Best 4 piston front brakes
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Best 4 piston front brakes
Looking for something that's either a 12 or 13 inch rotor. What's worked well for you guys?
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Re: Best 4 piston front brakes
What's this obsession with best? Everyone wanting a best caliper, a best camshaft, etc. Generally, even if there is one, after factoring your goals, your budget, your application, and your skills, it's unlikely you'll find it. Good enough seems like settling for inferiority, but that's not necessarily so.
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Re: Best 4 piston front brakes
There are lots of options out there.
Like cosmic said "best" for you may not be best for everyone else. A reasonable recommendation would require more information from you. Budget is important, but what wheels it needs to fit inside of would be my first question.
I just finished a brake upgrade on my car and my first question was "What will fit?" It turns out that I could not get what I wanted inside of the wheels I was using, so I had to get different wheels. So that brings us back around to budget. It is all an interrelated compromise.
For instance, "Best" for me included having the option to buy rotors and pads from a local source. If that isn't important to you, my "Best" may not be your "Best."
So give some thought to what is important to you, what wheels you want to run and what your budget is. With that info some here may be able to make a recommendation as to what they think best fits YOUR needs.
Like cosmic said "best" for you may not be best for everyone else. A reasonable recommendation would require more information from you. Budget is important, but what wheels it needs to fit inside of would be my first question.
I just finished a brake upgrade on my car and my first question was "What will fit?" It turns out that I could not get what I wanted inside of the wheels I was using, so I had to get different wheels. So that brings us back around to budget. It is all an interrelated compromise.
For instance, "Best" for me included having the option to buy rotors and pads from a local source. If that isn't important to you, my "Best" may not be your "Best."
So give some thought to what is important to you, what wheels you want to run and what your budget is. With that info some here may be able to make a recommendation as to what they think best fits YOUR needs.
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Re: Best 4 piston front brakes
If you search on here you will find lots of options, C5, C6 vette is probably what you are looking for unless you want to spend big money and go brembo or baer
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