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For those who bought their F6 new, who optioned up the brakes and why. As they are currently offered as a $4500 option would it be worth looking around for the same brakes from an outside supplier? What other options did you take.
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$4500 for the 6/4 pot brembos? Thats still cheap as they are more like $6+ aren't they? Anyways, never bought a car brand new but I could probably say this... If you have the standard 4 pot front brembos and PBR rear brakes, this should do the job anyhow. I see it coming into luxury and looks paying that extra $$$. So personally I wouldn't even bother. Get a sunroof & custom leather done to the F6 which equates to that anyways and your much better off IMO... Oz,
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Thanks NFORCD, I never thought of a roof and I look like optioning the leather anyhoo. Grand idea Watson!
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Either way with the Leather, wouldn't bother spending $2500+ for factory crap like that when you can get your custom leather interior with "F6 310" stitching along with it or something... Anyways, goodluck with it all...
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Reputable brake places will tell you the 4 piston front is a better caliper.
Because it is smaller, it is a stiffer unit and can give better braking and feel for road use. Plus with decent pads, it should be all you ever need on a street car. 6 piston are technically better for the track as the bigger pad gives better heat dissipation and will last longer before cooking themselves. Biggest problem with the 4/1 piston setup though, is they dont look as good. The 6/4 setup look nice and meaty under the FPV rims. Which is why I tossed the 4 piston setup and put some 6's on. |
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Yeh that sounds about right, thanks for clearing it up...
Do agree with the whole looks thing, which is why I would probably leave the front brembos as 4 but upgrade the rears to suit it (if I ever have spare cash lying around)...
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Thanks guys, I have aalso PM'd SpoolMan and he said his F6 brakes were good enough for street work. I will have to contact the dealer regarding the roof now as I don't think it was part of the original options.
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Thanks, I found a thread about a member who had an install at Prestige Wetheril Park Sydney in 2008 and he seemed very happy. I will send him a PM when he deletes some out of his inbox to see how it goes nowadays.
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4 pots are OK for normal street use but they're hopeless if you intend doing track days at places like QR or Barbagello.
Doing Sprints at QR I wore out the pads AND ROTORS of 4 pots on my F6 at 24,000 kms. Don't forget, these are damned quick cars and you're up around two tonnes with driver and tank of fuel. |
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do 6 pot front and 2 pot back brembos calipars go with the dba4000 i think it is will they work together or is it better to just get the brembo rotors aswell??
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and also wats a good price for second hand brake package like 6 on front and 4 on back with rotors etc
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