Has anyon here upgraded to an aftermarket brake setup?

I've tried Mercedes 8 Pots up front and Lotus 4 pots in the rear, 8 Pots discs and mounting brackets were $1,200 alone! The Calipers were half the price. I also tried Wilwood 6 pots up front, I needed a tow truck when i caught a flat, Same with the 6 Pot Wilwoods, They were very nice but nothing noticeble from stock in traffic driving, They both sold in one day on the bay, No street difference, The only difference i notice was with pad changes, I'm in the Desert and work a hour away, So i have the plain old Csi set ups!--) Csi throwing star as a spare works great

Has anyon here upgraded to an aftermarket brake setup?

i will upgrade to some nice brembo.
what's the news from sima?

I've tried Mercedes 8 Pots up front and Lotus 4 pots in the rear, 8 Pots discs and mounting brackets were $1,200 alone! The Calipers were half the price. I also tried Wilwood 6 pots up front, I needed a tow truck when i caught a flat, Same with the 6 Pot Wilwoods, They were very nice but nothing noticeble from stock in traffic driving, They both sold in one day on the bay, No street difference, The only difference i notice was with pad changes, I'm in the Desert and work a hour away, So i have the plain old Csi set ups!--) Csi throwing star as a spare works great

Where did you source mounting brackets to adapt the Benz calipers? How about the disks? Where did you get disks of the right size? I take it they were the AMG 8 pots? I really want to do 8 pots on my 7....

there's some pics of the AMG brakes on an 8 up at 8er.org, look on the thread that discusses 20" wheels on E31.

can you link us up.. or hot link the pics?

i tryu reading that site and stil to this day cannot read german or work out how to put it into english!

i will upgrade to some nice brembo.
that's news from sima?

I thought the 8 had brembo stock?

My 95' 840Ci is suppose to, but I'm not sure.

Here ya go... http://www.8er.ch/forum/showthread.php?t=7811

I thought the 8 had brembo stock?

My 95' 840Ci is suppose to, but I'm not sure.

840 have brembo calipers

Has anyon here upgraded to an aftermarket brake setup?


My "boat-friend" Jochen has! http://www.movit.de/rahmen/bmw.htm

In Germany we call it "Porsche-breaks"

These "cars" do they have too http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=OSkkzgRbvLg

especially the racetaxi.ch http://www.race-taxi.ch/indexx.htm

enjoy the videos! :)

My "boat-friend" Jochen has! http://www.movit.de/rahmen/bmw.htm

In Germany we call it "Porsche-breaks"

These "cars" do they have too http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=OSkkzgRbvLg

especially the racetaxi.ch http://www.race-taxi.ch/indexx.htm

enjoy the videos! :)
Which Porsches other then the 993 have those brakes?

Thanks guys! Was trying to see if there were any other BMW models that share the same parts

i will upgrade to some nice brembo.
what's the news from sima?

SEMA was great...not much 'new stuff' but was nice to meet a few people face to face or see old friends.

Everyone talked about how low attendence was this year....

~Em

I was pretty impressed by the size of the stock brakes on these cars, and judging by their heft and speed capability they seem about the right size. Is there any point in upgrading the brakes for other than looks on the 8s? There won't be a benefit in stopping distance, and with the larger diameter pistons brake pedal effort will go up, and I'm doubting anyone here is overheating their brakes since none but a few race or autox them. So is there a history of the stock brakes being inadequate?

I don't want to be negative, but there are so many other great things you can buy for these cars with that money :)