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Jamie8GTi
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Mon Aug 12, 2013 6:27 pm

Hello guys,
Just wondering if any of you have dealt with wilwood brakes and where you went to get them?
Want to upgrade both front and rear and struggling to find anywhere in the uk that manufacture rear kits, its just with the hefty import tax from across the pond this post might save me a pretty penny.

The car is a 316i originally, but I have the rear subframe from a 325 with arms, and 51mm front struts but the callipers that came with them are all seized.

I'm only putting a 2.5 m50 in her at the moment but with plans for future power already brewing If i'm going to spend money getting the brakes ready this time, I might aswell make an investment and go all in :)

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Mon Aug 12, 2013 6:34 pm

I got my front and rear kit from KERI-WMS. Who's a member here

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=209737
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Mon Aug 12, 2013 6:39 pm

Did you buy wilwood through him? I messaged him about the WMS brake kits, just waiting on a price at the moment
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Mon Aug 12, 2013 6:50 pm

She makes the kits......i think....

http://www.wms-brakes.co.uk/
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Mon Aug 12, 2013 6:51 pm

Jamie8GTi wrote:Did you buy wilwood through him? I messaged him about the WMS brake kits, just waiting on a price at the moment
They wernt willwood but something very very similar
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Mon Aug 12, 2013 7:46 pm

I think... KERI-WMS is a bloke btw and yeah! WMS are the other alternative I've been looking at :)
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Mon Aug 12, 2013 9:10 pm

Rally design is where I bought mine.
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Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:31 pm

750 master cylinder or similar required

all 4 pots give a long pedal IMHO , bigger bore m.cyl should be factored in guys

just my 2P
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Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:27 pm

I just received my mazda rx7 conversion parts - £250 delivered from the US for rebuilt 4 pot calipers, brackets, pads & the brake pipe conversion nipple. - factor in £50 for some corrado g60 discs and you got a front setup for £300.

Upgraded master cylinder - $100 delivered from amazon.com (part number 34 31 1 156 643 ), £70 - £80 for a set of goodridge hoses and £60 for a set of pagid rear discs and pads for now, and its still less then the price of one of the wilwood sets.
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Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:42 pm

Ant wrote:750 master cylinder or similar required

all 4 pots give a long pedal IMHO , bigger bore m.cyl should be factored in guys

just my 2P
With the Wilwoods yes, but I'm sure Keri said the WMS kits have been designed with piston sizes to match the standard master cylinder.
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Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:48 pm

WMS offer a couple of kits, one with just slightly larger than standard piston sizes and one with staggered pistons in a much larger size which needs a different MC
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Fri Aug 16, 2013 6:32 pm

I think I will go with the WMS kit I'm just having trouble contacting KERI-WMS as the messages stay in my outbox.. 8O
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Sat Aug 17, 2013 12:20 pm

cheers :)
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