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Wilwood Calipers and rotors?

posted by  someone claiming to be John H. on  Wed Jul 9 07:04 CST 2003 [RELATED]

Does anyone know anything about wilwood calipers and rotors?

I'm trying to gather some information and do a comparision between wilwood and brembo in regards to quality, reliability, and overall satification of ownership of these parts with regards to use on a C70.

I heard about a group buy on a big brake kit (330mm for 17 wheels and 355mm for 18 wheels) from wilwood for the c70 that is being organized on the swedespeed.com website.

Any thoughts folks? Thanks.









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    Wilwood Calipers and rotors? 850 1995

    posted by  steve s on  Wed Jul 9 14:24 CST 2003
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    it's alright, i have brembos 13" up front. the particular wilwood u r talking about does not have dust seals....and even tho it's stainless steel...seal is better than no seal... at 1200, it is substantially cheaper than the brembos...








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      Wilwood Calipers and rotors? 850 1995

      posted by  someone claiming to be John H. on  Thu Jul 10 03:10 CST 2003 [RELATED]

      What have been your experiences with the 13" Brembos kit?
      Are they worth the money?
      And what about replacement of the rotor, rotor hat and pads. (I'm assuming that the rotor is two pieces.)
      What has been the typical time length that you have been able to get out of these parts?
      Also, how expensive have they been to replace?
      Any comments in general about the performance of the brembos vs stock?
      Lastly, would you do it again and recommend that other consider it? If not, why?








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    Wilwood Calipers and rotors?

    posted by  someone claiming to be Frank on  Wed Jul 9 11:51 CST 2003 [RELATED]

    MVP also sells them now for 700s (maybe others) and as cool as they look, they're $1200 for the fronts only (I believe).
    Have you tryed a google search on them for reviews, etc?








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      Wilwood Calipers and rotors?

      posted by  someone claiming to be John H. on  Wed Jul 9 12:18 CST 2003 [RELATED]

      The cost isn't that big of an issue. Its cheaper then the brembo kit, and cheaper then any other kit that I have seen so far. But, I don't know about the quality of the product. From what I do know, its american made and therefore I'm concerned about the quality. It may not be up to european or japanese standards. If its made to "FORD" standards, then I forget it.








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        Wilwood Calipers and rotors?

        posted by  someone claiming to be Frank on  Wed Jul 9 17:04 CST 2003 [RELATED]

        http://www.precisionbrakescompany.com/wilwood_google.html



        http://ms101.mysearch.com/jsp/GGmain.jsp?st=&searchfor=Wilwood+brake+kits&searchBtn=Search

        Gotta be better than ANY OEM brakes and IMHO, OEM VOLVO calipers in 850s on up havent exactly been doing great either.







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