Baer front and rear brake kits - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

JoeBoxer · 12-02-2012, 12:20 AM

Not really shopping for brakes for myself yet but some of you guys might be interested. The description sure does focus a lot on cosmetics though.

http://baer.com/braking-news/733-all...s-brake-system

robispec · 12-02-2012, 12:39 AM

brakes arn't for looks?? ;-)

czar07 · 12-02-2012, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by robispec

brakes arn't for looks?? ;-)

to 70% of people they are..sad truth :/

Captain Snooze · 12-02-2012, 01:35 AM

This is sad but this is how I judge a car/driver going past me on the street. I look at the front brakes; if they are of decent size for the vehicle I then look for brake dust. If it has big brakes plus brake dust the driver has my respect. Other wise, I will think it is just for show. As czar07 said for many people they are just bling.

I have just read the link after posting the above paragraph. When their site says "Baer brings sexy to an already superb vehicle.", "This system compliments the look" and "This system is perfect for the enthusiast looking to fill his wheel with a nice modern, big brake!" I can't but help think they are only interested in show.

czar07 · 12-02-2012, 02:19 AM

much rather AP brakes for that price

JoeBoxer · 12-02-2012, 02:34 AM

It really shows you the value you get with the AP kit, this one may be very nice but their marketing department of Baer needs to provide us with more tech specs and less adjectives.

chutrain · 12-02-2012, 02:51 AM

It's still good to see companies that generally don't do imports starting developing. This is looking good for us owners as there are more parts available, and hopefully a competitive market for parts.

Dimman · 12-02-2012, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by JoeBoxer

It really shows you the value you get with the AP kit, this one may be very nice but their marketing department of Baer needs to provide us with more tech specs and less adjectives.

For some reason I have this memory that Alcon makes the calipers for Baer. And Alcon is serious brakes, right up with AP and Brembo. I don't know if this is old, only their top end stuff, or just wrong. Stupid memory...

Water cooled Prodrive calipers by Alcon. Serious brakes are serious. Also some AP STI brakes.
http://www.subaruwrcspares.com/2.html

JoeBoxer · 12-02-2012, 03:22 AM

Alcon is definitely premium stuff, i'm new to real high performance brakes but they are definitely a sensitive subject around here.

I don't like the rotors on this one being drilled and slotted, i would prefer just slotted only.

Dimman · 12-02-2012, 03:31 AM

Reading Baer's Technical bits, they look like they know what they are doing. Focus on caliper stiffness and cooling, staggered piston bores, available hard anodized, 6R are forged monoblock out of 2618 aluminum. Looks about a bazillion time better than a manufacturer in a certain recently locked thread...

But looks like domestics are their focus.

bpracer · 12-02-2012, 03:56 AM

Baer has been around a long time. I bought one of their SCCA A-sedan (Mustang Camaro series) brakes kits over 15 years ago. The rotors were a spec size: 12x.810" ! Yes, that was the front brake rotor not the rear...

14" rotors are to big IMHO for the amount of tire/horsepower these cars have.

gmookher · 12-02-2012, 12:45 PM

They have these on the Vortech car. Based on what they look like, sure, I'd buy them, finish looked top notch. I do think the wilwoods will come in cheaper, but not the same league. They did look 'big', and not sure bigger is always 'better' here.

swift996 · 12-02-2012, 03:04 PM

I was pretty impressed by these results. Will likely go this route first:

White64Goat · 12-02-2012, 08:30 PM

That's an S-load of show for $3,400.........................

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robispec Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: Black frs project Location: Socal Posts: 960 Thanks: 189 Thanked 886 Times in 381 Posts Mentioned: 190 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	brakes arn't for looks?? ;-)

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Captain Snooze Because compromise ® Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Red Herring Location: australia Posts: 7,818 Thanks: 4,050 Thanked 9,551 Times in 4,195 Posts Mentioned: 60 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	This is sad but this is how I judge a car/driver going past me on the street. I look at the front brakes; if they are of decent size for the vehicle I then look for brake dust. If it has big brakes plus brake dust the driver has my respect. Other wise, I will think it is just for show. As czar07 said for many people they are just bling. I have just read the link after posting the above paragraph. When their site says "Baer brings sexy to an already superb vehicle.", "This system compliments the look" and "This system is perfect for the enthusiast looking to fill his wheel with a nice modern, big brake!" I can't but help think they are only interested in show.

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JoeBoxer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: Whiteout FR-S Location: Arkansas Posts: 4,154 Thanks: 1,666 Thanked 1,627 Times in 997 Posts Mentioned: 72 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	It really shows you the value you get with the AP kit, this one may be very nice but their marketing department of Baer needs to provide us with more tech specs and less adjectives.

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