upgrading brakes

Post Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:20 am

in looking to upgrade my brakes e30 325i. whats the best way to go inc cost of upgrade. is there someone on the zone who sell a kit? been told TT disk can work? the upgrade is for road use really. any info would be good. cheers all

Post Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:32 am

AP Racing brakes can be converted to fit E30 325i
I forgot the name of the company the specially produced parts for conversion but they are not cheap. Contact AP Racing they will provide the company name and make kits for E30s

Post Mon Oct 20, 2014 11:12 am

I have WMS brakes as provided by Keri-WMS on here

Post Mon Oct 20, 2014 1:13 pm

Race type 4pots often come without dust seals (not really needed for limited mileage on a track) this can lead to unreliability when used on the road, use with caution.

There are lots of 4 pots that do have dust seals, go for those. (WMS kits do iirc)

Post Mon Oct 20, 2014 1:23 pm

Do WMS do front 6 pot rear 4 pot ?
How much are they ? Presuming they are suitable for track use / drifting ?

Post Mon Oct 20, 2014 7:21 pm

Pony the WMS 4 pot fronts with standard disc rears are fine for trackdays, certainly upto the job on mine and a few others on here

Edit- Probably not with mega power increases over standard, mine is a lightly modified m30 engine and they are spot on

Post Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:57 pm

I've just fitted e34 540i calipers with the audi 312mm disc
Fitting was tight inside the wheel and I'm looking forward to testing it
I've already driven it round the yard but haven't tested properly yet

Pedal was a bit soft but i think I need to rebleed it as it was empty for over a year and upgrade the master cylinder

I'll keep you updated