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    D2 421mm brakes

    Hi all.

    The car I purchased has overkill front brakes on it.... Thinking of downgrading (maybe)

    What are d2s like? Did a search and they are a whopping 3800 pounds!

    Any info would be great.

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    Looked into k-sport?

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    D2 do smaller kits, as do K sport and various others. Depends what you plan to do. You can also pick up skyline stuff and 350z kits for not too much caash

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    Skyline GTR or 350Z Brembos are perfect for road use

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    D2/KSport are all low cost/quality Big brake kids made in China. They typically don't hold their value like a Willwood or AP setup.

    Depending on what you use the car for a 4 Port Z32/Skyline setup may work better for you.



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    I have a refurbed Brembo GT 4 pot 355mm kit for a R34 up for sale currently for £700. Over £3000 new and comes with the required knuckles they fit straight on.

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    Sorry if I wrote this bad... My car currently has these on it. Should I keep them on or change to something else?

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    Quote Originally Posted by danielonline View Post
    Sorry if I wrote this bad... My car currently has these on it. Should I keep them on or change to something else?
    No. You should definitely buy mines ha!

    In all honesty if there are no problems with them then I'd keep them.

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    I'm more interested to know what car have you got 421mm front discs on!!!???

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    K Sport and D2 are the same kits, both do smaller versions. I had 356mm 8 pots on my track car and they were excellent. When I came to sell them, there was no sign of deterioration in the components.

    In hindsight, I honestly believe 330mm would have been more than enough stopping power and would have saved some unsprung mass.

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    Quote Originally Posted by piman2k View Post
    K Sport and D2 are the same kits, both do smaller versions. I had 356mm 8 pots on my track car and they were excellent. When I came to sell them, there was no sign of deterioration in the components.

    In hindsight, I honestly believe 330mm would have been more than enough stopping power and would have saved some unsprung mass.

    Thats good to know hopefully! I went for the 330mm K-Sport Kit for the front for my track car. Did you ever use the K-sport pad on track? Or which pad did you use?

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    I used the K sport pad on track for a lot of track days without any issues. Once I had more confidence in my driving I started to eek them out, and then changed to DS2500s.

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    i have the K-Sport 8 piston 330's on my car, running Bluestuff NDX pads. Pads have awful cold feel, but are strong and very reliable on long runs on track. Even more so now that I have the master cylinder to push them to the limit!

    Saying all this though, I miss the days of my Honda Accord Type R, where it was all factory parts that were cheap and easy to maintain. Floating discs and 8 pot pads are expensive... If i was buying the parts now, i'd be buying R34 brembo stuff I think.

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    Quote Originally Posted by danielonline View Post
    Sorry if I wrote this bad... My car currently has these on it. Should I keep them on or change to something else?
    I'd be worried that your have stupidly huge wheels to fit these brakes making the ride shit and you like like a total plonker.


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