03.5 sedan w/ Megan Racing BBK

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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 07:41 PM
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03.5 sedan w/ Megan Racing BBK

alright guys, this kit finally arrived after basically two months of waiting. manufactured in Taiwan. I went ahead and weighed everything as best as possible with a digital scale i have in my house. the scale is pretty accurate. All weights are in lbs, so here we go :
F caliper & pads 10.8
R caliper & pads 7
F rotor 20.8 w/mounting bracket 24.2
R rotor 18.2 w/mounting bracket 19.8
F mounting bracket 3.4
R mounting bracket 1.6

did not weigh the brake lines, did not think i would need to. The kit DID NOT come with any type of dimensions, diagrams or anything to go by for measurements and tech data (very dissapointing). But here are the pictures in order. The kit is a 6 pot caliper front, 4 pot caliper rear with 14" rotors f and 13" r. Brake lines included. This was from the GB setup by Scott from Relentless autosports, thanks for all the help man. More pictures will follow since the car will be done tomorrow.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 07:45 PM
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Some more before shots.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 07:47 PM
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and some more.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 07:49 PM
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congrats! Can't wait to see them on the car.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 07:50 PM
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How much? Great looking kit. I'd be interested in hearing your reasons considering you carefully consider all your suspension stuff.

24.5lb 14" rotor is much lighter than the 28lbs that they are reporting the OEM Akebono 14" 1 pc rotor weighs!
 
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 08:11 PM
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The GB price was $2824 plus shipping. The price was one of the main determining factors. i have to admit i was very leary about the GB since there was no data at all for this kit. not even Megan could produce anything. The lack of answering questions led me to believe it was very shhady, but scott is a straight forward guy, so it was a little better, but still not having any info was taking a big leap. I have wheels that i have to sell since they can't clear this kit. The weight was also a surprise since i was lead to believe it was going to be possibly heavier than stock. i have to find the OEM weight for those parts in my car, i'm sure someone here has already done that.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 08:19 PM
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Well Racing Brake has weights of their replacement rotors on their site.

The 03 front rotor they sell (11.7" x 0.9") is listed at 15.3 lbs. Which is probably ball park to the oem stuff.

They do offer 14" 2 pc rotors but I don't see a weight listed. Sucks
 
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 08:45 PM
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i will be getting the oem stuff back tomorrow, i'll weigh the rotors and calipers to see what i get. Granted it is worn down some, but it should not be that big of a deal to make that much difference in weight.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 09:32 PM
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Very nice, congrats on the BBK!
 
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Old Apr 19, 2008 | 06:29 PM
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After install pictures

ok people, here you go, some installed pictures.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2008 | 06:33 PM
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and some more. Today was the Lokey meet, so i'm sure jb will have much better shots then what i have on here. he'll post them in the FGC club section. These are some before and after shots of front and rear respectively.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2008 | 10:02 PM
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I saw ya car.. and i was like shoot.. what is he trying to stop a truck.. i have never seen anything that big
 
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Old Apr 19, 2008 | 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by broke_as_ajoke
I saw ya car.. and i was like shoot.. what is he trying to stop a truck.. i have never seen anything that big
lol it's just your run of the mill 6/4 setup. thanks though. i guess you saw it today at the lokey meet? i got there late. take care.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2008 | 03:56 AM
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sexy looking sedan man. Props! :-)
 
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Old Apr 21, 2008 | 08:23 AM
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some people might not like it, but Im totally hearting the reflective lettering on the calipers.
 
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