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mystic sport
15-09-2007, 06:59 PM
I installed the BBK on my car yesterday. All easy stuff and they seem very good, not sure if the disks are 100% though as there is a vibration when braking from high speeds. If it is pad transfer from the previous owner :p then hopefully it will clear up over the next couple of weeks ;) . Normal driving and there feels no difference between these and OEM but stamp onthe brakes from a highish speed and it really does slow down quite hard.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/330paul/m3/bbk1.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j303/330paul/m3/bbk2.jpg
adood84
15-09-2007, 07:02 PM
you should of put the BMW cap on for the pics :D

Looks good glad you got it all sorted out
1295charlie
15-09-2007, 07:04 PM
looking sweeeeet Mystic.
i put VTTR BBK on and you don't notice much with normal driving, but take her out on country roads,:eek: what a diff
mikem
15-09-2007, 07:13 PM
Look great mate, as said the only time you notice it in normal driving is when braking hard from very high speed.
Doc Matt
15-09-2007, 07:24 PM
Brilliant Paul. :cool:
Nickleback
15-09-2007, 08:36 PM
Great mod Paul, no going back now as you will really notice the difference when they are bedded in :D
Looking @ the pic the pad wear on the disks does not look even yet, so may need more work to bed them in properly ?
peppernick
15-09-2007, 08:50 PM
Nice one Paul :cool: :cool:

They do look good behind those M6 wheels. The discs are full of pad deposit, a few natural braking sessions should solve it.

Wait till they are hot, the StopTech bites like no others. What pads are you using?
mystic sport
15-09-2007, 09:50 PM
Not sure Nick but I believe they are pagid blues or something like that. Roy could confirm as they are off the banana. The pad backing plates are blue anyway :p .
Chaos
15-09-2007, 10:00 PM
Don't understand why people are saying that they feel like OEM under normal driving. Are people using hard-compound pads or something? There should be a marked difference between stock and a BBK..
mystic sport
15-09-2007, 10:32 PM
The braking forces at normal pedal pressure and and speeds seem very OEM like but if you apply heavier pressure or are stopping from a higher speed then there is a big difference - well, that is how it feels with mine. The pedal pressure is more consistent though and I guess the SS lines help out here as well. I like it like this. i would hate a brake setup that is very binary, thwe progessive nature that these stoptechs seems to have is very nice. I have only driven Nicks old M3 and Roys M3 with BBKs so really have no other reference other than the 60 miles i have done so far, most of it on the motorway. Tomorrow i will give it the full beans on some of kents finest lanes ;) .
Chaos
16-09-2007, 08:16 AM
..but if you apply heavier pressure
That's what I was getting at. Doing just the front BBK will make them milder as well, but you should still have that extra power under the pedal when you push it harder, not like oem where you get what you're given and no more.
DaveWytM3
16-09-2007, 08:50 AM
Nice mod. i have the same on my M3 - best mod for £££ IMO
imu
16-09-2007, 09:14 AM
Awesome mate... :cool:

I nearly put a BBK on my M3, but sold it just before, so will be very keen to see/feel the improvement in braking in yours when we get back to the ring... esp now as the D's brakes are still f**ked since our last lap together ... :D
gie0320
16-09-2007, 09:23 AM
Looking good Paul, glad you got it all sorted in the end. my mate Mark was full of admiration for your car when he saw it, now he wants one!
mystic sport
16-09-2007, 09:27 AM
esp now as the D's brakes are still f**ked since our last lap together ... :D

Haha, best you change the car then mate, bet you have an M of some description for our first trip next year ;) .


Looking good Paul, glad you got it all sorted in the end. my mate Mark was full of admiration for your car when he saw it, now he wants one!

Thanks George and cheers for the help with the spacers. Spoke to Mark for a while and in the end he asked me to let him know if/when I sell the car :p . Its quite easy to brain wash people into M ownership!!
444bhp Ray
16-09-2007, 10:37 AM
:eek: looks great, the wheels show off the bbk 100% better m8.
zarnd
16-09-2007, 01:58 PM
Its quite easy to brain wash people into M ownership!!

tell me about it :D

Looking great Paul, the colours work so so well. Looks like they all went on and you had no prlbmes either

cheers
Black Sabbath
16-09-2007, 08:29 PM
Welcome to the BBK club Paul ;)
mystic sport
16-09-2007, 10:26 PM
Had a very funny evening. Been out for a meal and got a bit pissed. My wife Kerry drove hiome and i almost head-butted the dash a few times. She got used to the brakes after 15 miles or so but there was stilll the odd hiccup :p .
Atlas 12v
17-09-2007, 09:11 AM
Saw your car the other week, looked good. You were coming through Maidstone on the road from Pembury.

I was piloting a 10bph Yamaha YB125 on my CBT...
Auryn
17-09-2007, 09:24 AM
Had a very funny evening. Been out for a meal and got a bit pissed. My wife Kerry drove hiome and i almost head-butted the dash a few times. She got used to the brakes after 15 miles or so but there was stilll the odd hiccup :p .

lol...im glad its not just me then, everytime i jump in the banana i get to the end of the road & almost launch my head through the windscreen :)