M Coupe brakes upgrade advice???

[Mcoupe heaven]

Hi there. Yeah, I've got disks that need replacing, rusty callipers and I'm wondering whether a trip to ATS is a missed opportunity to get some really good working, and looking brakes? I've looked on the Brembo site and they seems to cost £1000's.

Anyone upgraded their Z3 M Coupe Brakes and can give me some options?

Cheers.

[belleair302]

Why not just get the calipers properly sorted, then powdercoated, have the disks nickel plated to stop rusting and have some decent pads installed.

All in for around £650 whereas a bbk will cost you thousands and will actually offer you little improvement unless you thrash you car around a track every weekend.

People forget tyres help you to stop as much as decent pads and disks...is the geometry of your car 100% and have you renewed the brake fluid and lines within the last 12,000 miles??

[Mcoupe heaven]

Excellent thanks for the advice.

Well I've just bought the thing in the last few months and I'm getting a wobble on the steering wheel under braking. The MOT recently advised that the disks would need looking at soon. The calipers look dreadful (a mate of mine has a new Porsche 997 so you know where I'm coming from. Awesome yellow calipers....) so the plan is part cosmetic and part mechanical. I don't do track days so regular braking is the norm. I have a good garage nearby (Newbury based) which may have better advice than a BMW dealership.

[belleair302]

Ring up Phoenix Motorsport who are based in Camberley Surrey. Gerry the boss is a major BMW specialist and they are doing top work on disks, powdercoating calipers, pads, hoses and piston rebuilds. Well worth a chat and they can also rework your suspension geometry to give your car the best possible steering feedack and handling.

Details are on the web.

[Loud Pedal]

I posted a Porsche caliper conversion i did on mine here;

http://www.z3mcoupe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=381...

Whole conversion using CSL discs, Porsche 996 calipers, Pagid pads etc cost me less the £900.

[Mcoupe heaven]

Brilliant thanks for the advice folks. Love the Porsche upgrade but it look swell beyond me. Gonna try that chap at Phoenix Motorsport and see how I get on. I'll post shots if I go ahead. Ace.

[zmrjason]

I have Tarox 6's with braided lines. Very good performance, just done a track day in hot weather on a fast but technical circuit thats very demanding on breaks and tyres. Absolutely great performance.