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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 10:47 PM
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I'd be interested in a kit like that Higgi.
Please pm me if you are taking payments.Thanks.
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 11:06 PM
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Someone finally did this, congrats!

I may be interested. Hate the looks of the stock rears.

The big question now is. Would the stock brake master cylinder, handle this setup?
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 12:30 AM
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another thing to consider is, there is a reason car companys put smaller brakes on the rear of the car, because when braking hard alot of weight gets put on the front of the car, and alot of load on the front. hence less needed brake force on the rear. now that you have rather large brakes on the rear if you get on the brakes hard i wonder if the rear brakes will lock up before the front causing the effect of ripping the e brake. because alot less load on the rear tires and excess clamoing force will cause them to lock up easier, just a thought to consider. its a really cool idea if this is not the case though. good thinking very interesting
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 06:40 AM
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another thing to consider is, there is a reason car companys put smaller brakes on the rear of the car, because when braking hard alot of weight gets put on the front of the car, and alot of load on the front. hence less needed brake force on the rear. now that you have rather large brakes on the rear if you get on the brakes hard i wonder if the rear brakes will lock up before the front causing the effect of ripping the e brake. because alot less load on the rear tires and excess clamoing force will cause them to lock up easier, just a thought to consider. its a really cool idea if this is not the case though. good thinking very interesting
As you might have noticed from reading whole thread, i run 330x30 rotors in front with large Brembo calipers. I am not afraid of rears being stronger than that. And i installed adjustable brake bias valve to reduce rear brake force if necessary. And brake pads in front at this moment are more aggresive than in rear. Of course, finding proper balance will take some time, but its solveable.
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 09:54 AM
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list kit on ur website, i'll buy if i save up enuf
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 11:06 AM
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As you might have noticed from reading whole thread, i run 330x30 rotors in front with large Brembo calipers. I am not afraid of rears being stronger than that. And i installed adjustable brake bias valve to reduce rear brake force if necessary. And brake pads in front at this moment are more aggresive than in rear. Of course, finding proper balance will take some time, but its solveable.
oh ok, so your able to adjust it if you do run into this problem, i was under the impression that the front were very similar to the rear in clamping force and caliper size. in that case this seems like a very cool idea and nice job
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 01:47 PM
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btw u saying all that still fits inside the 16" rim ?
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by sub9lulu
btw u saying all that still fits inside the 16" rim ?


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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 09:30 AM
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Took car (drove it 350km there and 350km back) to drift event in Slovakia, and brakes works great both on track and on the road, love them
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 09:38 AM
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Nice work man!
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Old Dec 28, 2010 | 01:43 PM
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hIGGI, did anything happen with this kit?
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Old Dec 28, 2010 | 01:55 PM
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hIGGI, did anything happen with this kit?
Used it on couple of drift events without any problems, then took out 13B and installed 20B.

Kit is one of a kind, as nobody really showed interest to purchase it.
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Old Dec 28, 2010 | 03:49 PM
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Damn this would have been sweet for my drift build, but i guess i'll have to fab my own. Thanks for the quick reply
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Old Feb 4, 2015 | 03:17 PM
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i just pulled system out of my FC and will be either adapting it to FD or can measure it and put for sale....
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