a request for the "lightest set up", correct? Which oe replacements would never accomplish.
The cited post was just comparing investment to return and making note of of the flexibility of the DP kits for future use with possible larger rotors and wheels. And we we're still looking at a request for the "lightest set up", correct? Which oe replacements would never accomplish.
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