Anyone know if either the Stoptech or Wilwood big brake kits will fit with stock wheels?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=8005886577

rotora 4 pot willl fit stock wheels i believe. i think stoptech can too.

-taek

 

If I still had stock wheels I could tell you if they will fit over Wilwoods soon, I can tell you the spare tires does not fit so keep that in mind if you carry a spare tire.

That kit is a bit overkill but nice looking

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Rick

 

http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/ch...55-2430-02.pdf

http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wheel_fitment.shtml#s

The link is to StopTech's wheel fitment template for the tC. Print it,cut it out and put it in the rim to see if it will fit your wheels. If the template fits, the kit will fit.

 

Great post, I had forgotten all about that

Wilwood also has a guide, a bit more effort but it works,

http://wilwood.com/BrakeKits/Pages/04/index.asp
Just scroll to the bottom, click the link for the tC kit PDF and scroll down until you find it.

Possibly some others do as well.

Rick

 

thanks, everybody. I had seen those wheel fitment templates, but I was under the impression that I'd have to take my wheel off to figure out if the brakes would fit, so I thought I'd ask first if anyone had actually tried it. Good point about the spare tire, by the way. I'll have to keep that in mind.

 

Definately stick with Stoptech. I've changed out my fair share of Wilwood brakes and they have nowhere near the solidity and quality of the Stoptech's.

 

The Wilwoods fit the stock wheels. I ran my car that way a brief while because my 18x8.5 +40s with 225//40-18s were rubbing so I had to switch to stock until I got my second set of wheels which fit fine.

Do note that the Wilwood kit does push your wheels out farther, effectively cutting down your wheels' positive offset (I'd give exact figures if I had them). The 18s I had were not rubbing until I put the brakes in, and then they were just barely rubbing.

-Ed

 

wilwood is the lowest quality of bbk you can get.

try gettin rotora. like my 6 pot =D its for sale for 2500 obo

-taek

 

Wilwood is actually a much higher quality kit than Rotora and any 6 piston kit is way overkill for a car the size of a tC, not to mention the added unsprung weight which is detrimental to hadling.

It probably feels like your car dives the nose when you brake hard, which means the car has an overbiased front which means you are taking the rear brakes out of the equation and likely giving you longer stopping distances than stock.

Ive read the tech articles on the StopTech website a few times and its really helped my understanding of whats really going on with brakes and BBKs

http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/te...e_papers.shtml