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Old 03-26-2010, 03:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Small Tomato
Mark, does the M5 brake kit just bolt on and does not require any "bridge"?
plug and play no need to mod them to fit.
the best easy way to mod brakes
so even cheaper get 545 brakes like ricky
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Old 03-26-2010, 03:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Small Tomato
Was thinking just to go for the M5 disc (for it's light weight)... Not sure if the whole brake system needs upgrade ...
they will not fit your car you will need to change abalones too to fit them.
also better check with AK to see if your BBS will fit the M5
mark only just with a few MM gap
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Old 03-26-2010, 05:32 AM
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tomato some guy with BBS LM has these Brembos fitted, will look the same and even better on yours




Originally Posted by pinguhk
they will not fit your car you will need to change abalones too to fit them.
also better check with AK to see if your BBS will fit the M5
mark only just with a few MM gap
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Old 03-26-2010, 06:14 AM
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Originally Posted by billhk
tomato some guy with BBS LM has these Brembos fitted, will look the same and even better on yours
It looks to me these are 21" wheels ... Brembo brakes doesn't grow on me as they cost HK$40K excluding installation is a legal robbery to my pocket.
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Old 03-26-2010, 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by billhk
tomato some guy with BBS LM has these Brembos fitted, will look the same and even better on yours
how come these 19" look so small on this car :thumbsdown:
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Originally Posted by Small Tomato
It looks to me these are 21" wheels ... Brembo brakes doesn't grow on me as they cost HK$40K excluding installation is a legal robbery to my pocket.
I go with you on that.
I would go for AP
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Old 03-26-2010, 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by pinguhk
I go with you on that.
I would go for AP
No you have got me wrong.
I mean I won't mod if replacing the disc alone is impossible.
My car has small wheels so doesn't need big brake kits.
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Old 03-26-2010, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Small Tomato
No you have got me wrong.
I mean I won't mod if replacing the disc alone is impossible.
My car has small wheels so doesn't need big brake kits.
not relay impossible, me and keith did it.
my old car
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Originally Posted by mark_hk
The only thing that rattles in my car is the radar detector cos the sticky things holding it to the windscreen is not very solid!
You are talking about the suction cups I think, just buy news!
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Old 03-26-2010, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ricky1329
Some sample about traffic accident. E46 push the Golf.
The Golf is a real fcuking idiot to sqeeze between the bus and the E46 in the first place!! The Golf driver is so stupid! And frankly I can't understand why the E46 had to make that turn... becuase if the E46 intentionally make the Golf crash into the bus, then I would expect the E46 to run away since E46 didn't get any impact, but the E46 stopped... very strange and stupid drivers.
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