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    Wilwood front brake kits

    Does anyone have any experience with these guys kit? Seems pretty cost effective when compared to UUC, is there any reason to run the pricy kits?

    Thanks in advance


    Wilwood For BMW 3 Series E30 Brake Kit Dynalite 4 Pot Calipers - Motorsport-Tools.com
    https://www.motorsport-tools.com/wilwood-bmw-3-series-e30-brake-kit-dynalite-4-pot-calipers.html
    <p> NEW - BMW 3 Series E30 - Wilwood Dynalite 4 Pot Brake Kit - Race / Rally / Fast Road application. <br /> <br />Kit includes: <br />2 x Wilwood Dynalite 4 Pot Forged Calipers <br />2 x 280mm x 22mm Vented disks
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    Originally posted by Sonny
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    The calipers would be fine, I'd look into who makes the rotors though so you can find replacements.

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      #3
      My friend ran these on his track car... They are ok, but definitely not great. Calipers flexed a ton, not a lot of power, went through pads (Hawk DTC 30 I think, so that's probably part of the problem).

      My car with E46 m3/e39 540i DTC60 stops like crazy, pretty huge difference going from one car to the other
      - '88 m54 coupe

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        Originally posted by Jb325is View Post
        My friend ran these on his track car... They are ok, but definitely not great. Calipers flexed a ton, not a lot of power, went through pads (Hawk DTC 30 I think, so that's probably part of the problem).

        My car with E46 m3/e39 540i DTC60 stops like crazy, pretty huge difference going from one car to the other
        The calipers flexed, or the adapter mounts flexed? Those calipers are used in a TON of applications and I haven't heard anything bad about them thus far.

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          #5
          This kit appears to just be a stock-caliper replacement setup? Seems odd that they wouldn't just say that.

          In addition, that is a pretty tiny caliper (piston wise). Begs one wonder why they wouldn't just go stock instead of this one.
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          Just looked at their "larger" 280mm kit (really?)... really not a fan of the mounting bracket design. Additionally, that caliper is slightly larger, but it is the one I used to use on 2002 systems, not the heavier E30.
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          I'm all for BBK's but these heavily lean on the "bad design decisions, why bother" end of the spectrum.
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            #6
            Adapters were steel, so I'd imagine it was the calipers.
            - '88 m54 coupe

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              #7
              The small Willwoods are pretty well-known for flexing. Not to say they're bad, just that other (larger) monoblock calipers are probably better. Since rigidity and cheaper pads are the primary reason to ditch the stock calipers, I'd skip it.

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