Does any body have these fitted , I know the discs are not up to much just wondering about the calipers themselves as I am sure i can use an alternative supplier for discs , any views would be much appreciated.

Can't vouch for Tarox but AP Racing 6 pots certainly get my vote !

 

The stopping distance is drastically improved and they've never yet faded on me, even on track !

 

Look impressive too (although now I wish I'd removed the old balancing weight stickers BEFORE I took the photo ! :rolleyes: :D )

 

konrad

There you go mate - All gone.

How did you manage that - I thought I'd locked my garage ! :D

 

Cheers mate - that looks a lot better ! :)

tight fit but look pretty cool , if you don't mind me asking how much did they cost

Ouch - that's the only sore point !

 

£1,650 including the 345mm discs :(

 

Oh and I had to have some braided brake pipes manufactured as the brakes are actually an upgrade for a Skyline and didn't fit my original braided hoses (think that was only about £20 though!)

 

Could well have saved a large pedestrian shaped dent in my bonnet though, having had one just wander out into the road in front of me !

I know what you mean about pedestrians the roads would be great if wasn't for them and other non zed drivers,

 

£1650 :eek:

I'd managed to warp the previous 2 sets of standard disks on track, and keep changing disks and pads started getting pricey.

 

I was quoted £1000 for a 2nd hand set of skyline calipers (which are 4 pot brembos) so I figured half the price again to get a brand new set of calipers, disks & pads, and upgraded Skyline ones at that rather than standard sorta made sense in my bizzaro world :rolleyes:

 

They have lasted well though - they've been on for 3 years and been round several tracks and there's still about half the meat left on the pads ! I expected them to be really soft to get the stopping power but I guess the overall size and having the 6 pots does that job so they provide pads that last.

Originally posted by konrad

They have lasted well though - they've been on for 3 years and been round several tracks and there's still about half the meat left on the pads !

 

Christ! Thats good going! How have the disc's held up?

They're still looking pretty healthy - I was dreading having to keep changing discs and pads cause I figured they can't be cheap, but it looks like my gamble might pay off ! :)

Konrad,

 

Where did you source your upgraded skyline kit and braided brake lines from.

I might have confused you a bit here -

 

the AP's are the upgraded Skyline brakes. They don't actually list them for 300's, or didn't when I got them, but they simply needed one of the car's mounting brackets modified, and the new hoses.

 

The AP kit came from Jonathon at Grasshopper Prosport and the hoses came directly from Lockheed (or it might have been Girling ? :confused: ; sorry!). Apparaently there are only about three types of connector used for brake hoses, so all they needed was the types of connector I required for each end of the hose and the overall length. Turnaround was about 3 or 4 days and I was shocked by how cheap they were !

 

I sourced the original OE Skyline brakes from Hiteq, the skyline specialists in Wigan, who had recently upgraded one to AP's.

 

konrad

Cheers Konrad :)