I always wonder why people buy bbk eventhough they don't need them. Isn't that for track use?

 

For the bling factor.

 

A little of both... I drive decently hard and I used to think the same way u do when I lived in Florida. Now I live on top of a hill in Alabama and I've had a few times where I've had to slam on the brakes going downhill, NOT FUN. I don't usually tailgate, so I've been ok, but twice I wished I could have stopped faster... So, I'm upgrading. Nothing overly excessive though, well, maybe a tiny bit!

 

when ur over 500 whp u need better stopping power =P

 

what mike said..and knowing you have massive stopping power

 

^^ BBK won't help unless you are boiling the fluid or heating up the rotors. which on a 1 stop, it shouldn't be doing. There is only 1 or maybe 2 kits that actually have provided data to show their BBKs stopped shorter. Even then the dist wasn't that much.

BBKs on most cars here are for the bling. Because for most people, all that they really need is a good 1 time panic stop performance. OEMs are great for that.