orderd the brakes calipers today should be with me in a few days i didnt order disks or pads yet need to find some cheaper ones for now just to get me working
wilwoods anyone awesome service from rally design orderd 3pm yestoday with me by 11am today rest of pics here www.veedub.org total cost for the calipers and 2 braided lines was 278.71 or sumit like that still need disks and pads will get cheap ones for now it also sayes to use 3 dot fluid whats the difference between 3 and 5.1 (apart from 2.1 ) they bolt on difffernt to the midilites and how are they ment to be blead theres 4 bleed nipples
quick update i spoke to Circuit Supplies 01525 385888 and they recomneded the ds2500s brake pads the part number for my brakes is frp502 is anyone needs that prices were as follows Rally Design didnt sell them but sold the Willwood Poly "D" pads 39.50+ vat 8 postage Circuit Supplies ds2500' were 64 + vat and postage motorsport world same as above Demon tweeks 58+vat + 7 postage but they price matched and did them all in for 64 incl postage they also sold the Ferodo 4003 pads at 59 but nobody has mentioned them yet so i gave them a mis Thanks again for the help looks like i will get the Motul RBF600 brake fluid and i need to sort out the rears then thats the brakes done Chassis bits are almost done i think thats the important bits before i concentrate on the engine
dude, the 4 bleed nipples are the same as on mine, there is one for each piston in the brakes, you have to bleed all 4, but you do two at a time then move the caliper and bleed the other two. Ro
Dot 3 brake fluid is min requirement for brake systems in USA (Wilwood being a US company....). Thought i would answer this question for you. Dot 3 fluid is a basically glycol based fluid. Dot 4 is Glycol based with Borate Ester added to give higher BP. and Dot 5.1 is basically Dot 4 Fluid (but with a bit more Borate Ester) and the chemicals are of controlled viscosity so that it gives higher BP but mostly gives more linear expansion when hot. Trouble is the more Borate Ester you add the more hygroscopic the Fluid becomes, therefore you will normally have to change DOT 5.1 fluid more regularly due to water ingress. Jon PS I have Wilwood Midilites (280mm) with polymatrix pads ( pads are poo!) Edited by: Nurburgring
So if Polymatrix (?) and Hawk pads are poo, you can't get DS2000, 2500 or 3000 for Midilite's, has anyone else found any alternatives ? I know that there aren't many options but even those are reducing. I've just purchased Poly 'E''s for my Midilite's !
update Big thanks to everyone for your help specially hotgolf for making the spacers for me some more pics here www.veedub.org
i got the pads a few weeks ago ive not fitted them to the car yet so i dont know what differences they make yet i forgot to try a wheel on yesterday too
