StopTech BBK finally installed! Pics on PG 4

The_Instigator · 2005-11-16 04:46:55

..and yes they are massive :P thats wut she said :rofl: Yes..yes she did..twice :lol:

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11-17-2005, 02:24 AM

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..and yes they are massive

thats wut she said

Yes..yes she did..twice

11-17-2005, 02:52 AM

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Sure will. Just needs a 5mm spacer..about as thick as 5 CDs stacked together..and yes they are massive

so you need to have the spacers. No other choice? where do the spacers go.

11-17-2005, 02:57 AM

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hey quick question does this kit include rotors for the rear? or is it only for the front?

11-17-2005, 03:36 AM

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those are SEXY!

11-17-2005, 06:11 AM

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Sure will. Just needs a 5mm spacer..about as thick as 5 CDs stacked together..and yes they are massive

so you need to have the spacers. No other choice? where do the spacers go.

The spacers go between the rotor assembly and the wheel to move the rim away form the caliper. If you have aftermarket rims you may not need spacers. We have a wheel fitment template here: http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/ch...55-2430-02.pdf that you can print and cut out to put into your wheels to see if the kit will fit.

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hey quick question does this kit include rotors for the rear? or is it only for the front?

It is a front only kit that is designed to work with the stock rear brakes. We test every car we make a kit for to ensure proper balance with the stock rear brakes and master cylinder. You can read about how we do our testing here: http://www.zeckhausen.com/testing_brakes.htm . In stock form the rear brakes are usually under utilized anyway and in some cases we may reduce front bias to make the rears do more work and promote better balance and performance.
In most circumastances a rear BBK is not needed but most people like them because they make the car look better.

11-17-2005, 06:13 AM

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those are SEXY!

Im going to hav eto agree with you on that

11-17-2005, 07:37 AM

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instigators car is pertty clean

-taek

11-17-2005, 01:12 PM

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also i may have been mistaken but when you get those spacers are you going to do a write up on how to install them? or are you just gonna show the finished results?

11-17-2005, 03:12 PM

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instigators car is pertty clean

Thanks :D

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also i may have been mistaken but when you get those spacers are you going to do a write up on how to install them? or are you just gonna show the finished results?

Ill take pis during install. They pretty much just slide on before the wheels.

11-17-2005, 03:31 PM

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sounds good im lookin forwards to the pics.

11-17-2005, 03:37 PM

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sounds good im lookin forwards to the pics.

Im looking forward to taking them...Only about 9 hrs before I start the install

11-17-2005, 03:44 PM

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whats in 9 hours?

11-17-2005, 03:47 PM

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Thats when I get off work and start getting dirty....working on my car of course

11-17-2005, 03:59 PM

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9 for you is what? 6 for me or 12? (your cali right? im on the east coast)

11-17-2005, 03:59 PM

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haha never mind. i thought you said 9 tonight not 9 hours my bad lol.

11-17-2005, 07:33 PM

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In most circumastances a rear BBK is not needed but most people like them because they make the car look better.

And sometimes cosmetics are important! I see the BBK is made to work with the stock back breaks. Will they still work if I were to upgrade the backs as well? Not necessarely a rear BBK but even just some nicer looking roters and calipers to match the front.

11-17-2005, 08:22 PM

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The kit is desinged to work with stock rear brakes so if you add parts like calipers with larger pistons and some larger rotors you will add a lot of rear bias and the braking performance would be reduced. When you move a caliper further out on a larger rotor you are also increasing the leverage on the rotor and increasing brake toruqe which is bad if you already had ideal balance.

When we put a BBK on a car, we usually end up reducing caliper piston sizing because we are moving the caliper further out on a larger rotor. It seems counter intuitive but a properly desinged big brake kit will have close to or less overall brake torque than the stock parts. This ensures that the proper blalance is maintained and you get the best performance.

We never reccomned mixing and matching brake parts because unless you do a lot of long difficult equations or extensive track testing, you never really know what you are getting. It may look great behing your wheels, but if the final part doesnt work properly, you can end up spending a lot more on reapirs than the correct kit would have cost you in the 1st place.

11-17-2005, 10:24 PM

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Ok so UPS lost my order and I wont receive it in time to install the kit today. We are going to the track first thing tomorrow so I will just have to destroy my stock pads and rotors. Ill end up doing the install on Friday night or sometime Saturday. Needless to say I hate UPS to no end. This is the 4th time this year they have screwed me on delivering on time.

11-17-2005, 10:25 PM

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hmm... Then my next question is what else can I do to make my back rotors more showy? I know I can paint the calipers to match, but the rotors are ugly stock! I am going to go with a front BBK I just don't want the rear to look out of place on my car!