Afternoon Folks,

 

As i'm in a bit of a predicament with my choice of new brake setup it has left me with a few options to consider

 

Go for broke and buy the 330mm setup and flog the 358mm fronts.

 

Sell my wheels and change them or something that fits beneath the arch and accommodates the caliper.

 

Those of you who have this setup what type of wheels and tyres do have to allow you to have the larger brake setup, would really rather not go down the arch rolling malarky if I can help it. At the moment the 18's that are on the car hit the inner linings and catch the arch when going over bumps (had to use 25mm spacers).

 

Cheers for all help and advice!

 

Dave.

Will you not consider selling your new brakes and fit the Brembos back on??

New rims will cost you alot more and even the 330mm brake kit may still need the 25mm spacer meaning the same problem!

I thought the caliper that came will those K-sport kits was the same used in both 330mm form and 356mm form, the only difference being the adaptor bracket. If this is the case, maybe you can borrow someones or see if the supplier can send out the 330 brackets to try on your car 1st.

However looking at the design of your alloys, the 330mm kit should fit, can see why the extra distance the caliper is pushed out causes the problem with the 356mm kit.

However looking at the design of your alloys, the 330mm kit should fit, can see why the extra distance the caliper is pushed out causes the problem with the 356mm kit.

 

The 330mm setup works with 15mm spacer with no issues ( you can get a Nates pube between the caliper and wheel) I thought I was buying the same diameter setup that Yewcheck had on there but alas I was wrong and went a little bigger. Not to bothered about the wheel cost as I'm sure I could get a decent amount back for the alloys on there already.

If your sure the 330mm kit fits then 1st try to get a swap from the buyer. If you can't then you have 2 choices.

1) Sell the 356mm kit make a small (ish) loss then buy a new 330mm kit.

2) Keep the 356mm kit and change your wheels. Will cost more than 1)

 

I really like your current wheels and would keep them, but if you feel like a change then now is a good time.

If I was you, I'd keep the wheels and sort the brakes.

Is keeping the Brembos not an option?

Dunno what problems you've had or got, sozz but when i fitted 356mm discs to the wheels i had at the time they were a tad too big, took em down to a local machine shop and had 5mm all round machined off, job done for about 30quid!

hth

smithy

Sell those lovely rims to mmmmmmmeeeeeeee :thumbup:

 

might need to get my car first though !!

And the bad question how much do they cost ???? plssss

I have Loads of clearance with my alloys.

I have Loads of clearance with my alloys.

 

Cheers Dave, as helpful as always!!

 

It's going back into the garage to get rid of the vibration issues ( I hope) then we can take it from there!

I have Loads of clearance with my alloys.

 

because you have 19's :)

Always happy to help :lol::lol: