Quoting vr4underboost:
The only person saying that is me. I thought it through and had two people that are considered to be experts explain it to me. What exactly are you saying needs to be thought through? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif.
Sorry, I just meant that there's nothing unique about the caliper when compared to our cars brake setup for stock, and that random other kits could meet the same numbers in terms of "designed" for our cars. That's all.
Quoting vr4underboost:
OEM companies and aftermarket ones like Brembo and Wilwood (who also happen to design braking systems for OE's)put a great deal of thought into a cars braking system. If it was just as easy as putting a bigger caliper onto a rotor and calling it day without determining the caliper piston size/master cylinder size along with showing actual decreases in stopping distances, pedal modulation and feel every one could do it.
I'm not saying that the OP or anyone else needs to go buy a Stoptech kit. He asked for an opinion on a kit I used and gave him an opinion on it along with my opinion on a kit that has worked for me.
Also, the stop tech kit that one of my buddies had on his Audi A6 was $800 for a rebuild kit... That's a hell of a lot of money.
Depending on the Stoptech caliper, 4 piston or 6 piston your buddy could have bought two new calipers for $800 instead of a rebuild kit. In the end it's all up to the individual to choose what will work best for them from the available options out there.
Daryl
And I'm not saying that StopTech doesn't put thought into their calipers, because I know they do. All I'm trying to point out to those that may not know, is that you can find OEM run of the mill parts that fit the same bill. Finding someone to develop a bracket to hold them on is another story /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif Just because people like digit ( /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rofl.gif) try to stuff as large of a caliper as possible inside a wheel, and make sure it has a ton of pistons, does not mean that his kit is better than some DIY setup. Other changes to a car such as wheel size, tires, and weight distribution then further mess with the brake system that aftermarket brake companies can't even compensate for.
I think we're on the same page /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif