bought some 318iS front brake calipers a while ago, and today finally got round to buying new 325i discs and bolting the lot on. just wondering if the brake calipers are actually different, because when i had them side by side during the swap they looked the same! i think etk gave different part numbers but i can't really remember!
just curious. if they're different then i'm going to bin my 316 calipers but if they're all the same then i'll keep em as spares or sell em!
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Simon
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There were 2 different types fitted to the E30, ATE and Girling, theyre interchangeable as in fitting bolt holes/pads and discs, but parts are different if rebuilding them.
Vented calipers and solid calipers are different though.
Vented calipers and solid calipers are different though.
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Toby_Unna
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aha that's what i wanted to know, cheers. didn't look too carefully, was just expecting the vented disc calipers to be visibly larger that's all. obviously not!
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paddy2bsure
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The vented calipers will be "wider" to accomodate the thicker vented disc - about 20mm (poss 25) compared to 12.5 of the normal solid disc. They will otherwise look similar enough put side by side.
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Simon13
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have you got the iS springs and dampers on yet?