Well I've just checked out the price of the Revo upgrade kit, all of a sudden my brakes work great!
Big Brake Upgrade - Revo
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No engineering mods required, all parts provided in the REVO kit.
I just received with the speed of light my BBK from @BognorMotors for my new T6.1 BULLI LWB 4Motion DSG. I'm already used to brake my cars with BBK (Brembo 4 and 6 pots).
Cars with serious upgraded/increased horsepower or a heavy weight Van like the T's imo need them while oem brakes are just fine if you drive 'normal', but when using the brakes due to a more sporty driving style a lot more than average better change to a BBK while they never let you down (had my share on the Nürgburgring Germany). Ok, the great looks are also a reason, there
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So, for the thirst time using another brand. Forge and V-Maxx (soon having a BBK in a 6 pots with 365 mm. discs) were first in the race too but reading a lot on this magnificent Forum and listening to Olli, putting my trust in his experience and expertise, combined with a great price and the fact the brakes are in stock, made me go for it. @bar933 are you still happy with the REVO BBK ?
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Cars with serious upgraded/increased horsepower or a heavy weight Van like the T's imo need them while oem brakes are just fine if you drive 'normal', but when using the brakes due to a more sporty driving style a lot more than average better change to a BBK while they never let you down (had my share on the Nürgburgring Germany). Ok, the great looks are also a reason, there
.So, for the thirst time using another brand. Forge and V-Maxx (soon having a BBK in a 6 pots with 365 mm. discs) were first in the race too but reading a lot on this magnificent Forum and listening to Olli, putting my trust in his experience and expertise, combined with a great price and the fact the brakes are in stock, made me go for it. @bar933 are you still happy with the REVO BBK ?
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Beautiful
I should imagine it is not the just overall maximum brake effort that is so important over all else. It will be brake sensitivity, repeated fade free braking cooling and so on. OEM brakes are for most manufacturers might be fine when brand spanking new but they often adopt poor materials and design so pistons start to stick and so on. OEM may also adopt cheap mving caliper designs instead of opposing piston perhaps The top brake manufacturers pay attention to detail on design and specify better materials. I should also imagine that fitting these sorts of things might be declarable to insurance companies.
Quick question for those that have done the Revo big brake upgrade (maybe Oli @BognorMotors will know for sure), did you remove the splash back? Revo instructions say to do so but it appears that the discs (380mm), caliper and new caliper bracket appears to fit with the splash back in situ so I’m wondering why Revo suggest removing it (unless this is a hang over from the T5 instructions?).
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My thoughts exactly!!!
Not much in it by the time you have sourced them, reversed them and then they have no warranty etc
Anyway, anyone fitted the revo set and left the splash guards on?
Anyway, anyone fitted the revo set and left the splash guards on?
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18’s with a spacer work. Most 19’s and 20’s are fine. We have another brake option that fits behind a 17 now
I saw from your other thread but thanks for getting back to me. I've just recently got some new Devonports which I sprayed etc and I prefer the 380's as i want that extra stopping power with all my tools/gear in the rear. I'll perhaps consider a swap for Sportline wheels later on when I need new discs and pads. I'll be in touch when I upgrade.
There will be more pics of the 17" setup today for reference -Speak soon
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