8 Piston Chinese Callipers. Seem Too Cheap

[Dominic]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...ADME:L:RTQ:AU:1

The price on these things has come down by about $1,000 since they were released about a year ago. I have read the reports from purchasers who say that you get what you pay for.

BUT that was at $2300 for the callipers.

They are now $1300 including hatted rotors, pads, adapter plates and new hoses.

Why are they $1,000 cheaper in NZ than in Australia.

[STATUS]

Its a pity they are just so damn gaudy and cheap looking.

[Dominic]

Its a pity they are just so damn gaudy and cheap looking.

LOL is the AVATAR your engine bay...

[STATUS]

LOL is the AVATAR your engine bay...

nah its my missus's, fill in till i get the other avatar working again

[phunky_monkey]

Its a pity they are just so damn gaudy and cheap looking.

Agreed... it's a shame, because they are DIRT cheap

[skybarge]

haha yeah they are cheap

but i don't think i'd skimp on the most important factor in stopping your car

[skybarge]

oh actually, i just read the article, they are actually D2, as long as they are geniune D2 i'd buy them and they are in NZ, might have to give the guy an email

[skybarge]

would there be a way to use the 8 pot ones at the front and then adapt the GTR ones to the rear?

so 8 pot front, 4 pot rear :S

very tempted by it right now

[Dominic]

No one that has bought them has a bad thing to say and Just Jap are selling them for $2300 a set compared to $1,280 a set.

Im not saying skimp but lets be honest, 20 year old skyline GTR brake's Vs a brand new set with no bad reviews (yet).

http://www.aus300zx.com/forum/showthread.php?t=262083

Ive had two week old brembos fail on me at Phillip Island (thanks to very poor pad fitting by a major NSW seller of race brakes)

Edited July 27, 2007 by Dominic

[SimonR32]

if just jap follow suit in pricing i will probably make a purchase

[Duncan]

Dom I ran these brakes at Targa they were fine - performed well no problems, no fade with good pads (I did have problems racing on the road pads). Got mine from Just Jap and just squeezed them under standard 17" rims. Also kit comes with everythin includin braided lines, shims to line up properly etc

BTW they are taiwanese with decent japanese seals, so not really chinese either (although chinese govt may disagree lol)

[Duncan]

only thing to watch out...the original ones Just Jap had for GTRs had incorrect offset which caused ball joint to rub on rotor in hard cornering.....if you buy off ebay make sure it is the corrected kit as well.....offset is about 1cm further out

[Dominic]

only thing to watch out...the original ones Just Jap had for GTRs had incorrect offset which caused ball joint to rub on rotor in hard cornering.....if you buy off ebay make sure it is the corrected kit as well.....offset is about 1cm further out

Hey Duncan, long time no see. Im back with a GTR and building it to Classic Adelaide Spec. This time an R32. Still keeping my EVO though.

In the end I actually found a better made kit for about $600 more

http://cityracer.trustpass.alibaba.com/pro...stem_Kits_.html

Forged aluminium and 850 degree pads, 2 piece rotors with hoses meeting international standards. Seems better value for $2200. 6 piston calipers with 330 by 32mm rotors

[Beer Baron]

oh actually, i just read the article, they are actually D2, as long as they are geniune D2 i'd buy them and they are in NZ, might have to give the guy an email

lol, what is "genuine" D2? They are just like any other chinese made caliper/suspension/whatever except it has D2 written on them...

[Dominic]

lol, what is "genuine" D2? They are just like any other chinese made caliper/suspension/whatever except it has D2 written on them...

I think he means a real D2/Ksport/G2 as against a set of 8 pot ex champ car brembos with the letters D2 written on them;^)

[Roy]

Hey Duncan, long time no see. Im back with a GTR and building it to Classic Adelaide Spec. This time an R32. Still keeping my EVO though.

In the end I actually found a better made kit for about $600 more

http://cityracer.trustpass.alibaba.com/pro...stem_Kits_.html

Forged aluminium and 850 degree pads, 2 piece rotors with hoses meeting international standards. Seems better value for $2200. 6 piston calipers with 330 by 32mm rotors

They dont look too bad. But a few comments, if thats the hats they come with i would be a little concerned about there being so many holes around the bolts centres. I have seen normal; rotor crack between bolt holes, in fact only two weekend we almost wrote off a car in the bush on a rally stage because a rotor let go. And that was a 310mm aftermarket Volvo 1pce rotor...so pretty damn durable. And yet it still failed.

So having so many holes in the hat..well i hope its damn thick...and i cant think if a reason to have more then you need? Surely not weight.

Also the calipers look ok but they dont appear to have too many bolts between the forged havles. So thats just a casual obersvation based on the single pic...so couldbe miles out. But on the surface of it i think the cheaper D2 caliper "look" the better caliper and rotor

[T04GTR]

japaneese seals? lol.

just like my old k sport coil overs with "japanese made" damper in it. hahah only had to replace 3 rears in 6 months.

they seem to be ok performing. just like a wheel really. whether it be a cast piece of crap or a nice jap forging. they both do the same thing...

[foznice]

there actually was a review on this caliper kit (unless I'm mistaken) on here, the guy snapped one of the bolts connecting the caliper to the hub if I remember correctly..

[Duncan]

yeah there was definately one guy who had a manufacturing problem.....but I guarantee you the set I have had a genuine racing workout and were perfect.

Dom....whats the rules for classic adelaide - do they use CAMS tarmac rally regs like targa? ANd what is the cutoff year, mine is log booked as 94 r32, but I would love to try adelaide as well.

[Dominic]

yeah there was definately one guy who had a manufacturing problem.....but I guarantee you the set I have had a genuine racing workout and were perfect.

Dom....whats the rules for classic adelaide - do they use CAMS tarmac rally regs like targa? ANd what is the cutoff year, mine is log booked as 94 r32, but I would love to try adelaide as well.

Cut off year is 1990 "but run on models are ok" look up their website. Pretty much the same rules as targa as most cars do both.