Willwood Brakes.
Discussion
They work well if you choose the right ones.
You see plenty of people complaining they flex and they're crap compared to their new AP's, etc.
However, you usually find out their new AP's cover half the disc, cost 2k+, and they'd previously fitted the cheapest wilwoods to save money without heeding that a caliper built for a 600kg sandrail might not have the stiffness required for their 1400kg saloon...
You see plenty of people complaining they flex and they're crap compared to their new AP's, etc.
However, you usually find out their new AP's cover half the disc, cost 2k+, and they'd previously fitted the cheapest wilwoods to save money without heeding that a caliper built for a 600kg sandrail might not have the stiffness required for their 1400kg saloon...
Double check your measurements before you buy willwood. They are American and use difficult to find imperial threads and have odd optimal sizes for discs etc. I have brembo on one car, AP on another and wilwood on two more. I have converted one of these over to HiSpec because, well, I find wilwood to be not very good at all and a right royal PIA when fitting to a new build or retro fitting from another caliper. I can't rave about HiSpec either, but that's another story....
Their specifications and drawings are on their web site, so you can check everything.
As implied in an earlier post... you get what you pay for...
Their specifications and drawings are on their web site, so you can check everything.
As implied in an earlier post... you get what you pay for...
Maybe the top end Wilwoods are OK, I've had experience of mid and low range Wilwoods and found them to be rubbish - as mentioned above serious flex leading to horrible spongy pedal. If you can afford AP or Brembo that would be my recommendation - even a heavy quality road car caliper is better than a cheap Wilwood......................
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