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Originally Posted by CSG Mike
Actually, that would be the AP. Ironically the math is almost perfect, in my example below, using crude calculations
My kit of choice is a Brembo front, but that costs $3895 retail. The AP Sprint is $2099 retail, and gets the job done just as well for 90% of the people out there. For those running full slicks, and/or are boosted and/or want the best and/or will only run forged wheels, the Brembo *is* the superior product.
The AP is, hands down, the best bang for the buck (especially when you consider longevity and the cost of upkeep with heavy duty use), and that's why the CSG car runs the Essex AP kit. The cost is brought down by using a genuine racing product, that is acceptable for street use in a variety (but not all) conditions. Because there is no fancy paint (which burns off), dust boots that will burn off under hard use anyways, and a lot of common components (e.g. pads), the cost is brought down, while maintaining top notch quality.
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Definitely see what you're saying here. As someone who covets the AP kits, I think Brembos are just ridiculous so I don't even look at them. Instead of saying "best" I should have said "high end." The falling CAD makes things even worse for me, my RR Racing kit was $1150CAD and now looking at over 3k for the AP Sprint kit just isn't happening in the foreseeable future.
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Originally Posted by DAEMANO
Please let us know how your purchase pans out. Looking for inputs from mostly a durability/reliability perspective since this is marketed as a dual purpose "sport" kit by RR.
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For sure! They won't go on the car until April but once I've done some driving on them, I'll do a full detailed review. I'm not too worried, they use Wilwood calipers and Stoptech rotors which both have good reputations. My only concern about the kit itself is that Rafi mentioned there might be uneven taper wear on the pads because it doesn't use staggered pistons.
I'm more concerned about the pads themselves. Wilwood BP10 are known to wear really fast when hot and EBC Yellowstuff has a few reports of the compound falling apart under track use. I found a thread on another forum where someone asked EBC about the reports of the pads falling apart and they said to make sure you use same pads front and rear and stressed to properly bed them so I'll be making it a point to do this and monitor them closely. I'll report my findings when it happens.