R32 Gtr Brake Upgrade Advice

[phunky_monkey]

Ahhhh, forgot you were living in India! It all makes sense now

TC005

TC105 (LOVE these)

[Roy]

Yeh once the car is finished i will be buyibg some 18" rims for the street. Will be either satin black FR18s or bronze TC105s. If the TC05s i have fit then the new RE30s i have at my desk in Melb will get flogged off. I regret buying new rims which before i have had a chance to fit have become common

Opps OT. How about a well designed wheel will cool brakes better then a 18" chromie wheel

[Beer Baron]

yeah I think the weds we have troy are the TC05. not the 005.

these are the 005s. (i like them too. weds are the goods. all of them! just a shame not all of them are forged, like the XD9s etc, look nice but cast...).

[Beer Baron]

troy I think you'll find they are 17X9 +20, not +22. as far as I can see all the GTR offset TC05s are 17X9 +20. mine are +20.

like these bad boys.

[RBLUV]

roy the weds will fit fine, i had some 17x9 +30 vs-kf's and they sat perfect on my stock guards, you say yours are pumped so the +22's should be fine

[Roy]

BEST WHEEL EVER! Shame they never came in 18s or 9.5" for the rear. Oh well just means i get to rotate track tyres

[Beer Baron]

yep, I love my set. they look so sweet on the car with that really deep centre. you will love the +20 9s heaps better than your old 8s.

[RBLUV]

they remind me of the wheels on the F1 cars just without the mega dish

[LotusGTR]

I think they should be ok. When I insert the spigot part of the drawing into the gap in the wheel up to around half way there is clearance, but if I push it in all the way the 'caliper' touches on the rim slightly.

I'd check it out in person to be 100% sure

Thanks for checking. I'll get the brakes fitted and trial fit as everyone is suggesting.

[LotusGTR]

Well, my brakes turned up today. Pics attached but I'm sure we all know what they look like. Rear hat is aluminium which is nice. Everything came as it should have done. Now for the fitting next Monday and then 1000kms of normal driving before they get onto the track. I've got 2 weeks to do this in before I'm at Sandown.......

Funnily enough, the recommended (by the vendor) run-in procedure is simply 1000kms of raod driving. No hard stops. No getting them hot etc.......Seems contrary to what I've heard, but his view is that only old pads needed this approach and that only old blokes still advocate it.....Hope that's not too controversial.

Got to get the coils changed too. Hopefully get them tomorrow from Slide.

[Roy]

You put them inside the house so that the wife could see? Brave man!

Yeh, i think as much road driving as you can do jsut top get as many heat cycles into them as possible

[LotusGTR]

In my dreams. They're in the sanctuary and sanctity of my office. I'm wondering if she'll notice once they're fitted. The irony is she has absoluitely no interest in my bogan-mobile but she seems to spot stuff with a hawk eye........ and keeps mentioning some 'secret fund' she thinks I have.....

[djr81]

Must be brake week.

My stuff went in on the weekend. Can't say if it works yet as I haven't done the other end. Just the M/C & front rotors & callipers. They will shortly be hiding behind these puppies.....

So your stuff has gone to a good home, Troy.

Not sure if it helps in the braking stakes but the brand whore count is heading North.

[phunky_monkey]

Nothing sexier than a fat set of stoppers!

What sort of rotors are they again Nick?

[LotusGTR]

PBR with hats to suit.

[archie01]

Nothing sexier than a fat set of stoppers!

Agreed.

Who's running that event at sandown you're referring to Nick?

[LotusGTR]

Agreed.

Who's running that event at sandown you're referring to Nick?

Hi Archie, Driver Dynamics. Friday night 5.30 to 8.30. 20 mins in the hour.

[Z1LLA]

Nice brakes, they look great. So tempted to put something like that on mine instead of the Brembos I have lined up.

[Piggaz]

Im running Project MU single piece slotted rotors with Project Mu Titan Kai Front Pads and Project Mu HC+ Rear Pad's. No troubles pulling it up on the street with 400 KW at the treads at my disposal. Abit noisy though

[LotusGTR]

9 pages later here they are. Funily enough I'm more excited about how they look than feel right now. Pedal is slightly softer than was (probably more piston area with the 4 pot rears) but they seem to work great on light and medium application. No sqeal so far.......Obviously not had the chance to stand on them from high speed so news on that is TBC.

I feel like a kid who had too much cake at the party. Over-indulged, but completely satisfied......