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Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:14 am

defo interested in this mod.. any more details/price?

What other cailpers??
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Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:03 pm

As Dave said. Just give him a shout. Sure he will be happy to help. :D Think theres quite a few cars you can get calipers off.
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Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:25 pm

How much is this mod?

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Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:28 pm

This is a fantastic thread.

If something can be done I'm sure alot of people will be very interested.

I have been looking into getting some kits but not found anything thats really what I would consider "affordable".

Excellent stuff and I hope something materialises from this.
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Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:38 pm

You obviously have not been looking hard enough!

I found a kit for Ԛ£340 and it will fit under the stock Alpina Wheels and uses E46 328i callipers! 308*25mm

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But then again i dont know shit and copy from books. :roll:

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Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:59 pm

Look, take your personal fights away from this forum you stupid boy.

We are trying to talk about brakes and not cuss each other all the time.

If you knew about this conversion why didnt you talk about it before? Or didnt you want others to have it because they'd be one up on you?
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Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:12 pm

stock alpina wheels.. Arent they 16's?? So no real benefit to the guys not wanting to run 15's!

Anymore details on that kit demlot?
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Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:21 pm

Quite a few people have 16's and 17's so any info on this would be very good.

Those discs looks awesome under those wheels.
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Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:24 pm

Looks like something else to buy..:lol:
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Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:30 pm

If we can get these then I have to buy bigger wheels aswell!
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Wed Mar 01, 2006 2:02 pm

oze30 wrote:stock alpina wheels.. Arent they 16's?? So no real benefit to the guys not wanting to run 15's!

Anymore details on that kit demlot?
I can appreciate your frustrations over the small disks on a e30 and running stock 15" wheels but if you want bigger disks/better brakes then you will need to Upgrade to 16" or even 17" if you want 315mm disks.

There is a kit that will work in a 15" BBS but i cant find the link now.

Soon as I can work out more details of this kit then will let you know.

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Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:16 pm

Cant wait for dave to get pics of his wheels up. 8) I personally reckon daves are more impressive. But thats my opinion!
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Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:06 am

im not fussed.. i got 17's!!!
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Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:32 pm

gotta get these badboys! looks phat.

but the rear will look really wank with those massive disks on the front?!
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:43 pm

Andy335Touring wrote:
BadDave wrote:
Been really busy until about 4 weeks ago(lost my job)
Hi Dave, i'm not in a postion to lay out money now as i've found out today i might be made redundant, 50 or so jobs are going to be cut down to 12 at the end of March.

I've been on day off today so i've only got a bit of second hand info, i'll see how much they are offering tomorrow.

I hate changing jobs :(
Sorry to hear that Andy.
Hope you're on of the lucky ones and don't get the chop.
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:25 pm

Cheers dude, i find out on Friday wether i still have a job or not
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:49 pm

good luck doude.. Hope you still have a job!
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:54 pm

Ta mate :thumb:

(fingers crossed :) )
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Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:32 pm

just to add, was out in daves touring the other day, well impressed with the brake conversion, much more responsive than standard. once i need new brakes ill definatly go for the bigger callipers and discs. :thumb: nice 1 dave!
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Thu Mar 30, 2006 6:13 pm

just to add, my IS can beat a 325!
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