Wilwood Brakes

[mang 3]

Been looking in to a set of midilite wilwood just wondering if anyone els has these and what they think of them?

[Bigbadbowen 8]

Been looking in to a set of midilite wilwood just wondering if anyone els has these and what they think of them?

I was thinking the same ? Does anywhere sell as a kit form ?

[mang 3]

Yeah ive found a place but you have to buy pads sep

[Bigbadbowen 8]

Yeah ive found a place but you have to buy pads sep

Do tell ? I could only find calipers ?

[welshpug 1,651]

rallydesign do a kit, but it uses their own 285mm disc which is a bit expensive as a replacement, there was a batch of brackets made on the 306gti6 forum to use the same caliper over an o.e 283x22mm 306/xsara brake disc instead.

 

afaik the pad is a generic AP pattern and relatively cheap for standard pads.

[mang 3]

Motorsport tools.com :-)

[Batfink 201]

Do those calipers still flex or is that another wilwood?

[mang 3]

Would you go with the 285 or the 310 would it realy make that much diffrence? Does in price lol

[custard-rallye 25]

I have a complete set just need braided lines rallydesign can make a set for £30

[mang 3]

What ones? Il might buy them if ur selling

[DanteICE 72]

Do those calipers still flex or is that another wilwood?

 

So true!

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

By far from the best, once you have used AP & Brembo, wilwood are well .. ​

[Bigbadbowen 8]

By far from the best, once you have used AP & Brembo, wilwood are well .. ​

Hmm thought that might be the case - get what you pay for I guess.

[DanteICE 72]

Just search for Wilwood flex, there are videos out there. Some people will moan about most of these companies because they've had a bad batch or customer service issues. I've heard Hi-spec stuff is good and then I've heard others say it's rubbish and the customer service leaves a lot to be desired? You'll never get a definitive answer unless there is some evidence to back it up.

 

AP Racing is your best bet. But be prepared to pay for it!

 

What are peoples opinions on Hi-spec for that matter? a lot of the Ford guys stand by them.

 

Geoff

[allanallen 528 2 Cars]

I've got hi-spec r114s mounted on 266mm 206/306 discs on my 309. They're very very light, theyre un-servo'd and stopping power is pretty good really. They do wear the leading edge of the pad quicker, wether this is flex I don't know. Good calipers for the money though and use a very common pad so 1155s and the like are only about £70.

I've found hi-spec customer service pretty good to be honest.

I also have a set of APs, same pad as the hi specs mounted on a 285 belled disc. they're the bollocks they really are but as mentioned its probably 7-800 quids worth to buy,even second hand.

[brumster 135 1 Cars]

You'll be hard pushed to find someone who runs (or has run) enough of a cross-section of types to make a serious back to back comparison. I've ran AP's in various guises for years now and you would never get me trying anything like Willwoods and Hi-Specs and, likewise, those who generally buy Willwoods are on a budget and will never end up sampling the likes of AP/Alcon.

 

But it's horses for courses, of course. My brakes get some pretty serious use and it can almost be a matter of life and death with them really - I put a lot of trust in them. Things are a bit different for someone doing a bit of drag racing and fast road driving, and I wouldn't suggest they go and spunk their wad on £2k's worth of APs just for the sake of it.

 

A mate runs Willwoods on his Nova rally car - the one thing I will say is the standard pads he had were s*ite. I convinced him to move to Performance Friction and he's a happy chap now.

 

So it's not just the calipers - think discs (particularly in terms of material quality) and pads too.

[rallyeash 155]

had Hi Spec before and had no issues atall.

[welshpug 1,651]

Its also choosing the right caliper for the car.

[custard-rallye 25]

Its the midilite ones mang pm me a offer

[mang 3]

What size are they I did pm you :-)

[custard-rallye 25]

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